i got back from my second las vegas trip last wednesday. here are some pictures. for pictures from my plane ride back, you can see my thread about identifying the western united states.

we stayed at the sahara again, and this was the view from our room. we had a perfect view of the stratosphere and of downtown.

http://img26.echo.cx/img26/2504/dscf14787cf.jpg

looking south down the strip from turnberry place.

http://img26.echo.cx/img26/8624/dscf14838go.jpg

looking down the strip from the riviera.

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/2870/dscf14899eo.jpg

the sahara, our hotel.

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/7382/dscf14908xs.jpg

the view from our hotel room, this time during the day.

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/3783/dscf14920ig.jpg

a closer look at downtown.

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/4696/dscf14933hi.jpg

the stratosphere during the day.

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/1087/dscf14947ln.jpg

a look at the mountains to the north of the city.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/8775/dscf14954ja.jpg

a look northwest.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/6963/dscf14965he.jpg

a closer look northwest.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/4272/dscf14973rz.jpg

that's it for now. i have more pictures that i'll upload in this thread later. those pictures include pictures from the ghostbar at the palms, as well as the wynn on opening day (kind of).

wow, nice shots. the world's largest gift shop looks incredible, did you make it in there?

i was in there on my first trip. it's a lot of tourist stuff. there's a store in between downtown and the strip (on main street i believe). they sell real gifts: casino stuff like playing cards, roulette wheels, old casino chips, even slot machines.

here are some more pictures.

the strasophere again.

http://img85.echo.cx/img85/498/dscf14994iu.jpg

the mountains to the north of the city (i'm from delaware, so really big mountains are a big deal to me).

http://img143.echo.cx/img143/9629/dscf15008hy.jpg

the mountains.

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/4923/dscf15027jd.jpg

sunrise mountain, east of town.

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/61/dscf15031wh.jpg

looking northeast, towards nellis air force base.

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/8440/dscf15044ki.jpg

sunrise mountain again.

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/5159/dscf15058cp.jpg

downtown again (what surprised me is that the big office towers are pread out across the town; there's one by palace station, and the wells fargo building is on howard hughes parkway).

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/7462/dscf15085qa.jpg

the view from the tunis tower at the sahara. this was the first time i got a good view of the mountains to the west of the city.

http://img119.echo.cx/img119/9747/dscf15109vt.jpg

looking northwest from the tunis tower.

http://img17.echo.cx/img17/9093/dscf15118zb.jpg

looking at the strip from the sahara.

http://img17.echo.cx/img17/723/dscf15136ic.jpg

the las vegas hilton and turnberry place from the sahara.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/9717/dscf15145vd.jpg

turnberry place and the strip from the sahara.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/9005/dscf15156hq.jpg

looking at more of the northern end of the strip now.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/272/dscf15167na.jpg

a close up of the middle of the strip.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/9893/dscf15178yo.jpg

another close up.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/491/dscf15187ce.jpg

sunrise mountain again.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/6341/dscf15198ui.jpg

the mountains to the east that hide arizona and lake mead.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/5295/dscf15206vq.jpg

a close up of the strip, including paris las vegas and the brand new wynn casino just 2 days before it opened.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/5381/dscf15212aq.jpg

a lion at mgm.

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/899/dscf15240iq.jpg

more pictures later.

If you could have stayed one more day until Thursday 4/28, you would have been able to see the grand opening of the newest mega resort, Wynn Las vegas.

yeah, we were actually in vegas the day it opened (they were having a private party at 10 pm on the 27th, two hours before the 12 am april 28 opening), but we were on a plane to houston by 1130 am. i do have some picture of the wynn as we went past it on the monorail, so technically i have pictures of it on opening day. unfortunately, when i saw the wynn last year, i didn't take a picture of it, while the window panes were still being put up. it would've been nice to have a picture of it while under construction.

anyway, i'm bumping my own thread with a few more pictures. i'll have even more pictures later.

a picture of the lion at mgm.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6519/dscf15259zs.jpg

a picture of the excalibur from mgm.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6519/dscf15259zs.jpg

another picture of excalibur.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/3567/dscf15283ao.jpg

a picture looking north, up the strip, from mgm.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/8064/dscf15292qo.jpg

a closer look.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/870/dscf15309va.jpg

an even closer look.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6844/dscf15314te.jpg

new york new york

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/103/dscf15323xh.jpg

tropicana

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/763/dscf15338es.jpg

the moral side of las vegas: a shrine to the september 11 victims in front of new york new york

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/1051/dscf15372fo.jpg

mgm, seen from excalibur

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/4584/dscf15385aq.jpg

the luxor

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/9113/dscf15429vf.jpg

the empire state tower sticking out from behind the excalibur.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/2168/dscf15439wf.jpg

new york new york, from the excalibur.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/1797/dscf15459gj.jpg

the monte carlo

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/34/dscf15469cb.jpg

i have even more pictures to put up.

Nice pics. Great place to take a mini vacation.

here's some more pictures, including some pictures of the water show at the bellagio. as we walked along the strip, looking at all the hotels, we happened to walk past the bellagio as a water show started. so, we stopped to watch.

paris las vegas, as seen from a garden area at the bellagio.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/744/dscf15480iw.jpg

the aladdin, as seen from the bellagio.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/9468/dscf15498ux.jpg

the bellagio.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/2210/dscf15509rs.jpg

and now some pictures of the water show.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/8009/dscf15519ii.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/7150/dscf15523oq.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/9673/dscf15537ks.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/2439/dscf15543lc.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/4941/dscf15553xy.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/6505/dscf15564wj.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/5748/dscf15578vi.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/6603/dscf15588ht.jpg

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/6658/dscf15599lj.jpg

caesar's palace.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/5750/dscf15605nf.jpg

looking north, up the strip, from the mirage.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/797/dscf15612zy.jpg

a closer look.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/8906/dscf15628xd.jpg

another close picture.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/3577/dscf15631oj.jpg

Cool pictures!

nice pics, thanks ...

viva las vegas !!!

:)

Yeah... That's nice city :)

Great pics, I hope you enjoyed yourself in Vegas. :okay:

Give me a real city any day. Vegas is fascinating for its excesses, but it doesn't really deliver what any decent city does routinely. First off, real cities have real functions, and those functions in themselves are both wonderful and interesting. The urban core of Las Vegas is dismal, and the Strip is like a bad acid trip. Yeah, if you're into pennysaver-style escort ads passed out on the street, gluttonous levels of amusement products at prodigal prices, and architecture at war with the canons of good taste, Vegas is for you. If you love real cities, even Salt Lake is much more satisfying.

beautiful pictures

vegas is cool for what it is, I only wish it had more of a commercial core.

i had forgotten about my thread. i have yet more pictures to upt up. hopefully i remember to do them soon.

a couple pictures from the ghostbar at the palms. i have more where that came from.

looking at the north half of the strip.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9133/dscf15650fz.jpg

a close view.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5056/dscf15662cj.jpg

panning southward.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2889/dscf15677jg.jpg

the middle of the strip.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4169/dscf15684tb.jpg

the south end of the strip.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5929/dscf15693cr.jpg

i still have several more picture from las vegas that i never put up. hopefully i will remember them. i'm pretty busy uploading my vacation pictures from canada and buffalo in the northeast section and the ontario section.

it's been a while since i posted in this thread. i still have several pictures to post, so time to get back on to that.

here are some more pictures from the ghostbar at the palms.

looking at the north half of the strip. rio is in the foreground.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7648/dscf15709eu.jpg

the south end of the strip.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3566/dscf15735zd.jpg

the south end of the strip again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8649/dscf15741do.jpg

the north end of the strip again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5351/dscf15756vm.jpg

i then decided to set the camera to not use the flash automatically, in order to capture the lighting more accurately. it worked, but any kind fo movement was also captured by the camera.

the north end of the strip again. rio is in the foreground.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2445/dscf15768zg.jpg

the south end of the strip.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/959/dscf15772ss.jpg

the north end of the strip again. you can see the stratosphere opinting skywards in the background.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7376/dscf15785ew.jpg

the mid-strip area. rio is on the left, and the bellagio is on the right, along with several other casinos in the picture.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7274/dscf15798cn.jpg

the south end of the strip again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8084/dscf15807fq.jpg

looking down through the glass pane at the outdoor area of the ghostbar. my foot is in the picture as well.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2874/dscf15810li.jpg

looking out towards the northwest area of las vegas.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/926/dscf15826de.jpg

the south end of the strip yet again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7470/dscf15922jr.jpg

the north end of the strip is on the right, and a little more towards the center of the picture is downtown las vegas.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8135/dscf15938th.jpg

the north end of the strip again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4314/dscf15945oc.jpg

the middle area of the strip again.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8200/dscf15953hd.jpg

the south end of the strip again. mgm grand is the green building, and the white building in front of that is the monte carlo.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3763/dscf15964ri.jpg

the very south end of the strip. mandalay bay is in the middle of the picture.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6118/dscf15971oe.jpg

looking down again through the glass pane on the outdoor deck. the neon sign is visible underneath the panel, and the ground is 55 floors down.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9573/dscf15980ku.jpg

looking out towards south las vegas.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1570/dscf15998be.jpg

looking out towards southwest las vegas.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6409/dscf16002xz.jpg

looking towards downtown las vegas again. the strip is on the right.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8057/dscf16019oy.jpg

more pictures to come in a couple days. i also have touched-up pictures that i'll post at the very end.

looking at downtown from the sahara.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/457/dscf16138ab.jpg

looking downtown again, zoomed out a little more.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7453/dscf16144uz.jpg

looking at the sahara from sahara avenue.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5110/dscf16167wz.jpg

looking at frenchman's mountain from the sahara. sunrise mountain is the smaller mountain to the left.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6726/dscf16173hm.jpg

looking towards the northeast section of the city. sunrise mountain is near the middle of the picture.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3401/dscf16183xh.jpg

a closer look at sunrise mountain, the smaller peak next to frenchman's mountain.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8060/dscf16198rf.jpg

looking north up the strip from a walkway at new york new york near the south end of the strip.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9950/dscf16202ky.jpg

a closer look north up the strip.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9739/dscf16210ow.jpg

looking south down the strip towards the very south end of the strip. the intersection of las vegas blvd and tropicana ave is in the picture.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/559/dscf16254qa.jpg

inside studio 54, a bar at mgm grand.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6954/dscf16431yr.jpg