| Last Day Well, it's our last day here in the USA, we have had a fabulous time, we've eaten our way around Arizona and Nevada, chilled in the mountains and roasted in the desert, it's been great. Lake Havasu was ok, but not great. We stood and took photos of London Bridge, watched the ducks for a while and had our Thanksgiving dinner there at the strange Hillbillies & Barbellies, can't complain about the price, but the dinner wasn't great. After Lake Havasu we moved on Northwards again with an idea to stay in Quartzsite or Oatman. Quartzsite turned out to be the world's largest gypsy camp, thousands of ginat RV's parked in endless rows all with little stalls in front selling all manner of low value tat to each other, and the dining possibilities looked liked McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Oatman was a fun diversion for a couple of hours, we saw a cowboy fight in the street and looked at the (semi) wild donkeys, or burros, that freely roam the streets, but again, places to stay and eat looked rather limited so we pushed on again for the remainder of the day, past dreadful Kingman (sorry if any readers live in Kingman, but your town really is the arse end of beyond) and back into Las Vegas in the evening. We checked back in to the MGM Grand, and for some reason we got upgraded and received a rather posh little suite with a fantastically comfortable bed. There is even a built in tv in the mirror above the bathroom sink, and a phone in the toilet, I'm sure that you dear reader, much like me, always nedd to make urgent phone calls whilst having a crap, or not. We dined rather better here, dinner at Wolfgang Puck's, Meg had a giant steak and I had the biggest piece of succulent char-grilled calves liver, really good.\ Last night we went to the circus, 'O' at Bellagio. To call it a circus is to underestimate the show, event, happening, call it what you will. It takes place on a rising and falling stage within a vast tank of water with lights, smoke and effects and dozens of athletic dancers, swimmers and high wire artists. The show is in constant motion, sections of the stage rise and sink in the pool so that where a dozen divers were vaulting into the water moments ago, now a parade of running men in red uniforms pound by on the hard surface, then it sinks again and a house rises up, a pirate ship descends from the ceiling, a parade of shrieking ballerinas appear from within the audience. Everything happens at once so your eye is constantly drawn from point to point in the non stop action, it was deeply impressive, I've never seen choreography anything like it. We're going out tonight for one last good dinner, then it's off to the airport in the morning for the first of our two flights, to Chicago and from there back to Manchester. We have both taking loads of photos so I'll be posting those when I get home, I hope everyone is ok, see you all soon, YS. |
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The World According To Clarkson Vol 2 - Jeremy Clarkson****
When We Were Very Young - A A Milne****
The Timewaster Letters - Robin Cooper**
The Savage Garden - Mark Mills***
Now We Are Six - A A Milne****
AVSI : Christianity - Linda Woodhead****
100 Great Wonders Of The World - John Baxter****
The Lover - Marguerite Dumas**
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick****
Zak - Frances Thomas***
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Ringworld - Larry Niven****
Selling Out - Justina Robson*
AVSI : Freud - Anthony Storr***
Gardens Of The Moon - Steven Erickson****
The Prevention Of Food Poisoning - Jill Trickett***
The Religion - Tim Willocks****
Pies And Prejudice - Stuart Maconie***
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennet*****
Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson*****
Memories Of Ice - Steven Erikson*****
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Going To Extremes - Nick Middleton****
AVSI : The Koran - Michael Cook***
Never Hit A Jellyfish With A Spade - Guy Browning***
In Search Of The World's Worst Writers - Nick Page***
My Life In Orange - Tim Guest****
Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson*****
Hammer Of The Gods : Led Zeppelin Unauthorised - Stephen Davis**
The Bonehunters - Steven Erikson*****
Behold The Man - Michael Moorcock****
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll****
Crecy - Warren Ellis****
Transmetropolitan 8-10 - Warren Ellis*****
Girls 1-4 - The Luna Brothers****
Fables - Bill Willingham*****
The Walking Dead - ****
Fur And Gold - Bat For Lashes****
The Meanest Of Times - Dropkick Murphys****
So Jealous - Tegan & Sara***
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A New Begining - La Ventura****
Stations Of The Dead - Zen Motel***
Cruel Sister - Rachel Unthank & The Winterset****
The Bairns - Rachel Unthak & The Winterset*****
The Bird Of Music - Au Revoir Simone**
Market Harbour - Ginger ****
Mercury - Laika Dog***
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds****
Three Legs Of Trouble - Stonerider***
Runnin' Wild - Airbourne*****
Kingdom Of Sorrow - Kingdom Of Sorrow***
H.A.A.R.P. - Muse*****
Music Of The Spheres - Mike Oldfield***
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge - Def Leppard****
Good To Be Bad - Whitesnake****
Princes Alice And The Broken Arrow - Magnum****
Wings Of Heaven Live - Magnum****
Inflikted - The Cavalera Conspiracy****
Blooddrunk - Children Of Bodom***
Do It! - Clinic***
Youth Novels - Lykke Li***
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Chant - The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz****
The Alchemy Index Vols 1-4 - Thrice****/*
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Limbo, Panto - Wild Beasts****
Nostrodamus - Judas Priest****
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Dirtnap Sampler 2008***
Last Orders EP - Guns On The Roof****
Prog Spawn - Various (Classic Rock Presents...)***
Crackhouse Allstars - Carpe Diem*
The Almighty, Head Inc. - Rio's Leeds
Kerrang Tour 2008 @ Leeds Uni Refectory 04/02/08, Coheed & Cambria*****, Madin Lake***, Fightstar****, Circa Survive*
G.U. Medicine, Guns On The Roof, Beasts @ The Parish, Huddersfield 17/07/08
The Futures Shiraz '06*****
The Adelphi, Leeds***
Farsyde, Ilkley*****
Piccolino, Ilkley****
Shanti, Kirkstall***
China Red, Horsforth***
El Lance, Vera****
The Tempest Arms, Elslack****
Brasserie Blanc, Leeds**
Saffron, Guiseley****
Bar T'at, Ilkley
Lost Series 1****
Lost Series 2****
Lost Series 3***
Lost Series 4***
Casino Royale*****
A Night At The Museum***
American History X****
World Trade Centre***
A History Of Violence****
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