Winterbreak - Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Sky Diving (Week 20)

On the January, 6th I caught a bus from San Diego to the fabulous Las Vegas :). I left San Diego at about 9 in the morning and it took about 8 hours to get to Las Vegas. At the evening I made a first visit to the Las Vegas Strip, but I did not really stay up long because I was tired from the journey.

The next day I went again to the strip and visited a lot of casinos/hotels. It is very interesting how much the hotels invest into the buildings - they rebuilt the statue of liberty (New York New York), a pyramid (Luxor), a volcano (Mirage), parts of the antique Rome (Ceasars Palace) and Venice (Venetian). I also visited Madame Tussaud and could see a lot of prominent wax figures.

At my 3rd day in Las Vegas I made a trip to the Grand Canyon. It was about a 5-6 hours drive from Las Vegas (I made a bus tour). The first stop (after about 1 hour) was at the hoover dam - we went to the new built hoover dam bridge, where you have a nice view to the dam. After another 5 hours drive (which included a few breaks), we finally arrived at the Grand Canyon and the view was really nice. We went to two look out points and I also climbed a little bit down the Canyon to have a better view around.

My last day in Vegas was really nice. I went sky diving! I was a little bit nervous before, but it was just really awesome. I jumped off the plane at a height of about 5000 meters and was free falling about 35 seconds. I really would like to do it again sometimes! Besides from that I also went to the "Welcome to Las Vegas"-Sign and watched the volcano show of the Mirage.

Over all Las Vegas was nice, even if I traveled alone - I'll remember all the nice hotels/casinos, the Grand Canyon and of course the sky diving for a long time. Now I'm already back at Marshall for the second semester, I'll keep you updated! :)