After two hours driving from Death Valley, we arrived in Las Vegas.

It was easy to find, because when you are drive towards it,
you can see the light pollution at least an hour before you arrive.

It was completely the opposite from what we experienced in Death Valley.

It has a big city feeling, even when it’s located in the middle of nowhere.
It’s full of life, suddenly a lot of traffic, a lot of noise and so many different types of lighting.

To summarize it, it just looks like an amusement park, but for grownups.

Because we didn’t book a hotel yet, we had to decide where we wanted to stay.

Luckily I asked my friends and colleagues for some hotel tips before we went.
So I had a shortlist of where we should stay.

It was already 23.30 and while we were driving we saw the MGM and it was on the list.
That’s why we decided to check if they still had rooms available.

We thought it would be calm at the check-in at that hour, but apparently we were wrong.
Even at that hour there’s still a line of people, who want to check-in.
But they had at least 8 receptionists checking in people, so didn’t had to wait long.

After 15 minutes it was our turn.
When they showed us all the possibilities, the receptionist gave us a great hint.

She told us to book a standard room online through a third party website
and then she could give us cheap suite upgrades at her desk.

It sounded so weird, because we were standing at the front desk to check-in,
and we were thinking: “Why can’t you fix that for us, here at the desk”.

But we thought why we wouldn’t try it out,
so we walked back to the end of the line and booked a room via a third party website,
like they advised us.

When it was our turn again, we had a new receptionist.

She was telling us, it wasn’t possible anymore, all the rooms were booked.
I was completely shocked!

So I started explaining what happened, I think she was new in the hotel,
because she had to call someone to help her out with the booking system.

When the manager arrived at our desk, I explained him what happened,
and he assured me he would fix it.

And 10 minutes later we got a very cheap upgrade, to a SPA Suite.

It was a nice suite.
With all the comfort you want,
like a bar, a walk in closet, a king size bed, a living area and a HUGE bathroom.

I presume this why they call it the SPA suite.

It was a long day.
So after a few drinks and a little bit of gambling, we went to sleep.

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