Oh, man. The Luxor in Las Vegas. We stayed there for a week while on vacation. The rooms in the building were stupidly hot. The elevators were somewhat cool from an engineering perspective, but everything about the place was pretty crappy. Wouldn't visit again.
By extension, Las Vegas might be interesting to see once in a lifetime, but it's certainly not worth a trip back to it. The only good memory of the trip was me driving in the desert out from palmdale, heading up 15 and seeing the signs for Barstow. I finally got to say my favorite words out loud.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
Of course, the wife had no clue what the fuck I was talking about, so the moment was lost on her. In any case, the take away is to ignore Las Vegas generally, the Luxor, specifically.
I've been told by French friends that the Eiffel tower is not worth the 6 hours queue to get inside. I didn't because I only had a day to spend in Paris.
Guy I worked with lived in an apartment right down the road from the pyramids at Giza. He never visited. "Lines were too long. Not that interesting." quoth he.
Oh, man. The Luxor in Las Vegas. We stayed there for a week while on vacation. The rooms in the building were stupidly hot. The elevators were somewhat cool from an engineering perspective, but everything about the place was pretty crappy. Wouldn't visit again.
By extension, Las Vegas might be interesting to see once in a lifetime, but it's certainly not worth a trip back to it. The only good memory of the trip was me driving in the desert out from palmdale, heading up 15 and seeing the signs for Barstow. I finally got to say my favorite words out loud.
Of course, the wife had no clue what the fuck I was talking about, so the moment was lost on her. In any case, the take away is to ignore Las Vegas generally, the Luxor, specifically.
I've been told by French friends that the Eiffel tower is not worth the 6 hours queue to get inside. I didn't because I only had a day to spend in Paris.
It's worth seeing from up close though.
Guy I worked with lived in an apartment right down the road from the pyramids at Giza. He never visited. "Lines were too long. Not that interesting." quoth he.
I've been inside the Great Pyramid. Well worth it.