Day 5 - Matt goes shopping big timey!

Tanya has wanted to go to the outlet stores in Vegas since the last time she was in this town; “I am going to spend so much money!” she would gleefully chortle. Well today was going to be the day that we experienced that spending free-for-all. We were up early in the morning to catch the shuttle to the MGM grand were another shuttle would take us to the stores. I had not been told that the stores were on the state border, a good 40 minute drive southwest of Vegas! Not to worry though, I had decided that I would support my wife on her shopping trip, so a brief nap on the way there wasn’t going to hurt. 

Welcome to Hickville, Population: Toothless

Just before our destination we woke up, tanya immediately grabbed the camera and snapped this shot;  

I was confused, but said nothing at the time. It wasn’t until later when we viewed the photos did my curiosity get the better of me. “Why did you take photos of those piles of dirt bubby?”… an awkward silence… “I thought they were mountains…”. We were both very tired. Still, it was one of the funniest moments of the trip so far. 

We arrive at hickville by 11.30am. There are two casinos right on the border, Uncle Pete’s Gamblin’ Hall and Toothless Joe’s Gamblorium. Both Casinos offer their guests the standard Vegas style games as well as “Guess what number I’m thinkin’ pardner” and everyones favourite “52 pickup”. The outlet mall is attached to the Gamblorium, we entered via the Ralph Lauren store and then we entered Tanyas paradise… 

To cut a long story short I purchased about $300 worth of new clothes, some designer stuff too, whilst Tanya was struggling to get to $100! Poor thing didn’t seem overly impressed with our visit. Oh well, back to Vegas! 

The shopping mall is attached to a Casino - a rare thing indeed for Nevada

We got doodied up and went to a Mexican restaurant at 6. We thought it was standard Mexican, but it was fancy Mexican, or Fancycan as it is known on “Da Strip” (I am so street right now). I had a Margarita; the strongest drink I ever tasted, the meal was pretty good though. 

Afterwards we walked across the road, took up our positionin front of the Treasure Island hotel and waited for the Pirate show. 

I thought the show was pretty neat, for a free show that has two pirate ships, one of which sinks, fireworks, swordfights AND sexy wenches, it is ok ya’know? Tanya was not so impressed; probably because of the slutty wenches… notice how quick they went from sexy to slutty? Yeh, me too! I think the last time Tanya was in Vegas, the city was a little more child friendly, this show was a bit too sexy for an 8 o’clock performance in her mind - she's probably right. 

The Horny Man Ship

Tanya waits for the show, preparing her stunned expression.

"... and it is, it is a glorious thing to be a Pirate King..."

The Leader of the Sexy Wenches, Mrs Pouty Barbarella

Fire makes show good

This is why you don't construct your ship with Clag Glue and Bandaids 

The Wenches tempt the Men folk with interpretive dance. Irresistible to any man

And like everything in Vegas, fireworks finish the show.

Literally everything...
"You finished your Appetiser!" BOOM
"You finally got through the line waiting for the toilet" BOOM
"The fireworks show just finished" BOOM