Majestic Hoover Dam

If you have a "to do" list just like Jamie Sullivan in "A Walk to Remember" and you are in Las Vegas, head to Hoover Dam and you can be in two places at one time.

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. It is strategically located to hold such massive amount of water flow between the canyons of Arizona and Nevada.

A few meters walk will send you to a totally different time zone. The penstock towers' wall clocks,  standing on each state's side, will show the time difference. During winter and autumn, the time difference is one hour. So, if it's 9am in Nevada (Pacific Standard Time), it's 10am in Arizona (Mountain Standard Time).  During spring, since Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time, the two states will have no time difference. Weird and fascinating at the same time.

Marvel at this engineering genius and see how more than 100 died to make the desert bloom.

 

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Fabulous Las Vegas

 

Everything is larger than life in Las Vegas. Expect nothing but the best. After all it is the Entertainment Capital of the World.

To best experience Las Vegas, wait for night time. It is during this time that  Las Vegas comes alive. Elvis, showgirls, and street performers all come out to entertain the crowds.

Marvel at the neon lights, dancing water soaring 240 feet high, laser beam visible from space, erupting volcanoes, and the throng of people coming up, down and over the Strip.

But that's not all, because once you step inside any of the iconic casino hotels, you will be taken to an entirely different universe. Hop from one hotel to the next. Rub elbows with the Romans at Caesars Palace, ride a gondola at the Venetian, go up the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Casino Resort, walk across the Brooklyn Bridge at the New York-New York hotel and casino, dine with Pharoah at the Luxor, go back to medieval time at Excalibur, and party like a rock star at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. There's actually more, but you have to experience them for yourself.

 

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