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| - Three years ago, I sat at home by myself for Christmas. Bored out of my skull. Alone. Not really having the vacation time to travel any great distance, missing my family on the east coast, not wanting to sit in traffic for hours and hours on Christmas Day to visit my friends on the west coast, and usually eating a fine Christmas dinner of a Big Carl combo meal from Carl's Jr.
So two years ago for Christmas I've been heading out to distract myself from well...myself. With it's bright lights and constant noise, Las Vegas is the absolute epitome of a distraction destination.
Over these past two years, my trips have been a lot of fun. I've seen a ton of things, experienced a ton of things, and generally had very good single-guy holidays. I've thrown axes, I've had dinner plates with whole ten to twelve species on them. Heck. whole ecosystems on them, I've seen neat shows and met some pretty neat people. Played some pretty darn colossal video games. I have a lot of fun in Vegas.
My one complaint about the place is their grab for money they really shouldn't be. Come on Las Vegas. You get all that Gambling money. Why grab for extra lil bit? For example; internet policy. Whilst gaming on the gambling floors, the internet is free. All the internet you can ever hope to use. However, get in an elevator and go up to your room, internet is $10 for 24 hours of use. (That was the case at Main Street Station anyways. I thought I saw examples of this at other places though.)
Example B; Parking: It was fairly difficult finding free parking last year. This past trip I was actually unable too. I bought tickets to a show and I actually meandered around the Las Vegas strip for nine hours because I didn't want to pay an extra ten dollars for parking.
So ya. It's a fantastic distraction from life if you need it. And usually around the holidays, I need it. More than likely, I'll be back next year! Viva Las Vegas!
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