"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page"
I am a true
believer of this line. There are many trips I have taken till date, few were
with friends, few with family, and few alone. But there is this one trip which
is very close to my heart, which I and my husband took 2 years ago.
I was in the
USA for a work assignment for 4 months, and our plan was to visit Dubai by end
of my trip. However due to some last minute changes in my assignment our Dubai
plans did not workout. I was very upset about it as I was really looking
forward to my first international trip with my better half. Though when our
plan failed, my husband came up with a new trip plan. He decided to come to the
USA towards end of my assignment and have a road trip here.
Then began our
search for cheap International Flights from India to San Francisco with shortest travel
time. And finally on 13th July he was there in the USA, I had lots
of work on my plate but his presence gave me strength. As I had to go to office
too, first few days we explored the down town and nearby food joints only, and
decided to go to Las-Vegas on coming long weekend.
We drove a
rented car from San Jose to Las Vegas. We did night drive, and reached Vegas after
6 to 7 hours of drive. We had booked our stay in casino Circus-Circus, but we
reached earlier than the check-in time so we tried our luck in roulette. Lady
luck was on our side that day and we ended the game after doubling our money.
It was a nice start to our trip. At 11’o clock when we finally got our room we
took some rest. After a good sleep we both got ready and went out to explore
the Las Vegas strip.
The energy
outside was amazing. There were many street artists out there and there were
different shows happening from different casinos. We watched all the must watch
shows and explored almost all the casinos on the Las Vegas strip. Around
mid-night only we came back to our room, as next morning we had to drive to
Arizona to see the Grand Canyon.
We started
at 7 in the morning from Vegas to Grand Canyon and stopped by to see the Hoover
Dam. Around 2 in afternoon we reached the Grand Canyon. We were mesmerized by
the beauty and grandness of this place. By evening 6 we headed back from there
to Las Vegas. Around 1 at night we reached back to our room in Circus-Circus and
rested.
Next day
again we explored the remaining casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and in evening
we went to the famous Fremont street. That street has a digital ceiling with
vibrant video playing on it with awesome music. It was one of its kind we have seen
so far. We explored the city till late night and slept for some time so that we
can drive back to San Jose the next day. In 3 days we drove around 3 states of
the USA and created memories for life time.
After coming
back to San Jose we visited Napa Valley and San Francisco too. Finally I was
able to wrap up my assignment with a vacation which was so much fun. This
vacation is very dear to me and my husband till date.
