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We'll be there! :D

I'm still waiting to nab pics from MrD's phone from our Grand Canyon trip, but I thought I'd add a few more thoughts from the trip. Oh, and we found the remaining ducks :D Vegas is stupidly hot in June, and if we weren't travelling for the expo, I'd not choose to go in that heat. Drink lots of...

We arrived home yesterday morning, no issues with connecting flights thankfully. My friends have started this tradition where when someone goes on holiday, we fill their house with small rubber ducks. So after freshening up, unpacking and some lunch, we commenced our hunt. We assumed wrongly...

Was quite tasty! Now we're in the Qantas business lounge in LAX. MrD is quite impressed. First time I've been in here, as last year I was guested into First. I think this is nicer than the Business lounge in SYD.

Am currently sitting in the Club@LAS lounge courtesy of my Priority Pass membership through my credit card. It's small but acceptable. Not much in the way of buffet offerings, but you can order complimentary snacks and beverages through a QR code at your table. This morning we did a...

I went back to the Rio and the whole flight sim crew went out to dinner. The company is Chinese so we went to a hot pot restaurant in Chinatown. While the food was delicious, sitting in front of a boiling hot pot while the air con struggled in 40C heat was not pleasant. After dinner we still...

More exploring for me today, I started at Circus Circus and tried old school coin slots just for the fun of it, got to use the side pull bar thing too! Then wandered through Resorts World, Encore and Wynn before heading to Fashion Show mall. Where I'm currently resting my feet while writing...

Today MrD was busy with expo stuff, so I went out and did a spot of shopping. I came back in time to wander the expo and look at cool things I don't know much about. MrD is in his element though and having lots of fun. I saw this cool Hornet simulator so took a pic. MrD has similar gear at...

Yesterday was a quiet day. It was set up day for the Flight Sim Expo, so we went down to meet everyone. I left MrD to it and had a relaxing few hours reading and resting my feet. I met up with him later and we all did dinner, before MrD and I went to check out the Fremont Street Experience. And...

The first couple of days were a whirlwind of activity! Our first full day was off to a slow start because my alarm failed, and we slept in longer than expected. After stockpiling bottled water, we got out to the Strip and wandered from Paris down to MGM Grand. It was hot! But we were in and out...

I'll keep an eye out. MrD is a warbird flight sim enthusiast rather than the commercial planes, so anything MSFS won't be useful to us :)

I've got Bill Bryson's A short history of nearly everything. Which I didn't read at all during the flights. Watched Aquaman with MrD, then tried to nap. Which I successfully managed to do (on and off) with the help of Matthew Reilly's Cobalt Blue audio book. Qantas needs more audio book options...

We're on board now too! Next stop LAX.

I've only briefly been in the Qantas business lounge before, as on my last trip my colleague guested me into First. I'd say First is nicer, but this is still quite good. I've had a lunch and am chilling by the window while we wait to board.

Today's the day! We've just arrived in SYD, earlier than expected because we got to fly ahead. More time in the lounge in SYD for us! We only had about 20 mins to board after check in and bag drop, but I took MrD to the lounge in CBR cause he'd never been.

I tried reading the Eyre Affair by Jasper Forde and it was not my jam. I don't normally not finish books, but I was not invested at all. I've got A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson lined up for my upcoming flight.

I think there's an app for phones too. I don't have a Kindle, but I've got a few free books from the Google books app.

We should be in, will have to confirm closer to the date. I'm filling in for my boss soon and have no idea if I need to be elsewhere for anything yet. But fingers crossed I'm in town! MrD was talking to a colleague about AFF and mentioned the dinner just the other day and asked when the next...

Looks like you're on an amazing trip. We're off to Japan later this year for autumn leaves, but we're likely to do Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo and not venture too much further beyond there. Hokkaido is likely on the list for future trips, so I'm following with interest :D

Thanks to @justinbrett 's tip on MyVegas, I've converted some of the points I earned by playing some apps into vouchers. I've mostly picked up two for one coughtail vouchers, but did use a voucher for 50% off two Tournament of Kings tickets and a voucher for a complimentary photo to go with our...