Honeymoon Day 7 (Colorado River, Barstow Factory Outlet, Fresno)

The hotel we stayed the night before was along the famous Colorado River - this river flows across 3 states in the US and is also largely responsible for the formation of the Grand Canyon. When daylight came, we went to take pictures by the river before departing.

We took few hours of the coach and stopped by at a petrol kiosk. Saw the M&M's sandwich ice-cream! I love it when i tried it during my last trip to Vegas. Dear bought it for me and I was so excited.

Us with the mini coach:

We then went on to Tanger factory outlets -the one we went at the beginning of our trip. It was another crazy time at shopping there. We then went to Barstow Factory outlet. It was an older factory outlet and most of the tenants have moved to the nearby Tanger. Thus, the only worthy shop to visit was Levis. It was really cheap. US$27.99 to get a pair of Levis! However, i was somehow in between sizes and couldn't find anything worthy. We contemplate to walk back to Tanger to continue with the shopping there but it was so near yet so far!

We headed for lunch and Tanger is just across the road....but time was so tight and we are in a rush....had to forego shopping at Tanger once more......a memorable shot with our favourite Tanger Factory outlet:

Wonder when we will ever go again!

We carried on our journey to Fresno, central California to spend the night.

Honeymoon Day 6 (Grand Canyon)

Spent few hours on the roads before arriving at one of the 7 wonders of the world - Grand Canyon. This is my 2nd visit to the Grand Canyon and both times are within the same year. The last time when i went with my colleagues during a company trip, we took the helicopter ride where we get a bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon and stopped in the centre of it all to have a picnic.

This time with Dear, we visited the South Rim at the Grand Canyon National Park. We get to walk at the top of the Grand Canyon and catch a view from the top. Different feel and atmosphere but the view is equally awesome. The Grand Canyon is simply majestic....seeing it for the 2nd time but its still a refreshing experience for me.

It was another few hours of bus ride from Arizona where Grand Canyon is located to Laughlin where our hotel was....so no other sightseeing for the rest of the day...just coach rides.....

Honeymoon Day 5 - Las Vegas

Early in the morning, we set off on our journey .... had an experience taking the public bus....passed through the Vegas strip....had a day view of the many themed hotels.

Excalibur hotel:

Part of Caesar Palace.....just like the Colesseum in Rome.

After about 1.5 hours of busride....we arrived at:

We had a tour of the making of chocolates:

And chocolates galore! As the choc factory is in Vegas....so even the choc had something to do with gambling....

There was even a cafe there which serve all the sweet stuff like ice cream and all sort of choc desserts!

There was also the M&M's retail shop at the chocolate factory:And even a cactus garden on nearby that had very interesting cactus!

Next we took the bus back to the main Vegas Strip.....passed by other nice themed hotels such as New York New York ....

and then we went to the M&M's world! 4 storeys of everything on M&Ms! Can simply go crazy there!

Thereafter, we went to Coca Cola World just next door...

It was timely cos we managed to catch the Coca Cola Bear! .....and had 4 storeys of shopping on all this coca cola!

Next we took a bus down to Stratosphere to switch to another bus. This is an icon where you can have a bird's eye view of the city. there are also thrilling rides at the top...we can hear people screaming with excitement while we were waiting for the next bus to go to the Premium Factory Outlets....it was another mad rush with shopping before the shops close at 9pm.....so no pics!

Thereafter, we took a cab to rush down to experience the Fremont Street Experience. It is a very famous light show in the ceiling which spans 5 football fields and 12.5 million synchronised LED lamps to create this exciting show...this is located at the old Vegas strip....though the show lasted only 6 mins...we felt it was all worth it!

The night was still young, we went to The Cheesecake Factory at Caesar's Palace to have the famed cheescake....it was awesome! so many flavours, we were at a loss which to choose!

Thereafter we took a walk down the lively Vegas strip.....at Paris:
Back at the hotel....with our shopping which were done within these 2 days! Satisfied! =)