Today we decided to sleep in and have a lazy start to our day. After partaking in a spot of brunch, we stopped in at M&Ms World on The Strip, a must-see for every culture vulture visiting Vegas. It's hard to believe that the history of the M&M requires four levels of a building, but in Las Vegas everything is bigger. M&Ms World looks like it was decorated by someone who ingested about 10 kilos of M&Ms in every colour and then vomited it up onto the walls, floor and ceiling. The people who built this place never met a primary colour they didn't like. And it was crazy full of people and screaming hyper kids who hadn't even eaten any M&Ms yet. The M&Ms marketing juggernaut is phenomenal: every prosaic everyday item you can think of has been branded with the M&Ms logo. Underwear, office supplies, oven mitts, and even golf club covers were available. I resisted the urge to buy a pair of M&Ms shoelaces and we got the hell out of there.
By this stage we were starting to think the cool hermetic confines of a casino sounded pretty good. Most of the blackjack tables we've seen at the casinos here have had a $10 minimum, which has frightened us away from gambling. But, Hooters casino has $3 blackjack tables 24 hours a day - perfect for a couple of high rollers like us. As you might expect, Hooters brings a new level of tackiness to The Strip. But, the tables were cheap, the croupiers were fun and the beers were FREE! That's right....FREE! We played for about five hours and only lost $20. Taking into account the free drinks, I think we probably broke about even in the end. Probably the cheapest thing we've done in Vegas since we got here. The only thing about the casinos here that has really bothered me is the smoking; you are allowed to smoke in virtually all areas of the casino. There are even ashtrays in the toilet cubicles. They'd probably let you pee at the tables (or introduce gambling in the toilets) if they thought there was a socially acceptable way of doing it.
After leaving Hooters we discovered it was almost dinnertime. No trip to Vegas is complete without indulging in an all-you-can-eat buffet. At Excalibur casino there is a dinner buffet for $19.99 per person. This experience is definitely for those who prefer quantity over quality. Judging by the mostly overweight clientele (ourselves included) the quality of the food was not the primary concern. Suffice to say, I regret going back for more tacos. We rolled back to our room at a very leisurely pace and we are now partaking of some crappy TV while we digest. Urgh. Never again.
Tomorrow: the Grand Canyon! Mucho excitement!
Vxxx
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