Day 4 - 18th Feb 2009

Started the day with Adam going to buy breakfast from a local garage. We decided we wouldn't eat much for lunch today so we would have space for a buffet dinner!

Caught the monorail all the way to the last stop, right at the other end of the strip, MGM Grand. Then went over the road to have a look at New York New York, Excaliber, Luxor and Mandalay Bay. I was quite impressed with the Luxor, there's a giant Sphinx outside and when you walk in you can see up to the top of the pyramid. Then had a bit of walk up to see Paris and then on to the Venetian. Both of these are pretty amazing, with a replica Eiffel Tower and canal where you can have gondala rides. There's also St Marks square and the bridge of sighs.

We then revisited the Forum, Ceasars Palace and the Belaggio. Finally decided to place a bet on roulette at the Belaggio. Firstly placed a bet on black for James from work, of course it came out red. Then proceded to place several different bets on various number combinations and on certain thirds of the board for them all to loose! After each bet we lost the croupier would proceed to tell us how close we had been to winning and if the ball had landed just one slot either side we would have won. Decided this gambling thing wasn't for us and walked away. I was drawn back to the Cirque Du Soleil shop where I bought more of the same magnets I had bought the day before! I just love Cirque Du Soleil!

We then decided to get the Monorail back to our hotel so we could have some food and get changed before going back out to see Mystere. We went to the Sahara buffet restaurant, where we certainly got value for money. After 9 plates of food and 4 drinks later we crawled back to our room.

We had a brief rest to recover from the eating marathon before heading for Treasure Island and Cirque Du Soleil's Mystere. I was almost running to get there I was so excited, so we were seated in our front row seats and waiting, with half hour to go. Luckily a comedian comes out to entertain the crowd before the start. The show was amazing, they make everything look so effortless that you almost forget how hard it must be to do. Being at the front was awesome. I was pretty sad when it finished as I just wanted to see more. I loved the show so much I just had to go and buy a Mystere fridge magnet from the shop, well you can never have enough magnets!