Sit down little buddy, let’s have a chat. haha.
Transportation: Uber, Monorail. If you use Uber just pay attention to where it pings your actual location for pickup. Everything is so close together and busy in Vegas it will regularly try and make you get picked up at a nearby hotel and not the one you’re at.
Things to do: Take in a show of some sort, they really are pretty cool. Dont buy at the box office. Ask hotel concierge for details/deals. I’ve caught Chris Stapleton at the Hard Rock for $11. That’s probably the best deal I’ve scored yet. Go to Fremont St, grab a beer and just walk around and people watch. You’ll immediately feel better about yourself. The Hoover Dam is cool and worth the trip. I rented a Harley and rode a big loop around town on mostly two lane, out to the dam, through Lake Mead Natl Rec Area, up to Valley of Fire, down to the race track and hung out watching fighters take off and land at the air base.
Food: It’s gotten harder and harder to find stuff that isn’t chain restaurants or celebrity named over priced bullshit. Diablos Cantina in front of the MonteCarlo is usually good food. They hand out twofer drink tickets all the time so grab em up and crush beers. The other bars/restaurants on the strip right there are good to. There is a Thai place off Fremont street like a block. I can never remember the name but it’s there haha. It’s damn good. There are a ton of options under the Ferris wheel between Flamingo/Harrahs and the Linq. The beer/drinks for gambling isn’t as easy to get as it used to be but they still do it. The bars with the video machines built in are the best odds for free beers. Usually keep a $20 balance in, slow play it and just rack up free drinks.
Gambling: Blackjack. Simply google odds charts etc and spend a little time studying it and you probably won’t become Rain Man, but just sticking to the basic strategies usually pays off. Craps is another one with decent odds, but the majority of the shit is designed to take your money.
Random shit: little Mexicans will be standing on every mother fucking corner slapping little business cards for hookers. Take them. Then walk down the strip trying to pass them off to other people. People will actually take them from you because you’re a casual Caucasian feller, but when they realize they’ve been had, it’s just hilarious. We make this a drinking game. Your buddy has to drink every time you pass one off successfully and vice versa. Also, don’t take pictures with the street characters unless you’re willing to tip. Those fuckers will literally hold onto you til you pay up. When walking around, put your cell phone and wallet in your front pockets to lessen the chances of being picked. It’s not as big an issue as it used to be, but better safe than cavity searched by TSA on the way home because you don’t have an ID.
That’s the tip of the iceberg but a good start for ya. Haha.
