March 12-14 - Las Vegas & Hoover Dam

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PB, Adri, Öx, Raz and I went for a weekend in Las Vegas. This place turned out to be just as weird as expected... I spent $1.25 on gambling, lots more on drinks ;-)

Adri with friend John, and PB at our breakfast stop

PB just awake, relaxing on bed....

Jacuzzi as well!

Northern part of The Strip

Stratosphere entrace

The Strip - Hilton

Raz by our pool at the Key Largo Hotel

Enjoying our 75 cents Tom Collins by the pool. Life's a bitch ;-)

All American pancake breakfast at Blueberry Hill Restaurant

Green water

On the 515, heading for Boulder City

HWY 95 in the desert south of Boulder City

Lake Mead viewpoint in Boulder City

PB in Boulder City

Lake Mead and I

PB, Adri, Raz and Öx

Hoover Dam from the east/Arizona side

The overflooding bypass. Just a little bigger than the one in your sink, right?

Low water level in the dam / Lake Mead

It's 230 meters high!

From one side of the wall to the other

Raz and PB examining the steep wall

The cars look kind'a ridiculous in comparison

Joshuas along the road

Overlooking Lake Mead

Closing in on Vegas

Heading back

Cars coming slowly down to the dam on the Arizona side

Lots of power equipment. The generators can give 1400 MW, which equals about 1,5-2 standard Swedish nuclear power reactors

Nice view down the stream

Road construction in the desert

The Vegas / McCarran airport is in the

On the road to L.A. again