Welcome to the second day of the thanksgiving 2016 trip to the west coast. If you haven’t, please check out the first day here.
The second day started off by waking up quite late in the morning, but before this morning, there was a long night of exploration for me and friends.
Throughout the night, we explored almost all places the Vegas strip had to offer. We saw the mind blowing water fountain Bellagio had to offer. It was the first thing we started out Vegas strip tour with, so I must say, the expectations were set quite high for the strip, and I must say, the strip didn’t disappoint at all.
Here’s what we saw! Please excuse the poor video and audio quality.
After being mesmerized by the wonderful water dance at Bellagio, it was time to head to the nearby casinos and one the most awaited place for me was the Caesar Palace. Man, I had never seen so many beautiful people in my life before. Just walking on the strip, crossing things and people, I just realized the definition of “having a good time” people have in the developed world and the free country that the US is. I was overwhelmed by the emotion during this tour, that’s why whenever we were looking at something or someone, I was always in awe of the grandeur of everything. I remember saying “Wow” so many times that I lost the count of that after a few minutes.
I remember telling my friends, “Man, this is life!”. I was so mesmerized by the “dream life showcased by Vegas” that I wondered, why don’t people just move here! Then, again, I was still new to this life, so it just might be the cherry on the top of “something”. I would like to leave it at that!
After exploring Caesars Palace, it was time to explore some other casinos the strip had to offer & I am not able to recall all the places that we visited. But, we tried covering almost all casinos and touristy places and stopping at McDonald’s for food and Starbucks for some coffee, again, keeping in mind spending as less as possible, being we were students.
It was around 3AM when we headed to our hotel room and my friends were kind enough to book the room for us, as we were still students. After the good night’s sleep, it was time to head out and enjoy the scenes at the Hoover Dam.
Before visiting this place, I didn’t know what to expect of it, as it was not in my itinerary, so I went ahead with an open mind while visiting this place. Upon reaching there and seeing the scenery that you can see in the pictures, I quickly realized that I had seen this dam/bridge before in a Bollywood movie. That’s when one of my friends confirmed that it was part of Dhoom 3, one of the biggest Bollywood movies ever made. I could relate to that kind of information.
Honestly, I didn’t know what to think of it, because of the scale and grandeur of this dam. This was something that I had not seen before in my life, so it was a lot to take it in. The one thing that I tried over here was to spill some water directly in to the dam and due to the high winds, hoped that it would defy the gravity but my luck wasn’t that great, and it just fell straight to the ground! 😆
Anyway, after that facepalm moment, it was time to take stroll through some of the other attractions that this place had to offer.
After spending at least an hour or so and clicking hundreds of pictures, it was time to continue our journey and head to Fullerton, which was the next place in the itinerary. This is where my friend, Anupama, used to live and was my hospice for the next week and half. I was looking forward to meeting her friends, checking out her university and a few places surrounding the Orange County in California. The details were uncertain, but one thing was for sure that we were going to have a lot of fun!
Next few days in California, baby!
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