Day 25 - Grand Canyon and Las Vegas!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MATT!! It was the day I had been waiting for, for a long time haha! Matt could finally come out and drink in the bars and clubs! We stated the day out at the Grand Canyon one of the many detours of our trips! Danny wanted to make it there by sunrise, but we got there just after sunrise and got a massive view of the canyon from one of the lookouts! The canyon measures about 16km across at most parts and you can see the Colorado River down at the very bottom if you zoom right in with the camera haha! As usual we grabbed out the morphsuits and took advantage of the spectacular view! One of the guys we had asked to take a few photos of us, was a real tool haha! We went to jump into a different pose and he just looked at us and said "NO!" and shoved the camera back into our hands... We then proceeded to walk back to the van to get changed and got stopped by what appeared to be an entire bollywood film cast! They took hundreds of photos haha, we actually had to tell them we had to go!

After getting changed we headed towards the main information centre, which had only just opened at 9am, and read a few of the information boards before stumbling across a brochure that advertised helicopter flights of the canyon... We were sold! The only problem was, that we had to make it all the way to the airport in under 15 minutes to make the flight! We ran back to the van and floored it all the way to the airport! We made it just in time and the flight crew prepped us for taking our flight over the Grand Canyon! It was an amazing experience and I would recommend that anyone seeing the Canyon, do it by air! You can see so much more!

We then hit tthe road and continued on towards Las Vegas! We didn't get there until about 5:30 - 6pm but as usual it was still bright... We ended up staying at the MGM Grand after I had walked in trying to book a few rooms and getting shot down by the manager after he told me that every single room in the casino was booked out... I walked outside and decided that every room could not possibly be booked out and that it was most probably because I was wearing a singlet and boardshorts, not to mention that I look yoounger then I actually am haha! We went across the road to Hooters and had a few beers while we used their internet and within 30 minutes, we were back inside with three rooms booked haha! You should have seen the look on the guys face when we went back inside and lined up!

After settling into our rooms everyone got ready to go out and have a birthday dinner for Matt... We had a few drinks and each bought a 25 oz alcoholic slushie to have while we were walking down the strip. After checking out a few stores, Danny, Craig, Matt and myself headed to a bar called Centrifuge and had multiple drinks to celebrate, including a few half scotch glasses full of patron tequila, before we headed off to our next location, the Spearmint Rhino... After that it is history, because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!!

Next stop... The Continuation!

Mark