I am sorry I let you down with the final part of our trip. However I am impressed that you all actually read this! So thank you.
Well we are back in Perth and trying very hard not to get depressed and/or start on a WA bashing campaign. Actually we are happy to be home, if anything, Perth weather rocks.
So here is just the low down on our final week or so overseas.
Goodbye Whistler
Unfortunately our stay in Whistler had to come to an end.
We loved every minute of it and I definitely would have loved another few days. It was so relaxing (even with whiplash) and beautiful. And the food in Whistler is awesome!
The last few days were action packed. On the second last night we signed up for a night time snowmobile tour up Blackcomb mountain and I haven't been that scared for a long long time. Those things are hard to control, it was snowing like crazy and we were on tracks that boarded massive cliffs. My adrenaline quota was definitely used up that night. On the way down the mountain (Troy drove and I held on for dear life) I was feeling pretty hardcore until we past the skeleton track for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Those crazy mofos go down this tunnel at about 150kms an hour! That promptly brought me back down to earth. We then went to our favourite restaurant in Whistler, Sushi Village, for sushi and a couple of giant Kirins to calm my shot nerves. Troy of course loved every minute of it. It was fun, freaking scary, but still fun.
We spent the last day on the slopes Troy got some fresh powder at the very top of the mountain. We also rode on the Peak to Peak Gondola. Which is a world record breaking gondola that links Blackcomb and Whistler mountains and this thing is REALLY high and you know the deal with gondolas, they look like they are hanging by a thread. Corina and Kristie, you would have died.
Sushi Village = yum
Troy, aka powder hound
View from Peak to Peak
Last day in Whistler
Then it was time to leave, we had a night in Vancouver before leaving for Las Vegas. We wish now we had just taken off straight away because the weather was terrible and after being in beautiful Whistler Van is pretty average. Nice, but a little boring (a bit like Perth!?).
Vegas Baby
Americans don't know what a bogan is, but after visiting Vegas I am now of the opinion that they need to adopt it into their vocabulary immediately.
Not that I didn't like Vegas. It is loud, tacky and pretty damn hilarious. A major highlight for me was the Bellagio water fountain show. Incredible. Another highlight was the burlesque show we went to. We wanted to get tickets to the adults only Circ de Soleil, however we went to this same day ticket booth to grab cheap tickets and they had sold out. So instead we brought tickets to this burlesque show at the Flamingo for cheap cheap.
The Flamingo casino is like stepping into 1989. The show was basically hot chicks dancing around in their undies in front of a room of OLD couples (?). It was pretty funny, except as you can imagine these ladies were extremely fit and after they appeared on stage I had a number of regrets;
a) That I had eaten a monster steak with macaroni cheese for dinner.
b) That I had been drinking beer for about three weeks straight and,
c) That at that particular moment I was downing yet another Budweiser.
Once the show was over I felt like going to the hotel gym and exercising for at least four hours. But instead we went to Planet Hollywood casino and Troy played roulette while I drowned my sorrows in another Bud (and not the carb free variety either).
Food in Vegas is good if you are looking to spend up, but finding something healthy... NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Check out this brunch, can you feel your arteries hardening or what? (And no, I didn't wash it down with a beer...)
Watch out Vegas!
Here's an idea. Eat a massive steak and maccaroni cheese then head directly to a show containing hot chicks in their knickers. Awesome for self esteem!
Getting into the spirit with a 1/2 yard Long Island Ice Tea while waiting for burlesque show at the Flamingo Casino aka the year 1989.
Look a Vegas bride!
Bellagio fountain show. Fully sick.
LA - rain rain go away
LA was a washout. And I am talking four days of torrential rain. Not much fun to be honest.
Highlight being the LA Lakers game at the Staples Centre. That was the coolest. Celebrities at the basketball:
1) The awesome Dustin Hoffman himself.
2) Jack Nicholson
3) Adam Sandler
4) Troy reckons he saw Jessica Alba on screen, however it may have been wishful thinking.
See Dustin Hoffman?
The rest of the time was spent pretty much standing in the rain looking at deserted LA landmarks. Note to self; don't travel to places in Winter that are all about SUMMER.
And no, I didn't get discovered, but I am blaming the weather :)
Thanks for listening folks. Cannot wait to catch up with all of you xx
Stay tuned, may add a few bits and pieces over the next few days.
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