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Traveling the Las Vegas Strip
- 9-15-2007
- Categorized in: Las Vegas
Visitors to the famous Las
Vegas strip, drawn to the Las Vegas attractions and the Las Vegas shows
that are so popular around the world and draw visitors from all over from all
manner of exotic locations such as India, China and all manner of European and
Asian destinations, are already familiar with the difficulties inherent in
traveling up and down the extremely congested Las Vegas strip.ÂÂ
There are many options that exist, such as traveling in the ubiquitous
double-decker bus that takes a seemingly interminable amount of time to travel from
one end of the strip to the other, walking which is nearly unbearable in the
Las Vegas heat of 100° and up on a regular basis and renting a scooter of some
sort, which is prohibitively expensive.ÂÂ
All of these alternatives have their downsides, considering that a
scooter can run $26 an hour to rent, walking can be fatal in the
On the other hand, the
monorail can travel from one of the strip to the other in 15 minutes, linking
the MGM Grand hotel at one end of the strip to the Sahara Las Vegas hotel and
casino at the other end of the strip for the low price of five dollars. Oddly enough, the monorail receives minimal
travel by visitors to the
