Well another busy day. After a full breakfast at the hotel buffet we decided to head back to the Strip.
As today is our last day we were determined to make the most of it and wear ourselves out for the horrendous trip tomorrow.
Our first stop was Madam Toussaud's at the Venice hotel. Very nice. Expensive but well worth the trip.
This is inside the hotel at the canals. Taking a ride was on our list but we didn't get time & it was pretty expensive.
You'll know which videos Mel took as it will zoom in on a shoe, hand bag or jewelry store. I think we now have a video of every expensive shop in Vegas, she's a dreamer that girl.
We are fast running out of money. We've spent way too much on presents & stuff. Yes kids we bought you lots of stuff. We're trying to save money for shopping in Hong Kong too. Money slips through your fingers so quickly here. We sat down at a 1c machine tonight & even at that price a dollar can be gone in about 2 minutes. Some of the machines only bet $100 at a time.
Anyway, the next stop was Madam Toussaud's. Was really great and the people look very very real & you can touch them & take your photo with them.
Here's one for Thomas & Lewis.
Me & the Master Chief hanging out in the hood.
Mel cracking on to Jack Sparrow. At least this one let me take his picture.
Mel getting down & boogying with Madonna.
Mel on the couch after winning American Idol.
We got a portrait done with the King. This is a picture of it. This is as close as we got to a wedding with elvis. They were way too expensive. We decided to go to a show instead, but more on that later.
For Poppy.
Me & The Duke. A couple of hard men hanging out on the prairie just chewing the fat & hitching up our pants.
Me telling George W what I think of him.
Mel hanging out with Diana.
Me going the Capper over Shaq. Chronic chafing & all, I got the job done. You beauty. Straughine would be proud. I'm a genuine superstar of Aussie sports.
There was lots more we got photos of. Was good fun.
Next stop was the Eiffel tower which is about half the size of the original. Mel got the willies going up there & was hanging on to me the whole time. Mel doesn't do heights well. It was a pretty hairy ride though. You can get some nice pictures from up there though.
The hotel being built here is called the Cosmo & it's gonna be huge.
Thats the Bellagio fountains down there.
Down the strip looking south.
Looking west. You can see our hotel in the distance.
View of the Bellagio fountains (would've been nice if they were on at the time). Behind that is Caesar's Palace with the Mirage after that.
The tower in the background is the Stratosphere. It's gotta be 50 or 60 stories high, easily the highest building in Vegas. Sorry for the shaky video but I had to zoom right in. If you look carefully you'll see what looks like a little black crane sticking out from the top at the left. Well it's not a crane it's a RIDE. It's a small roller coaster that goes up the spike & then out the side of the tower 50 or 60 stories up. No thank you I'm keeping my feet on the ground. Even worse, around the other side of the tower is a ride that looks like the hurricane that goes up & down & spins around in a little seat & the whole thing hangs out over the side. You'd have to be nuts.
Of course after going up that shaky tower Mel needed a drink & went back to the same place as yesterday, Le Petit Bar in the Paris Hotel.
After all that excitement we waited at the Bellagio Fountains for a bit of relaxation. I managed to get the whole 4 1/2 minutes of the show which is too long to post here but here is the finale. It's pretty spectacular.
Our last stop was a show, you gotta see a show in Vegas. We decided on the Fab Four, a Beatles tribute band.
They were unbelievable. The show started with an Ed Sullivan impersonator who introduced them exactly as was done back in 1964 on American tv. When they came out & started playing I got chills, they were so close to the Beatles, even down to the same moves & style & even facial expressions. I tell ya, the oldies in that show went off. It was a small theatre of about 200 & we were about 10 feet from the front & no one was in front of us, it was a great view. They did 3 costume & hair changes to show the start to end of the Beatles career. But the best was near the end they gave out a T shirt to the person who screamed the loudest & Mel won it. Actually I think they were throwing it to the woman in front of Mel but Mel went up like Jezza & brought down the shirt. She had the eye of the tiger & the fire in her belly & came away with the goods. She got the job done. All those hours watching the footy paid off. Dave & Steve will be doing a Toyota Legends Moment on Mel next season. "We relive the night Mel Fraser soared over the pack at the Fab Four concert to win a T shirt'. So she's now the proud owner of a Fab Four T shirt.
So now all the fun is over, it's now 11.15 & we're gonna try & stay up all night (hopefully) as we have to leave here around 4.30am to catch our plane at 6.30. We then have 4 hours of waiting at LA airport before we spend the next 15 hours on the plane back to Hong Kong & arrive at 6.30 the next night. What a horrible day. Not looking forward to it at all. So we may not be able to post at all tomorrow so our next post won't be until saturday night Hong Kong time.
Miss you all, not long to go now.
