Upate on what we have been doing

Luckily I am not stuck here on my own. There are four of us from Crystal Vision here. It is good to have some company. Sunday we went to see the Valley of Fire National park. Lots of strange looking rocks. Different colours. Orange ones. Yellow ones. Red ones and of course grey ones. I now have lots of pictures of rocks ! If you want to see my rock pictures then come on round when I get back.

We also drove down to Lake mead, which is the big lake behind Hoover Dam. We considered hiring a boat but it was too late in the day so then drove on to Hoover Dam. It was just getting dark when we got there and so while walking across it we were approached by a Policeman and told we can't be on the bridge at night. Guess they don't want people messing around or jumping off or something like that ? I guess if we were here too much longer then jumping off might be an option. Anyway at least it felt like we were on holiday for at least one day.

Monday was back to work day and so have been working in my room, checking emails, doing quotes and trying to keep busy.

Your so lucky

"Your so lucky, having a week in Las Vegas" you are probably saying but it is hell !

Ok so it is not that bad but ...I have been ill for the last week. My bottom has been like a mini volcano. There were time when I didn't think it would ever stop. There was a no fly zone around my bathroom ! I spent two days stuck in the hotel room doing a yoyo between the bed and the toilet. No it wasn't something I ate. Thomas was ill on the Thursday before we left and threw up all over me, the floor, the bed, etc. It has been going around and Max had it for a few days as well. I am feeling better now but still not 100%. I am being very careful what I eat and drink. I have had my first beer for the week today. yes it was that bad.

We went shopping yesterday for some more clothes. But as it is unclear about whether the travel insurance will pay for things like this I limited my spending to several new pairs of boxers shorts which were definately needed.

Stranded in Las Vegas

So some Volcano with an unpronounceable name in Iceland has gone off and now all flight to the UK are cancelled. I am stuck here in Las Vegas after being here for a Broadcaster trade show. We were meant to fly back on Friday but the flight was cancelled. We knew it was going to happen and so we phoned Virgin on Thursday night and asked for the next available seats and have been told 1 week. We are lucky. Some people we spoke to on the same flight waited until they got a text from Virgin, on the Friday, to try to phone but did not get through even after trying for a couple of hours. They went to the airport and were told 3 weeks !


Friday and Saturday nights are the big nights in Vegas and so most Hotels were already full and therefore we could not extend our stay and had to get out of the hotel (Ballys). We hired a car and drove around to find another. The first we tried was full but by luck the one next door had some rooms (La Quinta). It looked a bit dingy when they showed us one of the rooms but we were desperate and so took it anyway. As it turned out they got us better rooms than the one we saw. We had to pay an extra $20 a night but it worth it.

So anyway here we are stuck in Vegas for a week.

The start of the blog

In order to pass the time and record my experiences while traveling i have decided to record it on a blog. That way when the alcohol dims my memory I can remind myself what happened !

Also friends and family can then read about it as well and then I don't have to bored them in person.

Of course I will probably get bored of doing it in a few days !