A Trip to the West
Our trip to Las Vegas lasted 4 hours and 30 minutes, which was longer than one can just imagine by reading this sentence. I was fidgeting in the flight, reading for some time, then being overwhelmed by the remaining duration. However, when I had a glimpse of the famous Las Vegas Strip, and various buildings, such as Bellagio, Luxor, and Caesars Palace, and many more, I was placed in a trance. When we finally landed, I wanted to jump out of my seat, but since my seat buckle was still intact, I had to remove it first. Harry Reid International Airport certainly was huge, and I mean really, really, really huge. The enormous building stretched far and wide, and my family and I even had to board a shuttle just to arrive at the rental car area, and the drive was around 20 minutes long. After choosing a Volkswagen Atlas that was in the garage, we sped off to Bellagio, where we had booked two rooms for two nights.
After a restful sleep, we woke up the next day, ready for a lengthy road trip. After about a 1-hour ride, we reached the Hoover Dam, located on the border between Nevada and Arizona. After viewing the gigantic dam, we returned back to the car and traveled about 2 hours to reach the Grand Canyon. We visited the famous glass bridge after making sure to don on shoe coverings over our shoes. By looking below, we could observe the steep pit of the canyon, causing me to consider standing on the opaque part of the bridge. We snapped some pictures of the canyon and headed back to our hotel room in Bellagio. Afterwards, we traveled to the Sphere, an impressive orb-shaped building that houses futuristic AI bots that answer our questions. However, the main attraction is the theater, which consists of a screen that expands to the large walls’ length. The cinema designed for this theater was absolutely stunning, primarily its resolution and storyline about the future of the human race. We explored the various casinos and shopping malls all around Las Vegas and slept in our hotel room, right after a gorgeous sight of the periodic fountain show.
The next morning, we devoured breakfast and sped off to the next city on our trip: Los Angeles. We passed by a few neighborhoods and straight into Hollywood Boulevard. The famous Hollywood sign stared down at us from a hill, as we approached the Walk of Fame. We posed above our favorite actors carved on stars on the sidewalk and entered the Dolby Theater, as well as viewed celebrities’ footprints in front of the Chinese Theater.