Day started with Herb and Janger telling us that they would be busy today, and so B, Ju, Mui, and I set out to the outlets. The cab ride cost us roughly $15, and was around 15 minutes away which wasn't to bad. On the ride there we saw Stratosphere, and although I had no intention of going into the hotel itself I did very much want to go on the rides at the top.
We got to the outlets before noon and wouldn't leave till about four, that's quite a bit of shopping. The outlet looked a lot like the Seattle Premium Outlets, in terms of style and store variety. I ended up getting a hoodie, while everyone else had three bags each.
By the time we left the outlets night fall was already coming in fast. We dropped our bags off at the hotel and made our way to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in the Venetian. It was normally $25 entrance, but we had coupons. The wax museum was pretty amazing. For some of the models, the closer I got, the more real they looked, complete with skin texture and individual hairs. The ones that looked most real included Marlon Brando, Jamie Foxx, Nick Cage, Joe Montana, and Evander Holyfield. But some of the other ones like Beyonce, George Clooney, Michael Jackson, could've been better. We went through the whole museum (all two floors of it) well under an hour.
We got some fast food to eat and then explored Palazzo hotel which was connected to the Venetian. The Venetian had this soapy detergent smell which I dread, as it stretches back to my days working graveyard shifts at a certain super market. I wasn't alone on this though, none of us liked the smell at all.
After the exploring these hotels we caught the last showing of the Sirens at Treasure Island. It was a sort of musical between a Pussy cat-esque group of girls vs a bunch of shirt-less pirates. The show was pretty well put together complete with singing, dancing, fireworks, and a sinking ship. I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I believe the moral of the story is that if you're a pirate, all you have to do is take your shirt off and a bunch of scantily clad girls will sing and dance around you.
After the show we checked out Treasure Island and The Mirage, then went back to our own hotel. We met up with Herb and Janger, cooked some cup noodles, then the boys went down to gamble.
Herb said he broke even while playing poker, while the three of us hit up the roulette tables. The great thing about gambling at Vegas is that they willingly give you free booze. Waitresses came around offering drinks, and when they brought us the drinks, we'd pay a tip and that's it. I'm guessing they want to get you liquored up fast.
Ju doubled up pretty quickly and cashed out. I doubled up but then forgot I had to play 23/24 one round for Mui. With a 1 in 17 chance of winning (or is that 1 in 19 with the zeroes?) I lost whatever I bet, and spent the next half hour trying to make it back. Lady luck said no and band hand slapped me across the face and I ended up even. Brandon eventually doubled up and we all left unscathed.
We went back to the hotel took some shots of Effen and Skyy (ughh) then called it a night. Tomorrow we'd try to explore the rest of the strip, however endless it seemed.
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