What Happens in Vegas..........Goes on my Blog (part 2)

So we are back from Las Vegas and it is good to be home. We had a good time. It was very nice to be able to spend time with some old friends. But in reflecting on the whole Vegas experience, I have come to the conclusion that you could sum up the city in two words: excess and extreme. Every thing is done to the extreme and in excess. The heat is extreme and excessive. The buildings are extreme and excessive. The prices of everything are extreme and excessive. They charge you for things that would be free anywhere else you go. They even charge you for air! Well, you can pay for air if you want, every hotel that we saw has an oxygen bar, where you essentially pay money to breathe. The food portions are extreme and excessive. The noise is extreme and excessive. There is constant noise EVERYEHERE, music is blasted at all hours in every space. The waste and consumption are extreme and excessive. The debauchery is extreme and excessive.
What also struck me is the psychology behind everything. Like the placement and layout of casinos. Every aspect of a hotel and casino is calculated to make the maximum amount of money possible. Casinos are like giant mazes because they want you to get lost inside. They figure you will give up trying to find the exit and you will decide to spend money instead.
We really did not do any gambling, it is just not our kind of thing. But we did have fun. We saw some excellent shows. We saw Cirque de Soliel, the show was called Mystere. It was so amazing and creative. The things that they do are pretty unbelievable.

We also saw the Blue Man Group. It was nothing like we expected. All I have ever seen of them is there PVC instrumentation and some drumming. But it was more a comedy show with bits of that mixed in. It was very impressive, eccentric, and entertaining.

So all in all we had a good time. I will post some pictures in a separate entry.