From the posh strip to a sunset trip...

May 13, 2010- Thursday

Goodbye Las Vegas!!
Through the morning a certain amount of moving around had to be done and when that is done within the vicinity of TI, it is practically inevitable that you will be forced to watch the Ti's ads. There is nothing more irritating than some woman sayin' "Hang on...Tight!" over and over and over again.

and over...
and over...
enough said.

So after getting through all that, we sit down to drink a Good Ol' coffee and (after much contemplation) try our luck at the slots one final time. Well, when I say we tried the slots I obviously mean my Mom and Uncle  :) And talk about lucky endings, we struck gold! If you call getting a hundred bucks from a miserable $2 striking gold...well yeah... But with all yesterday's futile attempts and money-burning we calculated hardly a 50$ net gain in Vegas. Whatever be the amount, we left in positives.

Destination Grand Canyon, and we reached there with plenty of time to spare too...!
Breathtaking views is what we wanted and that is just what we got. The way the canyon suddenly appears from nowhere is outstanding. One minute you think your on flat unending land, next minute you find yourself peering down cliff of Gigantic proportions. We had just enough time on our hands to go traverse the South Rim and visit the Hopi point for sunset. A marvelous sunset, so to speak.

The transport within the GC is pretty sweet too, maybe not as awesome as Zion, but mentionable.Catching up with a bus, we sped away back towards our hotel and immersed ourselves in an extraordinary movie on the Grand Canyon by Nat Geo in the IMAX theater. That brought us as close to the Grand Canyon as we could possibly get. Tons of skilled cinematography and helicopter filming gave us an up close and personal look at the Colorado River and the striking canyons. The movie tried it's best to explain the futile attempts of the never-satisfied Europeans to enter the canyon.
Ah...well words fail to describe for me. Let me just let John Wesley Powell explain to you guys-
 
"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail."
 
A carry-out pizza at Pizza Hut ended our day, and that's that.

Signing off for now...Sudharshan!