Vegas Bound

Greeted with a urgent wakeup call by my bro. Was supposed to be up at 4am but it turned out to be 430. Really could not quite peel my eyes open.

Thankful for my bro who was up in time, He also drove me over. Mum and BZ were nice in accompanying me. It is one less item to worry about with them around. We went for super early breakfast at Terminal 3. After passing through the gantry, it was almost a dash to the gate cos I heard that it was the last call for United 804. Managed to catch the flight in time. Two more to go!

I was thrilled to see the individual entertainment screen on the chair. And I will not be that bored. The choices are def more limited as compared to SQ, but it is still acceptable. And it was great we need not share a big screen among all passengers.

The Narita Airport is chic. There were quite a no of DFS stores selling Jap food, souvenirs etc. Too bad I did not have any YEN with me. And I'm not sure if it is good to buy food to US as well. But I bought Green Tea Kit Kat. Hope to have time to check out the stores on the way back! Lol... I've yet to arrive and I'm thinking about the return journey.

Variety of merchandise

Here is another one!

Just another store?

The airport is strewn with many unique vending machines selling HD ice cream and travel insurance. The latter is cool and definitely convenient!

Awesome machines

Buy travel insurance on the go!

On board the first connection to LAX. It was a little of the let down for the giant screen instead of small individual terminals. Looking forward to reach LAX earlier than the scheduled time and I so need sleep! The journey is more than long and I'm almost up every other 1/2 or 1 hour. Oops.

And the food served was decent…!

Chicken Noodles

Chicken Rice - Jap Style

Plain breakfast

We were almost 40 minutes ahead of time. As it was in the wee hours of the morning in SG, I tried hard to keep awake and be vigilant throughout the custom clearance, baggage checks etc. After 2 long queues, I exited at Terminal 6. This was different from what I have expected. I bumped into another Singaporean (Jodie) and 2 Americans. We asked for the way to Terminal 7 and we got there rather quickly. I had lunch with Jodie who is a seasoned traveler.

The ride to Vegas was brief and we were there in no time. Very thankful that all flights went well. Thanks if you prayed about it.

The airport was characteristic of Vegas with jackpot machines lined up when you enter the airport.

Airport at a glance

I finally got to Vegas.. After an entire day spent among the clouds! Erm... As it was Vegas,the gaming machines were available right after exiting the plane. Took the airport shuttle for 6.5 USD. It was convenient and I got to check out some of the hotels in  Vegas.


I was wheezed to the HGVC with Ritz Shuttle. Along the way, there were many hotels.

Monte Carlo

Bellagio

For HGVC, I like the simple and comfortable set up.

Ultra Comfy Bed

Such convenience

The washroom

The Kitchen

As evening dawns, the Strip was alive! Wanted to check out the place. But I decided to head to bed first. As I was tired, I thought I could sleep for 30 minutes and would head out for dinner. But in the end, it was a good 2 hours! As I was too lazy, I decided to have noodles for dinner! I was glad that I made this choice as I got to know that there were strong winds that same evening I arrived. It was so strong that flights have to be cancelled. As such, I was glad I managed to get decent rest and not risked being caught in the awfully cold weather.