Vegas bach party TR - 6/29 - 4/7

[sharabi]

Ok,

So first of all I have to apologise to all JC members who were in town for the mini AOD invasion..... never got to any meets. Vegas can break you man!

Prelude - There were 5 of us going for a friends Bachelor party, including the bachelor himself. The planning for this trip started in January this year and thanks to JC forums, we had a great hassle free time.

Tue - 6/29

3 of us got a ride from a friends bro to the airport. The bachelor and his bro got a ride from the bachelors girlfriend. Our flight was at 10:05am but we all decided to meet at 06:30am so we could have a cigarette and a drink before we checked in. The check in line was long, and I mean super long. We could see it from the Bar at Heathrow airport in London. The boys were getting anxious that we should check in but I had a plan. Carried on sitting and drinking until I saw sweat pouring down the guys faces and then said lets go. We were travelling on Delta and I travel quite frequently for my job so I told the guys to follow me to the Special section reserved for SKY priority members. No lines.......... The guys were quite nervous about checking in this section but not an issue. Tip number one, anyone travelling KLM/Delta/Air France through Heathrow Terminal 4, use the Priority member section, no one asks or checks your membership. Have done it a million times before, even though my status is not elite!

Ok, so one of the guys we were travelling with is the bad luck guy...... never want to gamble with him around because you lose....... never want to talk to a lady with him around because you lose........ never want to be in behind him in a security line because....... you guessed it! He got the old rubber glove treatment to our amusement! Security in Heathrow has 4 lines. As soon as he got into one line, we all ran into another! On a side note, security in Heathrow is a joke. While waiting for the friend who got the rubber glove treatment, I was putting my passport back into my carry on when I discovered a pair of scissors! Long and sharp. I looked around to see if someone had planted them in there but no one was forthcoming. I certainly never put them in there! Now you know What people would think with a brown brother in an airport with scissors........... I located the nearest security person and handed them over, explaining that I'd just come through security. She just asked me which scanner I came through and took the scissors. No other questions or explanation...... weird!

Anyway, after our friend made it through the 'treatment', we headed to duty free, each of us picked up a bottle of vodka or bacardi, and then headed to the pub airside.

Well, we all drank in this bar until 30 minutes before our flight was due to leave. We walked up to the gate and saw that no one had boarded and that there was a delay for 15 minutes before boarding would commence. Q walking to a bar next to the gate. We rolled up to a table, ordered 3 cokes and broke out one of our duty free bottles. Of course this was undercover, so each time the waitress went past, a shot was poured in. Well, after 15 minutes, there was an announcement that there was another 15 minutes delay. So we carried on in the bar for 1 further hour. Bottle one done...... Bacardi.

Finally got boarded and I get sat next to a very big lady. Turns out she was nice but man, was she big! And hungry! When food service started she complained that the lunch was small. So I gave her mine. She got very happy...... I had to keep her sweet as I kept moving in and out of my seat during the flight. 2 of the guys were seated together on one side of the plane and 2 on the other. The nearest to me included the bachelor's bro. Man can he drink........

Delta give free beers and wine during transatlantic flights. So I was happy for an hour or so until I started getting the itch for the hard stuff. I did not want to pay 7 dollars for a shot so 2 of the guys sitting near me opended up another bottle of bacardi and we proceeded to drink this between the 3 of us throughout the flight to JFK. The flight attendants were hot in a milf kind of way........ or it could be that I was just drunk.

On a side note, there was some guy who was sitting in front of my 2 drinking friends who decided to turn around mid flight and tell my friends to shut up.......... big mistake! Drink plus guys with testosterone turn people not normally vicious into dic*s. Ok, so were going to Vegas.... via JFK Come on dude, unless you are he-man with 24 inch pythons, you don't tell 2 guys drinking to shutup. The guy even told the hot flight attendant. She was cool. Told me to sit in my seat for 10 minutes then I could go back to the guys. She even brought me a beer while the 10 minutes elapased. Anyhow, my friends were not amused with this guys, who resembled a punk kid out of high school and let him know throughout the flight........ ah well, fcuk it. We're going to Vegas. The kid ran as soon as the plane landed. Who cares I thought???? My friends do, who proceeded to chase him and lose him by the time they got off the plane. Damn, you can't take drunk guys anywhere.

Anyway, now we are at JFK, a little intoxicated and about to go through immigration. I must add that in my experience, JFK must have the worst/rudest immigration officials anywhere throughout the United States.

One of the guys doesn't get through. He comes back to me as I was behind him in line and asks for a printout of a form we submitted online before we left for th US. I told him there is no need. I've been to the states a million times, my wife is from the US, so I know......

I go to the same offical and he asks me for the print out. I told him, trying not to slur, that we don't need one. I told him its an online form and submission and I have the form we had to fill out on the plane. No, he wants the online one. What part of you don't need it doesn't he understand. It's not a requirement. He is one of those jobsworth mall cop type of guys. But he has a 'real' gun, so Im not going to mess with him! He tells me to wait while goes and checks. The official in the booth next to him looks over, and is chatting with another one of his colleagues. I hear him say that the guy who is dealing with me is a 'dick'! That says it all.....

Anyway, the Official comes back and tells me its my lucky day and that I don't need the form as its a new rule that has just been introduced. I smell bullsh*t but whatever. I just want to get through.

Get luggage, check through to next flight to Vegas. Pick up a Burger King at the airport and have enough time to get to the gate for the next leg. Now, for all you people from the US, Ive just had a 7.5 hour flight. Now we need to do another one to Vegas which takes around 6 hours. Damn, its just like going back to England again after a short stopover. Flight was smooth and no drinking occurred. We were already falling!

Got to Vegas and had pre-arranged a Limo to the Trump through Presidential. First class service. This was a surprise for the guys and well worth it. Champagne was drunk by the time we got to the hotel, which also included a short drive through the strip. Tipped the Limo driver, who tried to sell me a trip to the stripclub, but I know better. Thanks JC forums.

Got to the check in desk and bagged got 3 rooms, 2 one bedrooms and one studio.

Dumped bags and went downtown. Had food at Hennessey's using a 50 dollar restaurant.com coupon. Bill came to 180, food was average. It was tuesday, so they has a buy one get one free burger offer. Also did a 70 ounce premium beer drink. Man, that hit the spot!

Ok, so its now 1am and time to gamble. Have been up for 30 hours and still pumped.

Saw the Freemont light show which was cool. Went to a few casino's. Gambled, drank and was up when we walked out at 3am. Went back to hotel and crashed.

Next day coming up..............

[rnjbond]

Nice one so far. Keep it going.

[Guest]

haha off to a good start..man you must be one crazy indian to be hanging out with those guys...

[dnix]

Nice......Type up some more

[sharabi]

Vegas bach party TR - 6/29 - 4/7

Ok, just remembered a few things.

On the flight to Vegas from JFK, 4 of us decided to play cards. Loser drinks a 'dirty' shot while in Vegas pre-gaming. The game is called bhabi, its an Indian game. Anyhow, same guys loses 5 games in a row......... more on this later.

I know its a touristy thing but.......Downtown, at the Binions casino, you can get your picture with a million dollars. We all did that, but one thing to note. You have to wait 30 mins to pick up the picture. By the time we got done gambling, the place to pick up pics was shut and none were left by the players club as noted. So we left without our pictures! Didn't bother going back downtown either.

Day 2 - 6/30

Got up very early this morning, like at 6am. Only 3 hours of sleep. The suites in the trump were spacious, everyone of them had a jacuzzi in the bathrooms. The tv's in the mirrors were an added bonus....... or a novelty if you like that sort of thing. The bathrooms were huge. Bigger than some rooms in Vegas hotels!

Ok, so getting up I decided to hit the gym. Ive been on a mini fitness regime for the past 5 weeks and am trying to keep it up. Phoned up all the guys and 2 of them met me in the gym. Nice equipment, overlooks the Trump pool on the 3rd floor of the hotel. Did the regulation hour on the bike and hour weights. Got back to the room and jumped in the Jacuzzi. I relaxed in it for half hour before deciding it was too hot. Showered up and phoned the guys. Lets get Breakfast.

Now for any of you who have stayed at the Trump, it has piss poor food options. No worries I thought, the Fashion show Mall opposite has a food court. Met the guys at the front of the hotel, and they were smoking away already. First thing that hit me. The heat! Boy was it hot, and it was only 9.30am. Walked across the road to Fashion show mall, Nordstroms entrance and it was closed. Huh? Opens at 10.00am. Doh! What........ no one starts work till 10am? I want that job! hahahah Anyway, decide to walk around the mall to the food court entrance. The walk in that heat was pleasant, but boy was it hot! We don't usually get this kind of weather in the UK so we appreciated it even more! Was going to go into Strip Burger but it didn't open til 11am so walked up the escalator to the food court. Looked around and nothing looked appealing. I remembered seeing a Dennys near the Venetion on our way to the Trump yesterday so we decided to go there. Got there by walking again, a nice 15min stroll. By now we were hot, dehydrated and sweating. The place was packed and there was a wait for 10mins. Bought 5 bottles of dollar cold water for the guys from the cashier at Dennys and they went down better than the Bacardi's yesterday. Got seated, ate and then left. Total bill was like 90 bucks for 5 of us, including tip. Not bad.........

So I had the great idea of walking down the strip..... Kept telling the guys, its not too far. Boy was I wrong. We went in and out of the Casino's. Side note, Im sure it was osheas, but they had these slot machines outside where a worker was giving everyone a free spin. It ended up that no one loses, and that you get a credit to play selected slot machines inside the Casino with the credit you win outside. This killed an hour but one of the guys won the 100 dollar jackpot from the free slot machine so was up without even putting in any 'real' money. They had dollar Michelobs and dollar Margarita's, so we had a few of those before leaving. Everyones a winner!

We walked all the way up to the MGM Grand. Saw the Lions in the Habitat......amazing. The porn slappers were out in force, but were harmless. When walking up the strip I told the guys we were near M and M world. Most of the guys are chocolate freaks, so wanted to go in. I was like..... come on guys, we are in Vegas and you want to go to M and M world. Anyway, after visiting it and leaving, one of the guys tells me not so loudly that he thought we were going to see the rapper Eminem and it was a some kind of store dedicated to him. Hilarious! I told everyone and we just all burst out laughing randomly on the strip.

But the walk was long and hot and we were thirsty. It was now coming up to 12.30pm. We couldn't decide where to drink and were now near the Bellagio. There was a Mexican Cantina type place offering a happy hour so we decided to go in for a beer. I can't remember what the happy hour beer was, it was some Mexican brand, but it tasted good. 3 bucks for a beer in a cold pint glass. Ok, so we get the first round in. 5 beers please barman.......right? Wrong....... 4 beers please and a Margarita. Margarita....... who ordered that? Mr rubber glove loser friend did. He doesn't drink beer. So what we all drink happy hour 3 dollar beers while he deicdes to drink 12 dollar Margarita's. The bar waitresses in here were super hot. A real treat in the hot Vegas sun. Anyway, that sets the tone for the week. After a couple of rounds we decide to leave and get a taxi to the Gun range. I know you aren't supoosed to be intoxicated when going but who cares!

Get in the taxi line at the Bellagio and theres 5 of us. Look for a 5 seater and one becomes available, give the driver the details. We want to go to the Discount Firearms INC. I give the taxi driver the address, but he doesn't know where it is. He can't even type it in to his satnav so we sit there for 10 minutes while the taxi stand guy at the Bellagio tries to explain to the driver and help him type it in. We're all coming down now from our slight beer/margarita buzz, sweating in the back of this dumb cabbies car! Come on man, we gave you the address, type it in to your satnav!

Eventually we get there.

I did some research and yelped The Gun Store and Discount Firearms INC. The reviews for the gun store all complained about lack of customer service and long lines. The reviews for the other company were all positive, and praised the customer service. And the bonus was the Discount Firearms INC was 5 minutes away from the Trump. Sold!

We get there and the first thing that I heard when I exited the cab were gun shots. You could hear them standing next to the buliding. Getting very excited, some of the guys had a quick ciggie before we went in. The store had the guns displayed in cases and machine guns on the wall. The coolness of the place was what first hit you when you walked in from the hot vegas sun. I got talking to the guy behind the counter and he was super friendly and cool. Turns out he lived in England for 7 years previously. He asked us what we wanted to shoot. None of us had previously shot a gun before, let alone hold a real one. He told us to start of with a 9mm and then work our way up. First things first....... ID's please. Everyone gets out there passport except me. I forgot mine, left it in the hotel room. Sh*t! The guy behind the counter looks at me, cracks a joke at my expense, and then goes to ask his boss if I can still shoot. Boss ok's it and Im happy. This was cool as I know they went out of their way. They can lose their licence if they get caught doing this. We have to fill out a waiver form. My name, since I had no id was No Name Nigel. Huh? Where did you get that from? Apparently, Nigel is a name unique to the UK and this guy found it funny, so that was what he put on the form. He asked us what we wanted to shoot. One of the guys was all excited and saying he wanted to be like robocop! He soon got put in his place by the store guy. That guy was hillarious, cracking jokes every few minutes. But when it came to the serious stuff, he was deadly serious. Guy new his sh*t. So 4 of us picked a 9mm, and the other guy a 45. The store guy showed us how to hold the gun, to clip/unclip and how to shoot. We got the ear and eye goggles on, picked up a target sheet and walked into the range. Oh my god.......

[sharabi]

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How loud was it. Even with ear protectors on it was super loud. Made me jump everytime someone fired a round. We all went into our booths within the range, and unloaded onto the targets. It was fun but I had trouble loading the bullets and my hands were super sweaty! I had the shakes as well, so my target wasn't hit very many times. Man, are those bullets hard to load, and are those targets hard to hit! I did get a the middle twice in 50 rounds though! LOL The loser friend of ours hit the target in the middle the most. Turns out he wasn't that much of a loser!

We finished up and went back to the front of the store. I had enough now but one of the guys wanted to fire a M16 machine gun, so went back in and did that.

Total cost for a handgun with 50 rounds was 45 dollars. It's well worth it I tell you, especially if you haven't shot a gun before. The machine gun, with 25 rounds was an extra 40.

As we were going to pay, one of the store clerks started taking the piss (making fun off) his female asian colleague. She was also taking the piss out of him. He was taking to us, telling us in an asian accent...... you hurry up, you pay, you go. We all fell about laughing, but there was an asian dude behind us in line who didn't find it funny.......

They phoned a cab for us to take us back to our hotel. We needed two cabs and the first one arrived. 3 of us got in this. The cab driver pulled off asking us where we wanted to go. We told him the Trump. He got all arseholish then saying he came all that way for a 5 minutes journey. Started mumbling shit, so when we got to the Trump, I told him to f off by giving him a small tip! Hey Mr Taxi driver, it's not my fault you came all that way, thats you're damn job! I just asked for a cab to the Trump my friend.

Well, he drove off in a huff and we just laughed and walked into the hotel. We went to our rooms and waited for our other 2 friends. 30 minutes later and they hadn't arrived. An hour later they walked in, all sweating and not amused. Apparently their taxi hadn't come. I think that our taxi driver must have phoned in cancelling their cab.......... oh well! It was only a 15minute walk, but at over a hundred and 10 degree heat, that was energy sapping.

We chilled in the hotel until 4.30pm and we all went over to stripburger for some food. I had a 50 dollar restaurant.com voucher for this. Burgers were awesome! After eating, we went outside to the bar area for happy hour. We were there drinking until 9.00pm. Beer after beer, shot after shot. One thing I loved about this bar was the cool fans blowing water mist on to you. It made the evening very nice and we all joked and reminisced about old times. The happy hour was only for beer and some bar food, so our non drinking beer dude was on the hard liqour. He lasted 2 drinks before he walked back to the hotel. The rest of us bitched about him for 5 hours! hahaha

Anyway, we went back to the hotel and got ready for our night out.

We were going too Voodoo Lounge and it was some hiphop wednesday night. We had an open bar package which we purchased from Vegas.com. 60 bucks open bar all night, included all drinks apart from cocktails. So we decided not to pre-game and go straight to the Rio. We were going to murder this bar.

Got a cab to the Rio and first thing I noticed about the hotel was that it was of older type. Not tacky old, just worn out old. Oh well, got to the front of the queue, because, well, frankly........ there was no queue! What had we let ourselves in for???? We were there early though, it was only 10:15pm. But we wanted to hit that open bar. We got our wristbands from the front door person and made our way to the lift. The lift journey was cool, straight to the 50 something floor. Got out and went straight to the bar. Bacardi and coke my friend. The door person did tell us that we could only get one drink at a time, and not allowed to get anyone else a drink. If caught, our wristband would be taken away. ooooooh, I was soooooo scared. LOL!

Tipped the bar guy on every round. Killed that bar. We were there till 3am. The view from the patio was just amazing. This alone was worth the trip. There's something about having a nice cool drink, on top of a hotel roof, overlooking a view like Vegas at night. The place was begining to fill up. We got a seating area by the bar. The DJ was playing some really good old skool hiphop/rnb tracks, from back in the day. The mixes were equally good.

The place was small inside, and had 2 levels outside, one of which they had closed off later on into the night. Some of us went to the bar to get a drink and left the bachelor at the table. When we came back he was sitting with 2 women, either side of him. hmmmm, I thought. It turned out that these two ladies were indded ladies of the night, prosies.......hookers! They propositioned him to go back to his room but he declined. These ladies were really working the room. We laughed as they moved from man to man. Without luck as well.

One funny thing happend. One of the guys we were with really wanted to hear a bhangra tune (Indian song). We told him they would not play anything but in his drunken state he deicded to ask the DJ anyway. He was mumbling sh*t and being annoying. The DJ waived his hand over his mouth as to motion the guy had stinky breath! hahahaha So funny, we ripped him to pieces.

We left around 3am and went to the ground floor and did some gambling. Got propositioned by a few more hookers. One of our team decided he wanted to go to a strip joint. The rest of us wanted some food, so we told him to stick with us........ he said no. So I took him to the cab rank and asked a cabbie if he would take him to the spearmint for a free ride and my friend would pay the entrance. No go there........ waited in line for a Cab and the cab line attendant said my friend could have a free ride and entrance and 2 free drinks if he went to Ricks Caberet. My friend was drunk and just said yes so off he went into the night.......... more to follow on this later!

I went back into the hotel casino, gambled a bit and then the 4 of us left, got drive through food at Sonics, and went back to the hotel. One of the guys decided to puke at Sonics, and just puked all the way back to the hotel. A few stops is what we had! Luckliy none got into the car, but the taxi driver was really cool, a real nice guy, in contrast to one we had earlier from the gun store. Tipped him very generously.

We went up to one of the guys room, ate the food and then crashed!

Thursday July 1st to follow...........

[rnjbond]

haha off to a good start..man you must be one crazy indian to be hanging out with those guys...

British desis are, for the most part, even crazier than we are over here.

PS, sharabi, teach us how to play bhabhi

[sharabi]

haha off to a good start..man you must be one crazy indian to be hanging out with those guys...

British desis are, for the most part, even crazier than we are over here.

PS, sharabi, teach us how to play bhabhi

The quick version.........

Need a minimum of 3 players. Deal out all cards from pack. Basically the aim is to get rid of all your cards. The one with any cards left is the loser. Start off by throwing down the ace of spades, whomever has it. Then the other players throw down there highest spade. If a player doesn't have a spade, he/she can throw down any suit, remembering that the aim is to get rid of all your cards. So its advisable to throw down the highest numbered card. Then you go around, with the person who threw the highest numbered card going first. You have to throw down the same suit as the person who went first. If you throw down a card numbered higher than anyone else, its your turn to go first next round. The catch is if someone doesn't have the same suit as you during the round being thrown down, you have to pick up all the cards up until the point when the person hit you.

Its not too complicated and easier to explain when playing!

Anyway, what makes it interesting is the loser of the game has to take a shot of everyone elses choice.

[sharabi]

Thurs 7/1

Ok, so wake up this morning at 8.00am. Mouth is so dry its unbelievable. Hangover has kicked in! Trump provide you with 'free' water bottles every day. I say 'free'. Its part of the resort fee.

So I wake up and get ready to go to the gym. No one else is up so I hit the gym and to usual routine. Get back to room and jump in Jacuzzi, shower up and am ready to go. By now its 11.00am. 2 men are down, 1 is ready to go and the other started to wain.

We decide to walk to Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile shops. Get as far as Venetian and decide we need a cab. Cab it to Miracle mile shops. Go in and look for Tacone Grill. I have a restaurant.com coupon for here and we use it too good effect. Food was so so, but went down a treat after last nights drinking. It was now 1pm so we walked up to Blondies bar. The guy who was ok needed to take a dump. (Too much info I know) So he goes into the mens public toilets near Blondies. 10 minutes later he's out and feeling refreshed, ready to take any challenger on at.......... Beer Pong. On a side note, apparently he didn't flush the toilet but more on this later. (Dirty bas*ard I know!)

Get to Blondies and ask for Beer Pong setup.

I've seen the film, played once ages ago, but my friends haven't so this is a novelty for us. Get excited at the prospect of playing then realise its only shite beer available. But who cares..........

Game on, after reading a quick summary of the rules. It was fun, and we stayed and played for a couple of hours getting very merry.

Loser friend joins us after a night of puking and he needs food. Doesn't touch a drop of drink and vows to be on cokes all day. As he was sharing with our friend who went to the strip club, I ask him if he has made it back. He says he did but hasn't talked to him. Thats a relief then, I think. At least he is ok. We carry on playing for a bit, and then after a quick ciggie, head back to the hotel.

At the hotel, I go into friends room to ask him about the strip club last night. He told me he got cleaned out! Huh? I ask him what he means. He tells me he got into the joint, and sat on a table with a drink. Women start coming and going as he is not interested. Then 2 women come over and ask if they can sit down. He says they can but he does not want anything. So they sit and chat with him for about an hour. After an hour or so, he decides to leave, and is confronted with a 1200 dollar bill. What! Whats that for? Apparently, they charged him for time spent talking to him. Now he is no virgin of strip clubs, but it is his first time in Vegas. He says no, he didn't ask them to sit there, they came of their own free will. Anyhow he decides to leave and the manager comes over and tells him he owes 1200. A big looking security dude also comes over. They tell him they will call the police and he will be arrested. He shits himself and says he doesn't have 1200, but he has it at his hotel. They send him in a strip club car to the hotel to collect the money, but keep his passport as a gaurantee. He pays up, gets his passport back, and now is really pissed off.

He's been in the room asleep since he got back at 6am. Its now 5pm and the room curtains are closed, the room stinks and he is still in bed. I tell him to man up, forget about it and start getting ready. We're going to TAO tonight.

So I get back to my room and crash for an hour. Wake up, get ready. Everyone else is ready so go to friends room to pre-game.

Have a few shots of Belvedere Vodka before heading out. I pre-booked tickets for TAO through Vegas.com for 30 bucks a piece. This included entry, no line and access to LAVO and TAO Beach all weekend.

I can verify now to all JC members. This works!

You bring your email confirmation with you. This is a must. We got to the venetian via a town car from the Trump. It was over 100 degrees outside at 10pm. Thats just pure crazy! The driver made small talk, asking where we were from. We were just having fun and said we were Australian and that we hated British people. She said she knew we were Australian as we had that accent! LOL

Anyway, once in the Venitian, we got up to the lobby entrance for TAO. Bloody hell, what craziness. The line was insane, going all the way around the shops. Even the guestlist line was crazy.

I went up to a random doorman and asked for Robert Connor, as instructed on my email confirmation. He directed me and my crew to the shop next to the doorway entrance and asked me to wait there. We waited for 5 minutes, looking at the line getting bigger and the people getting restless. We were opposite the guestlist line but not in it. I was begining to wonder if this would work. Then a tall guy comes over and I ask for Robert Connor. He says that is him and I show him my print out. I, along with a few other people are escorted straight to the cashier inside TAO and told by Robert to show my printout. I show this and get wristbands for the entire weekend. We're in! In a total of 10mins maximum, for 30 bucks a piece. Vegas.com......... I love you.

The queue outside was crazyiness, and we left that behind, even bypassing the guestlist queue.

TAO is beautiful inside, and we go past the bar area downstairs to climb two flights of stairs and into the main club. Wow! This must be one of the best clubs I've been too. Beautiful in decor, and beautiful in people. God truely made this club for the people!

The place was packed, but even not having a table, getting a drink was easy. And boy, I like my drink, but the shots in this place were dirrrrrrrrrrrty! Bacardi and coke tasted like bacardi with a drop of coke. The barman was tipped well to keep them flowing. I think I had like only 5 before I felt like puking. Man, were these drinks insane.

The club itself was in 2 rooms. One main dance floor room and one smaller dance floor room. There were various bars scattered around. The beach area was closed that night, and this was a shame as I heard it was probably the best area of the club. Anyhow, this was not going to deter me from having a good night.

The women in the bath at the top of the stairs got a few admirers, but no photos were allowed as security stepped in to stop people from doing so.

We stayed in the smaller room all night, as they had a mad insane DJ who remixed everything from the fugees and biggie to coldplay and the killers. We had an area close to the entrance/exit at the far end where we could chill. No seating, just a barrell used as a table for our drinks. But we weren't about to sit down. The dance floor was packed, but with a little manovering, space was made. Danced the night away. The tables next too the dance floor must have been getting pissed because people were encroching on their floor space, and with floor space already very limited at these tables, Im glad I wasn't trying to dance/sit/drink at them.

Well, this is where the night starts to end. Basically, the bachelor needs to go back to the hotel because he has tummy troubles. He usually gets the sh*ts whenever we go abroad and its started now! So he bails out and goes back to the hotel. This means theres 4 of us now and loser friend is getting annoying. So we hatch a plan to get rid of him. I am supposed to say i am tired and go back to the hotel with him, leaving the other 2. And I do this, as soon as we get back to the Trump, I go up to my room, and leave to go back to TAO. Get back to TAO and get back inside no problem. Had the stamp of course! I start looking for my friends.......... for over an hour I looked for them. I even got into the VIP section in the main room. This was very easy, security here was a joke. Ok, after an hour of looking, drinking, dancing and talking to people, I was now out of patience and decided to go back to the hotel. Had the guys bailed on me too???

Anyway, I get to the ground floor and start a little gambling. Im up by 300 and decide to cash in and leave. As Im cashing in, I bump into the other guys. They cannot believe it! I came back. They thought I wouldn't come back so decided to leave the club and start gambling. Anyway, they were on a roll, up by 800 or so.

They told me they had been playing a game called crabs. I've never heard of that so asked them what was involved. They said they didn't know how to play but had to roll dice. I told them its called Craps, but they still carried on calling it crabs throughout the week. Lucky first timers I guess.

Anyway, the strip joint guy decided now was the time to go to another strip joint. I advised him against it after his experience the night before but he insisted. He wanted to go to a local one behind the Trump, so off he went into the night.

Me and the bachelor's bro were left and ready for some food. I asked our taxi driver to take us to In and Out Burger. I'd heard so much about it on the forums I wanted to go. But it was 4.30am and he said it was shut. I was disappointed but we were still hungry so he took us to a McDonalds drive through near our hotel and we got a couple of egg and sausage mcmuffins each. Man...... Now can I tell you that this was the best food I had all week. Really.....truely. Must be because we were really drunk. But it tasted so good!

Got back to the hotel and crashed.


Day 4 - 2/7 to come........

[rnjbond]

$1200?! That blows...

[kori]

entertaining trip report!
1200 at the SC? what a scam..

[dnix]

thats BS. I would of gladly had the police come out. In my opinion its a civil matter, not a criminal one, and they would have to sue him for the money. Theres not even a written contract for services. I doubt anything would happened to him, unless theres some special law regarding strip clubs that Im not aware of.

[kori]

I agree with Dnix.

Those girls hustled him cause they probably thought he had money and was an easy mark. They may or may not have told the manager that your friend agreed to it and is now refusing to pay..

But $1200 just to sit there.. that's ridiculous.. I think your friend should have tipped them a couple hundred since he can't really expect two working girls to sit there for a full hour for nothing.. But nothing more than the tip..

[sharabi]

I agree. He tells me that he sh*t himself, and being in a foreign country he didn't want to go to jail. Scare tactics I know, but when drunk and surrounded by people telling you this crap, you mind automatically goes into defensive mode. I told him why didn't he just go to the front desk at the hotel when he got back to pick up the money and tell them these people were trying to rob him and had his passport. They would have helped. But he tells me he didn't think of it at the time....... Oh well, at least this serves as a warning to other members not to be tricked like that.

[blibblab]

Damn, sorry about your friend getting conned out of $1,200 - that sucks! Where was this (so other people know not to go there)?