Rest of my trip... LA Downtown, Las Vegas & Grand Canyon

Hi all,

this entry is more or less going to summarize my end-of-year trip. Well, after i visited Hollywood, i went out to visit LA Downtown, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. It was a day trip for LA downtown but we did walk the whole of downtown covering areas such as the business district, the historical theatre district, little tokyo, toy district and chinatown.

Well, I feel that LA downtown is kinda weird. Half of the downtown was fancy looking business district buildings while the other half is practically slumps which are inhabited by the Latinos. LA has a rich history which was related to the spanish and as such, we can see many Latinos in LA downtown. Nonetheless, this city isn't really one of the cities that I would like to live and work in.

downtown LA

Beautiful part of downtown LA

It too has a public library

Wells Fargo Building

LA Cityhall

Entrance of Chinatown

Catholic Chapel near Union Station

Union Station (old cityhall) - am i in Mexico?

A blend of old and new

Staples Center - Home of LA Lakers

Well, next up is Las Vegas. After about 5 and a half hours of Greyhound ride, I finally made it to Las Vegas (aka Sin City). Sin City it indeed is... It seriously has most vices that we don't find in around the world. Gambling, Strippers, Pornography, etc etc... Well, just an interesting fact, prostitution is banned in Las Vegas. Hmmm....

Nonetheless, Las Vegas is really a nice touristy place. The buildings are really very beautiful and each of them has a theme which mesmerizes tourists. Large neon lights, beautiful structures and tourists domniated the streets. Just take a look below and you'll find it quite amazing. There are more casinos and hotels but i guess i wun upload all...

El Cortez - The Hotel i stayed on the first day

The Mirage

The Mirage again

The Lyxor (themed after Egypt)

Excalibur (themed after King Arthur)

New York-New York (themed after NYC)

The original bar-top dancing club (coyote ugly)

Monte Carlo (I duno what theme)

Lambo for rental

Paris (the only other place on earth that you can find the Eiffel Tower)

Caesar's Palace (I think its the biggest Casino here)

Wynn (Steve Wynn's bid to build the best hotel on earth)

Trump Towers

The Palazzo & The Venetian (expensive stuff)

The Strip @ Night

Another View

One more view

Planet Hollywood

Riviera hotel

The Volcano of the Mirage

Volcano Erupting

Las Vegas Downtown

Well, the last part of the entry will be about Grand Canyon. One of the nicest place i've visited in US. We took a 5 hour drive from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon and stayed for a night before heading back. The trip there and back is actually quite coolz. You get to see different kind of terrain and also the famous scenic spots. Apart from the canyon itself, we also visited Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Flagstaff town.

The view from the Grand Canyon was really nice. Well, at this moment of time, i still prefered the view in Nepal. Nonetheless, I loved the drive to and fro Grand Canyon. The view on route is seriously very nice and it definitely entertained me for the 5 hrs of driving. Let's just take a look. Note: the temperature at Grand Canyon was -10 degrees celcius.

Lake Mead area marker

Lake Mead (people actually do water sports here during summer)

Lake Mead and me

Grand Canyon and Me

Another view of Grand Canyon and me

Sunrise @ Grand Canyon

The sun is still risiing

Powell Monument

The sun finally made its appearance

Another look at the Canyon

The Canyon again

Me and the Canyon

Good look at the Canyon

Total different View of the Canyon (its big)

View on route from Grand Canyon back

More stuff on route

Me driving

Hoover Dam (I dunno the guy)

This is where Transformers was filmed

One last look at the dam

That's it folks... i suddenly realized that my blog is becoming like facebook... only got pictures... I think I'll try to type more and show less pics next time... Anyway, i'll be heading to Taiwan tomorrow.... yay!