Wend has never been and it's over 30 years since I was here so we thought it might be fun.
And it is.
Well, more weird than fun really.
.
Or brash. Or vulgar. Or just stupidly OTT.
Take your pick.
This afternoon we climb a plastic Eiffel Tower, watch gondoliers serenade punters on a chlorinated Grand Canal (they like their canals the way they like their chicken here), stroll around 'Ancient' Rome and stared in awe at a fibreglass Sphinx guarding a man-made pyramid.
No wonder so many Americans spurn foreign travel when all the wonders of the world are squeezed into a 3 mile stretch of road in the heart of Nevada.
It's so culturally enriching.
Of course its at night that the place really comes alive. We see a concrete volcano erupt before our very eyes which makes us wonder why we bothered going all the way to Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador to check out the real thing.
And end up on the Vegas version of the London Eye. Naturally because it's here it's the biggest Ferris wheel in the world.
The spectacle from the top even impresses an old cynic like me. A wild display of neon hedonism 550 ft below. Absurd!
24 hours is definitely enough though, any longer and we'd go insane. We're out of here as soon as the sun's up.
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