There is no way to accurately describe Las Vegas. It is big, over the top, ostentatious, and vulgar, yet makes no excuses for itself. That is what it is. It is hotels outdoing each other. Where else can you go on a gondola ride at the Venetian and ride a roller coaster at New York, where you need to walk under the Brooklyn Bridge to get into the building. it is filled with high rollers and high end socialites who shop exclusively at barney'd and Jimmy Choo's, and your homeless who spend their days in the lobbies in the gargantuan hotels. it is very easy to get lost in Vegas, simply due to building size. The Aria has 4000 rooms, 568 of them are suites. Casinos can be a 1/4 mile long. It is visually overwhelming, which can make it so fun. Fortunately, we had no incidents of chickens in the room or tigers in the bathroom after a night of drinking.
We made a short trip to the north end of the strip, where you can find older casinos and downtown Vegas. it is somewhat seedier-years of neglect and in bad need of fresh paint or perhaps a bulldozer. Circus Circus is one of these hotels. We made an attempt to stay at the hotel to see a circus act (foot juggling), but it was too depressing. Especially when the 65 year old cocktail waitress approached us in the casino and asked if we wanted a cocktail-dressed in a mini skirt and a tube top. She looked weary, like I should have gotten her a cocktail.
It's worth a visit. And i would be open to returning with my peers. Just to see if the cocktail waitress was still running drinks in the casino of Circus Circus. Perhaps a second career for me.
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