Slices of America: Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV
September 21, 2003 / by Parker Lasseigne

"Welcome to Las Vegas, my friends; Parker here! My journey begins in the elevator of the Paris hotel. This is where I stayed on my 3 day trip."


"This is the view from my hotel window. The building taking up half of the image is a wing of the Paris hotel."


"This is the lobby of the Paris hotel. It took me 45 minutes to check in; the first of many lines I would have to wait in in the next couple of days."


Where more people lose there money then anywhere else in the country....I think.


"Right outside of the Paris hotel...where the cabs pull up."


"A nice little fountain near a cafe' attatched to the Paris.... I think that's a run-on sentence?"


"A scaled (I think 1/3) version of the Eiffel Tower. And yes, right outside of the Paris. You can take an elevator to the top, but that's 30 bucks I didn't want to spend. Maybe next time."


"The casino right next to the Paris; so this was the next logical stop. Doesn't appear to be one of the major ones."


"Just a nice little alley.....nothing more."


"The Mirage hotel/casino. Just could not take a decent picture of this place to save my life; this is probably the best one."


"The Venechian......didn't really spend too much time at this one. So don't really have that much to say."


"An interesting hallway/entrance to the Venechian hotel."


"Gondolas being cleaned; right outside of the Venechian."


"The Imperial Palace; I really liked the look of this one! By the way, at this point, I think I have walked for about an hour. Just wanted to keep you guys posted."


"Wide view of Ceasar's Palace. Ceasar was nowhere to be found......darn it!


"More of the same."


"Little area in front of Ceasar's; didn't really seem to serve any purpose."


"Weird looking part of the strip; kinda' retro looking. I can't really pin-point it."


"Here you go Taylor and Angela! A perfect place for the ceremony; throw those invitations in the trash!"


"Out of the three, guess which one likes pecan pie..."


"Circus Circus......well, pretty tame in the day time. We'll come back later."


"And then they built another money-maker."


"I really can't remember which lobby this was.......maybe Stardust. Three hours has passed; time to take a break. I'll have more pics in the evening."

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