So this is Vegas

 

Today we flew for leg 1 of our vacation: Juneau to Vegas. We used a combination of airline points and rewards for our tickets, so the Juneau-Vegas portion was a separate ticket from the Vegas-Costa Rica portion.  To make time for any delays getting out of Juneau, we built in a long layover in Las Vegas - enought to get out and see the city and take in some entertainment!

Us, in front of the Bellagio, waiting for a fountain show to start.

We spent the night at the Luxor, the giant pyramid-shaped hotel (not pictured) at one end of The Strip.  It was just ok, kinda dated inside, but close enough to walk to everything.  And boy did we walk.  We walked and walked and walked all over the strip. The Luxor was ok, room was nice size and clean but nothing special.

I loved seeing everything lit up at night.  It's a huge waste of energy, but still pretty cool to see.

The fountain show was pretty awesome.  It was cold out, so when the breeze blew the misty water over us, it felt really cold!

 It was just past the Chinese New Year, so one hotel still had decorations up.

 
We went to see the Cirque du Soleil show KA.  It was spectacular. I loved it. It is like someone really creative thought up the coolest things you could do with stunts and CGI and special effects then they figured out how to do them live on stage.  Wow.  The stage alone was amazing.  I highly recommend the show.  After the show we booked it back to the hotel to get our luggage and catch a shuttle to the airport.  We have a red eye flight to Miami, then another flight to Liberia, CR.

It's like you bleed money in this town...everything is expensive.  Shows, food, everyone wants a tip, drinks.  Ugh.  This is a crazy, crazy town. I'm glad I finally got here though!