Sin City

Sin city, aka Las Vegas. This interesting destination ended up being my thanksgiving break. Why would you want to have stuffed turkey in a house filled of people you barely know if you can go to the city were the modern sin was born? Besides, technically it was supposed to be a trip with Monica and other friends of hers, although the whole 'let's just speak Chinese' drove me crazy and by the second day I was wandering around all by myself like in New York, which I love! 
Basically, Las Vegas is pretty much how you expect it to be: casinos all over, drinks all over, strippers all over. What they don't really tell you is that 40% the people you'll see there is Mexican, 40% Asian and the rest is... well... whatever country is left. Is not a secret that the business in Las Vegas are the casinos, reason why the hotels are fairly cheap and the drinks are technically for free if you're betting. However, finding cheap places to eat is harder than finding someone who speaks English perfectly. Advice: you can always count on the fatty and classical McDonalds to eat something that suits your pocket. If you're less than 30 years old and weight less than 200 pounds, you can walk the whole strip in a couple of hours, go to the different themed casinos, go to the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and perhaps go shopping to the fancy Venice Mall. If not, you can spend the whole time in the Casinos, smoking for free the second-handed smoke and drinking a US$2 drink as you lose US$20 in one of the many attractions. As a third choice is the infamous Madame I-can't-remember-what-french-name-it-was Wax Museum, that brings up a little bit of the old-fashioned glamour of Las Vegas with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe's wax statue, plus some other hotties like Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. Finally, let/s not forget the interesting downtown and their "lights show," it's for free and cute, what else would you ask for?
Personally, I enjoyed Las Vegas. I happened to meet someone from Chile there and we have some funny chitchat as she tried to sell some souvenirs to the confused Chinese people and, later on, I made about US$100 in a dice game, not bad for someone whose luck in love and money is worse than someone that broke seven mirrors. Gay life? Well, I met some hottie British guy and showed him some of the latino cuisine, however, I decided not to go to the ay clubs around because the prices to go in were ridiculus.; the kind of money I'd rather spending on trying not to starve myself. Yeah, yeah, I know, my priorities have changed after 11 months of living on my own in a different country where the only money my parents gave me went away along my second night out. Next great adventure? California babe...

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