Fear and Loathing....
18 November 2000 | ||
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| Getting 'hammered' in the Luxor bar in Las Vegas | ||
NYNY
18 November 2000 | ||
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| Sadly I didn't stay at the NYNY this time. It's my favourite place in Las Vegas... | ||
High up over Vegas
18 November 2000 | ||
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| This is up on the Stratosphere in Las Vegas..... | ||
Vegas Casinos at Night
18 November 2000 | ||
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| View of the Casinos from the Stratosphere..... | ||
Janice And Jo
19 November 2000 | ||
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| Our co-dependent couple the morning after..... | ||
Somebody....
8 January 2001 | ||
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| Hard to imagine what happened next... At the TI CES party Smashmouth gave a concert and when they sang 'All Star' all the girls were invited up on the stage.... | ||
The most Romantic Hotel in the World...
20 April 2001 | ||
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| ...not really if you are on your own on a business trip.... But still nice rooms in the Venetian.... | ||
Bellagio Pool
20 April 2001 | ||
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| The sea in front of the Bellagio.... | ||
Son et lumiere....
20 April 2001 | ||
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| Kind of bizarre.... The real Eiffel Tower in Paris has become more glitzy with a mounted lightshow, like Vegas, while the Vegas Paris Casino tower stays in the classic look.... | ||
All that is missing is the water....
20 April 2001 | ||
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| The Venetian has clear blue water running through its remade canals with its motorized gondolas.... All fake... But even the water is missing on this photo... And what is missing from the real Venice? The stench, the smell and the dirt..... Ah America will never get Europe.... | ||
I'm flying, Jack, I'm flying....
21 April 2001 | ||
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| I loved the corridors in the Venetian... Looked like Titanic... the Strange Colours that my camera then produced gave it the real 'other side' look.... | ||
Business as usual
15 September 2001 | ||
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| Every single Casino had huge 'God Bless America' advertisements on them (see also other photo from that day), but it still was business as usual in Vegas when we were passing through.... | ||
Secret Capital of the US
15 September 2001 | ||
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| Every single Casino had changed their advertisements to 'God Bless America' and 'One Nation Under God'. God should be replaced by the green dollar of course.... The Radio said things like 'take your mind off this weeks events, go and buy something nice for yourself'..... I found all of that slightly obscene, knowing I was going to return two weeks later..... | ||
Two weeks later....
29 September 2001 | ||
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| ...we were back in Vegas.... Surprisingly the NYNY hotel, a fake collection of all things NYC serves as a wall where people leave flowers, messages and roses.... in honor of the people in NY.... | ||
Chaos in the Airports Pt. I
30 September 2001 | ||
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| So this is the queue in front of the security gates. The queue is one and a half hours long.... Never saw so much chaos.... And this is more than two weeks after the incident of September 11.... | ||
Chaos in the Airports Pt. II
30 September 2001 | ||
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| If you were checking in luggage, the queues were far more than 3 hours.... and then you still had to pass the security queue which took us almost two hours.... and maybe like those on the photo you had to have your entire luggage opened and unpacked.... piece by piece..... | ||
City of Sin
8 January 2002 | ||
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| View from the sky over Las Vegas.... Another year at CES.... | ||
Phase 2: LAS VEGAS
8 May 2002 | ||
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| After we arrived in Las Vegas and gulped down our food, we sat in the bar and the contrast between our long trip and Vegas decadence was taking its toll.... Even though it was just my birthday I banned the singing at that point.... I wanted to celebrate when we are all happy, fit and fresh.... | ||
Cruising the Strip
8 May 2002 | ||
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| PW and Vreni in their convertible cruising the Las Vegas Strip..... So now that we were fresh and fit and happy, we could get to the next phase of the trip.... | ||
Part 1 of the Night: Champagne in the Suite!
8 May 2002 | ||
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| Birthday Boy and Birthday presents.... | ||
Julian's Nine!
8 May 2002 | ||
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| So Bernd, Bernhard, Fraenk, Inga, Karin, Kerstin, PW, Verena had taken the Ocean's 11 poster and modified it into a Julian's Nine poster.... | ||
Julian's Eleven
8 May 2002 | ||
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| The gang was joined by Joe and Janice.... | ||
Part 2 of the Night: Dinner at the Bellagio
8 May 2002 | ||
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| Dinner at Aqua in the Bellagio.... Pfui Gras.... | ||
Part 3 of the Night: Duelling Pianos
8 May 2002 | ||
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| Stopover at the Duelling Piano Bar in New York, New York for some drinks and singing.... | ||
Part 4 of the Night: Club Ra
9 May 2002 | ||
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| Boozed up we arrived at Club Ra.... ogling at the girls around uns and the ones we brought with us ;-) | ||
Party Couple
9 May 2002 | ||
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| Joe and Janice enjoying their time at Club Ra.... | ||
German-Scottish Reach Out Program
9 May 2002 | ||
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| More dancing and consumption of drinks.... | ||
Ein Busserl von da Karin Vegas
9 May 2002 | ||
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| A kiss from Karin.... which was intended for..... | ||
Love is in the air
9 May 2002 | ||
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| Well, now we know... Karin's Kiss was intended for her beloved Bernhard.... Nevertheless this is the most terrible photo on this website ;-) | ||
I am Thirty!
9 May 2002 | ||
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| And drunk.... | ||
Party Animals
9 May 2002 | ||
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| All still going strong.... | ||
Tschuliaen und d'Karin
9 May 2002 | ||
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| Why would I look at the dancers in the background, if I have my Karin by my side.... | ||
Come on, just one more drink
9 May 2002 | ||
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| So we calmed down after clubbing and hung out at the Luxor bar.... totally oblivious to a couple of strange black women who were trying to make us customers. Joe at his happiest, with the vacation feeling starting to trickle in.... | ||
Nur die Liebe zaehlt....
9 May 2002 | ||
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| HUNDERTACHTZIGDOLLAR! | ||
Off to Fiji
9 May 2002 | ||
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| Joe and Janice off to Fiji... On top of the taxi the poster that lured us into Club Ra.... | ||
End of an Era
8 April 2003 | ||
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| Six days after I arrived, I rushed back to Las Vegas for NAB. Though my H1B was still valid, this time I entered with the waiver. Felt good to be just a visitor! | ||
Miniature Vegas
11 July 2004 | ||
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| Due to the distortion of the airplane window's glass, this picture looks more like a miniature than the real thing... | ||
Vegas
6 September 2004 | ||
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| After lots of natural beauty a couple of much needed days of decadence.... | ||
Mirrors
7 September 2004 | ||
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| Mirrors over the escalator.... | ||
American Patriotic Kitsch
7 September 2004 | ||
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| Most other stuff at the Bellagio is tasteful apart from this room here just in front of the Michael Mina restaurant... | ||
Fountains
7 September 2004 | ||
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| At Bellagio... Always great.... | ||
White Blur
7 September 2004 | ||
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| With the 'Paris' in the background.... | ||
Cab Ride Home
7 September 2004 | ||
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| And a SUV on long exposure next to us.... | ||
Las Vegas - we're even!
8 September 2004 | ||
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| Not bad after throwing 20 bucks into a slotmachine.... Las Vegas, after all these years, we're even.... | ||
Flight into Las Vegas
6 January 2007 | ||
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| Off to CES... | ||
Casinos
6 January 2007 | ||
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| I always like the Skyline of Vegas... | ||
Vegas Backland
7 January 2007 | ||
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| Vast area.... Seen from the New York, New York hotel... | ||
Tabasco Slot Machine
7 January 2007 | ||
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| I really like the design of this slot machine. Too bad it didn't like me back aswell. | ||
Nice colors
7 January 2007 | ||
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Wynn
7 January 2007 | ||
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| The latest Casino in Vegas | ||
On the way to the press conference
7 January 2007 | ||
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Wynn Casino
7 January 2007 | ||
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| I like the shape of it. Behind it, it has a full golf course. I didn't go in, though. | ||
The Venetian
7 January 2007 | ||
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| Being extended and growing... | ||
Neon
7 January 2007 | ||
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DDR
7 January 2007 | ||
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| At a Casino arcade... | ||
The Riviera
7 January 2007 | ||
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| The Riviera is the Big Tuna of Casinos. A bit of a shadow of its former self and off the strip. Since I came to Vegas on short notice, I had to move to Riviera from the second night, since I didn't want to spend 500 dollars on a room. The bedroom in the Riviera was actually really nice and the location for CES still excellent. | ||
What kind of animal is this?
7 January 2007 | ||
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| This is certainly the weirdest restaurant ad I have ever seen. | ||
BDA Press Conference
8 January 2007 | ||
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| Ladies and Gentlemen, we have won the format war. | ||
Best Sashimi ever!
8 January 2007 | ||
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| At the Osaka restaurant, which is among a list of 20 best Japanese restaurants and the only one which is outside of Japan. | ||
Sashimi Closeup
8 January 2007 | ||
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| The Toro was smooth as butter... Fish melting on your tongue... | ||
Vegas Colors
9 January 2007 | ||
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| Spot the Casinos! | ||
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