Hippie Living in the South Wedge: hot

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Vegas

This past weekend we headed to Vegas for a 4 day get away with friends! Here are some hilights that were captured.

Peter trying to call shenanigans on Mike's "carry on"

$105 I've had lying around for 2.5 years since our last Vegas trip

Flight to Vegas

Of course I made Peter get in a picture with this stone iguana at the Vegas airport

Limo ride to the hotel

On Friday some of us rented a car & headed out into the 95 degree desert for a little hike. First we stopped at the Hoover Dam.

Mike & I were excited about the dam

Dam water

More dam

It was a little bit different than the last time Peter & I were here. They finally completed the bridge they've been working on that's supposed to help with dam traffic. You can see what it used to look like here!

Post bridge

Then, we took a hike. A hot hike. It's called the Liberty Bell Arch Hike. It's only about 5 mile round trip, but we stopped around 1.5 miles in & made it a 3 mile trip. The heat & sun just made it too exhausting for some of us. It was really pretty though.

We stayed at the Imperial Palace. Not the nicest hotel on the strip, but definitely an awesome location. We were pretty happy with our room & view.

View of Caesar's from our balcony

View of the IP from our balcony

On the strip

Dinner at Jaleo in our private room

Potato chip wrapped chorizo

Chocolate cake & cortado for dessert

And just a few night views to end our time here in Vegas...

Most of the partyin', shoppin' & gamblin' were not captured, so use your imagination for that stuff! Fun time

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Denrau Resort Island

Fiji Weather: HOT

I made Peter get up early today so that we could make it to our complimentary breakfast. This was no ordinary continental breakfast, this was a hardcore breakfast buffet extravaganza! I may have eaten my weight in bacon, hasbrowns & pineapple. I finished with a mimosa. Happiness.

We had no real plans for the day, so we took a long walk on the beach & checked out some of the other resorts. When we got back we were ridiculously HOT & took a dip in our nice, cool resort pool. Then we ate lunch poolside & just soaked up some sun.

Ocean

Denarau Island

More beach

and more beach.

Ferns

The view from our balcony of our "ocean view room"

We decided to head to Port Denarau to check out some shops & restaurants. We grabbed a few beers at Lulu's Cafe and stayed there longer than anticipated 'cause the rain hit. It's the end of rainy season here in Fiji. Rainy season means it rains for an hour & then goes back to being just as hot & humid when it's done. After the rain stopped we decided to have dinner at BoneFish which is an Australian restaurant that we read about in a magazine on our flight. They use all locally caught seafood. I got the most amazing spicy prawns. It may have been my favorite meal of the trip!