Las Vegas

Las Vegas is about 4 hours drive from Los Angeles. And man ! what a drive it is ! The route is across semi-rocky, arid desert mountains. Not a green shrub in sight. And you can see the road ahead for 100s of miles. Awesome experience, this drive. Las Vegas is simply a Disneyland, for grownups. Things to do in LV:

Walk on the Las Vegas Strip. By day and definitely at night. With a millions lights around, and a hundred different things happening, you won't find a single fuzed bulb.

Excelsior for the good food courts.

New York, New York

Luxor - pyramid

Venetian. This is the Italian themed one with ceiling painted like the sky, a water canal and gandolas riding in there. And awesome Italian food too.

Belagio, with the water works in front of it. All in sync with music. I think that's what was featured in Oceans Eleven end sequence.

And finally the magnificent view from Effiel tower top

Gamble ? Casino ? Ah, what's that ? Oh it's just an afterthought, for some who want to stay up all night. With so many sights & shows around, I didn't get a chance to gamble.