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Day 3 - 06.10.16

This morning we were up and out by 8:30. The plan was to eat breakfast at Hash House a Go Go then have a chilled morning by the pool.

When we got to the Linq and found the stairs up to Hash House we didn’t really like the site that greeted us! The waiting area was full to the brim and we overheard the staff say that there was a 90 minute wait for a table... no thank you! We would return another day, a lot earlier!

Back out of the Linq we found a place down the street we went down the first night called ‘Off The Strip’...clever! In there, like most places there was somebody to greet you and ask how many in the party, a person who took you to your table and gave you your menus then your waiter/waitress, so many different staff members its crazy!

Anyways, we ordered coffee and OJ then Ross had waffles with bacon and I had French toast. Mine was beautiful but I think Ross had been looking forward to Hash House and his waffles were a poor substitute! Whilst we were eating I used the wifi to google good spots for breakfast! I had a big list of food places I had made whilst reading trip reports etc but I had managed to leave it at home and could only remember Wicked Spoons, Hash House and Grand Lux Cafe!

I really enjoyed mine it was so yummy, Ross thought his was ok but I think he had his sights set on Hash House so this was a little disapointing!
We paid the bill which was $50 including tip and far more than it was worth then headed back to the hotel. We skyped Ariana (who was having her own holiday with my Dad and Step Mum in Peterbough) to say hello and goodnight then got ready and went down to the pool.

It was a lovely pool, nice and quiet with no kids splashing about! There were loads of beds free but most of them were under the umbrellas and totally in the shade but the girls managed to find us some that had some sun on them. About 10 minutes later she came back to tell us that some beds in the sun were free so we switched to those instead.
We spent a good 4 hours by the pool, it was lovely and relaxing. I read some of my book, Ross watched Goth on his phone. Every time we got a bit hot we would go for a dip to cool off, it was paradise!

I snapchatted this to my friends back home... I'm pretty sure they appriciated it! #legsorhotdogs

At about 1 we ordered food and drink. I got a strawberry daiquiri and a plate of fresh fruit (I was still fairly full from breakfast) and Ross had a Bud Lite and a cheese burger. I think the total was about $55 including tip, I seem to remember my drink being sickeningly expensive and the fruit being really really not worth what we paid for it! Ross loved his burger though.

At 3pm it was so ridiculously hot I could actually feel my skin burning like it was on fire and couldn’t take anymore so we went back up to the room to get showered and ready for Fremont Street.

Tonight we would be ordering and Uber for the first time! We ordered whilst we were walking to the elevator and the driver was waiting outside for us by the time we got to the bottom, handy! It cost $13 and he got us to Fremont Street for 5:30. He told us the best spot to order one back to the hotel which was really handy.

Wandering up Fremont Street I really wondered what the hell we were doing there. It looked like a dive and there were various street performers that were questionable...like the two guys wearing mankinis and ‘playing’ blow up guitars, or the ‘chipendales’ bending girls over for photos... nice, classy!

We got to the top and decided to find somewhere to eat. Heat Attack Grill really didn’t sound very appetising.

I spotted a Dennys and suggested that, I knew it was safe in there but Ross shot that idea down since we agreed not to eat in the same place twice this holiday. Then I saw a Tony Romas was inside one of the casinos, we had eaten in one in Orlando last holiday and it was yummy so we headed in all optimistic! Wrong! The place was so gross and grotty and we were elbow length from the tables either side of us.
Ross ordered the Kickin Shrimp to start which was what he had in Orlando last time, and the full rack of baby back ribs and I ordered the pulled pork burger. They obviously don’t understand what ‘starter’ means here as everything came all at once. Ross enjoyed his although he was slightly disappointed the shrimp didn’t come with chopsticks like it did last time. Mine was awful. The bottom of my burger was soggy and the pork was gross. While the couple next to us got offered a dessert menu, we were just handed the bill. Good job we wanted out of there asap! We paid $55 including a small tip and ran! Sorry, no photos but they would only prove how grotty this place was, the food wasn’t visually appealing either!

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