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The Arizona landscape differed from Utah
in that it became more ‘cut up’ and interesting and
at times looked like a balder version of New
Zealand’s volcanic plateau.
Jesse spent all of the trip south with his
beloved headphones and rap music.
The driver was asked if the group could
detour slightly and drive down Las Vegas
Boulevard (The Strip) on the way through to
Boulder City so that it could be seen in daylight.
All clocks were put back one hour (19 hours
behind NZ) and the strip was cruised at 6:30pm
with eye-balls and cameras popping all over!

The group saw some of the famous casinos
and caught a glimpse of Excalibur, where they
had booked in for Thursday and Friday nights.
Several stretched limo’s were parked
outside Caesar’s Palace and it was obvious that
the glitz of the Strip needed to be seen at night
when all the lights were on.
Photographs that were taken from behind
the bus windows were not too successful as the
image caught the reflections of the photographer
or the flash unit in the glass.
The 1,000 foot high Stratosphere coaster
was earmarked early for visiting on Friday.

The Strip in daylight lacks the excitement of the lights at night. It all looked quite messy and plain.

Looking across the roof of a stretched limousine to Caesars Palace.