Saturday, July 15, 2006

Vegas - Show me More Money

This is one wicked city, which is just active at night. Everywhere people are out and by 9 PM you have fireworks. Reason? Yaarukku teriyum. Seems these guys celebrate Diwali everyday. The whole city is draped by lights and we were just wondering what must be electricity consumed on a whole as if we were going to be next Power ministers down there.



You can find Beer bottles in every other bus stop down there. Half of the guys down there look to be on dope. One guy was on such high dope that he came to near the huge fan and called me MJ and ask me to shake a leg. Now that’s a hell lot of a dope :-).



There were 2 women sitting outside a complex and the cop comes to us and winks and says that they were practioners of the oldest profession in the world. You could find them anywhere and everywhere in Vegas. Everywhere on the street you can find their photos pasted on the walls with their "assets" and phone numbers. One girl wore micro shorts, which I remember was even short than my Boxers. Infact you neednt go to the strip clubs as much of it was outside as well.



There were huge casinos and people furiously played there. I expected some James Bond type setting there but seems that it was reserved for the million dollar babies and not for the 10-dollar poor folks. We went to huge tower called STRATOSPHERE TOWER. We boarded the lift and by the time we wondered where to, it were on the top of 109 floors. I got reminded of my office elevator at that moment. It must have been installed when elevators must have been invented. It is so slow that I enter clean-shaven on the ground floor and end up with stubble on the 9th. Sometime during presentations I carry a razor set to shave during the "journey".



From that tower you get to see the whole of Vegas. For people who have fear of heights...don’t look down from the glass panel. There was a guy who was drawing caricature for 10 bucks. We decided to give him some test and approached him. He drew Shaggy and Jithu but refused to draw mine. The reason he offered was it was against his professional ethics to draw a cartoon on a caricature. After a lot of convincing and cajoling he drew it with a What-a-dogs-life kind of look. There was more crowd near him than the glass panel as people wondered if he could really complete such a Mission Impossible. The only thing everyone didn’t do was giving a standing ovation after he completed it.

To avoid any unnecessary heart attacks and calamity I have the photo locked in some numbered locker in the Swiss bank :-).

20 comments:

prithz said...

Seems like u had a wonderful time in Vegas... Way to go!!!

Ramses said...

Sooper.

girlS and casinos can make the a las vegas rt. :P

KC! said...

idhenna Las vegas-oda quick paintdown-a? :) Short descriptions-la vegas-e cover panirukeenga?

Ms Congeniality said...

Nice pics:-)

Anonymous said...

dei podradhuku ennoda padam dhan kedachidha. Yen neeyum andha Caesor edhutha padatha poda vendiyadhu dhane. Ms.Congeniality vera nice pics appadinu en photo parthu solliruka adhanala unna chumma vidran.

nandoo said...

deiiiiiiiiiiiiii

nee anga irunthathu pothum.. inge kelambi vaaa...

s0ulasylum said...

vegasss!!!!! u've had some fun there pal! i envy you. will also make a trip to vegas soon. i hope. :) u have fun n stay good!

KK said...

Man! I have turned Green in envy...Vegas is place I have been longing to go...Mera number kab ayega?? :-(
Seems like you had nice fun...Way to go!!

Anonymous said...

Dey Buddy!

Hats off! One year completed in blogosphere!
But the pity is that நீ blog எழுதறது பிடிக்காம இங்கே blogs மொத்கமா பண்ணிட்டங்க!
Anyway Congrats & enjoy more! Nice blogs!

Maaps

Ekta said...

wow!
These loook like some awesome snaps!

Butterflies said...

clerly speaks u r enjoying!

Ramya said...

vegas nu pera sonnale podhaadhaa enna.nalla suthineenga pola.

Harish said...

@Prithz
Yeah..thats rite

@Ramses
You should seen it for yourself yaar..

@Usha
Idukku mela perisa pottu naan enna kaaturai potti ka anuppa poren?

Harish said...

@Ms. Congeniality
Pinna...eduttadu yaaru naanga illa....

@Jay
Edho nee smarta irukka nu un photo va potta ivalavu bigu pandra?

@nandoo
Dei..innum checklist la 20% kooda cover aagala...India vanda mattum enna Manager a aaka porrenga?

Harish said...

@Soulasylum (enna peru idhu)
Waitees...I still havent posted the Universal and Disney pics yet :-)

@Pras
Someone told me the same. Buruda nu ninaikiraen :-)

@KK
Fikar not yaar. Just wait for the rite time :-)

Harish said...

@Maaps
Makka...naanum ada patti ezhudanum nu ninaikiraen...marandu marandu pogudu. Thabnks da maapu. Will write abt it soon

@Ekta
Thanks yaar. I loved taking snaps of that place.

Harish said...

@Subha
Those were some of the good days after coming here

@Ramya
Ada vida vera velai enna...

Kuan Gung said...

sin-city...lol...indeed

smiley said...

las vegas poy vantathu pol irukku

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