Check-out is at 12:00 today, so we're up and about by half 11 - well, not so much up and about, more dragging out sorry arses out of bed - soo tired! It's great to have things to do at the weekend, but the early-morning Wednesday meetings are really killing me - it takes me ages to recover - and all the driving is a chore. But it has to be done, and there's no way we could get to so all these things if I didn't drive, so I can't really complain. We decide to leave LV at around 4 in a bid to get back to Newport Beach for a reasonable hour.

When we get to the reception we realise that we've lost the ticket for the hotel car park - typical of me I know - and I expect a rather hefty payment. To my surprise I'm told that I'll have to pay a whacking $2 - oh damn, don't think I can afford that - for a whole weekends parking - result!

Another buffet suffices for lunch - this one has more on offer than the first one - but I do feel a tad guilty leaving without giving the waiter a tip - I didn't have anything small enough! As you probably know, it's customary here to leave at least a 10% tip - if the service is mediocre, 10% is acceptable; if the service is good, then more like 15% is the norm. Generally food is cheap enough, so I don't mind paying the extra, but the whole ethos of "well I can give a crap service and still get a tip" seems somehow not quite right. Maybe it's just me?

We have one last dapple before leaving, and don't win anything - I think I've lost about £100 in total, but I don't feel bad, as it's been a wicked weekend - will definitely come back here one day. To sum Vegas up in one word, it'd have to be "sexy" - the buildings are fantastic, the food/ drink is cheap, and there's strip-clubs all over the place. In fact, walking down the main strip last night, we were hounded by sweaty Mexicans handing out flyers for "entertainment direct to your hotel room" - I thought they were offering Playstations for hire, which wasn't too far removed from the truth!!! This would be the perfect place to come for a stag-week - a bit far, and would probably end up very expensive - but a guaranteed good time to be had by all!

Unfortunately, the drive back is as gruesome as the one here - we get back at about 10:00 - I could've driven to Leeds and back in the time that one journey took! And a 09:00 appointment 25 miles from the hotel dictates an early night - so I check my emails quickly, and am delighted to see this (sent by the Goon) - it perked me right up!