Thursday, May 22, 2008

Around the World in ... 2 days!

So for those of you who have no idea, or need a refresher - I'll be traveling (with my family) to Las Vegas for 2 days, Los Angeles for 4, San Francisco for 3. After that, I will proceed to leave my family in the United States and go to Australia for three weeks!

Day One . May 21, 2008:
I don't even need to go to Australia ... Vegas has half the countries I want to see!!!

On the plane over to Las Vegas ... this is view out the window ... FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. And that was only for the portion of the plane ride that I was awake for. hahaha.

Welcome to Las Vegas - slot machines in the airport!

My luggage ... do you think I packed too much?

Our hotel - Excalibur on Las Vegas Blvd. Of course, my mom picks the castle for us to live in. If you look at the ad - the second one down on the right, it says "Thunder from Down Under" ... meaning Australia ... I wonder if all guys in Australia look like that. HAHAHA.

Yeah, I did not find a prince. WHAT A HORRIBLE CASTLE. jk!

Excalibur at night. Kinda cool the way it glows! One thing I have to say about Las Vegas - they waste A LOT of energy leaving those lights on!

Welcome to Paris! The wind was so strong I was getting blown away and didn't get that many pictures.


Venice, Italy aka the Palazzo! My favorite hotel.

Gondolas! They SING too!!! I would have posted a video, but the wireless here is MAD slow.


Venice and water ... I'm attracted to water.

Treasure Island! RRRRR matey! Where are the pirates?

No pirates here!!!

Walk like an Egyptian ... at the Luxor!

Day 2 . May 23, 2008:
Still in Las Vegas ...

Greece! at Caesar's Palace.

Greece in a mall?
SPIRAL ESCALATORS?

Pittsburgh in Vegas? Dale Chihuly? The Bellagio!

The Air Balloons I traveled the world with!

Aqueducts! The fountains at Bellagio.

The trainers petting the lions! Porthos and Archer could so take them on!!!

Elephants?!?!? So cute!

I forgot my DS, so I decided to play with the PS! (props to my sister for this pic!)

Bellagio!

Fountain Show!

Songs they played - Luck be a Lady (Frank Sinatra), Time to Say Goodbye (Andre Bocelli), and This Kiss (Faith Hill). I have yet another video, but! yeah, slowwwwww.


Brooklyn Four ... minus the four ... and plus me! @ New York, New York.

And the Statue of Liberty!

The M&M store ... ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL CANDIES!

I'm so sexy.
For Jay ...

GELATO ... at the Palazzo, of course!

YUMMY!!! When I was taking a picture, a guy next to me said to his wife, "That girl is taking pictures of the gelato!!!" duh.

Candy Apples! My sister was like ... let's go let's go let's go. I think she was embarrassed.

Cheesecake on a Stick! Say What! at STARBUCKS!

But what did I take away from Vegas?
I lost all my money gambling ... (playing slots because I don't know how to play anything else)

And then I got married!

See you all in Los Angeles!

4 comments:

tamz said...

xiao! you are such a dork!!!!! but i love the pics! keep the updates-acoming! If it's not too late for vegas, you should definitely try the buffet at paris--it's AMAZING. otherwise! LA!!!!! try in-n-out, all my cali friends are nuts about it!

Unknown said...

you are a loser. =)

jay said...

omg that's cute! i wanna do that in korea! hahaha. but ill just end up posting pictures on jax since i dunno how to open up a new one :P and im too lazy. have fun in LA!!!!!!! eat lots of good food! and take a picture with spongebob!

lisa said...

It seems like you have been a very busy girl, Xiao!