Luminous Las Vegas

This Series Luminous Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a hot, dusty desert city. In the raw daylight The Strip seems stale, empty and gutted by numerous construction sites decorated with spiny building bones. It’s still recovering from the excesses of the previous night like a wino in the gutter. But by night it's a smorgasbord of entertainment and pleasure — vivid, vigorous and gluttonous, illuminated with a billion colored lights! Extravagant shows, themed megacasinos, chic stores, ubiquitous slot machines and the constant, pervasive party atmosphere define Las Vegas.

Unless you're an ultraconservative puritannical religious type you'll probably derive some quantum of amusement from experiencing Las Vegas in all of its cheezy glory. With artifacts and ideas pillaged from around the globe the town lures the spending masses with garish absurdity rather than originality. Where else can you experience the wonders of the world within such a tight radius? It’s like a huge miniature golf course where you can hit a hole-in-one of your pockets.

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Insanity the Ride

Leave Your Wallet at the Door

This time around we were only stopping thru for a couple days. Weaving in and out of palacial hotels and megacasinos we explored The Strip. Eventually we zoomed in to the thrilling Zumanity from among the four simultaneous Cirque Du Soleil shows playing at four different hotels. When the sun came out we shot straight up into the Stratosphere.

It’s a Racket

Ok, so there’s the constant garish display galloping along at ludicrous speed.

But one of the most interesting spectacles is the teeming masses toiling at slot machines. Tirelessly, like workers in a sweatshop, they pump money into the machine.