The Las Vegas Adventurer

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, b5media’s Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
Las Vegas attracts lots of visitors from Los Angeles.  It’s a short distance in miles and time, and an escape to the craziness of Las Vegas is a welcome change from the craziness of Los Angeles.  For those travelers flying into or out of LAS, you’ve probably seen the Encounter, a spider looking restaurant at the airport.
You can’t miss seeing it when you fly into (or out of) LAX. Although it looks like something out of The Jetson’s, the Theme …read more

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The Las Vegas Monorail has announced it’s lowering the prices of the majority of its ride tickets.
The unlimited ride one-day pass drops from $15 to $12, and the the 3-day pass to $28 from $40. It has also discontinued the 2-ride, 6-ride, and 10-ride multi-ride tickets. Single ride tickets will remain the same at $5 each.
The new ticket prices are available online as well as at the ticket booths.
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Are you heading into Las Vegas for Blog World Expo this weekend? Check out my links below for some tips and information on making the most out of your stay!
General Tips
~ Find an ATM
~ Tipping in Las Vegas
~ Pet friendly hotels
~ What’s the weather in Las Vegas right now?

Transportation
~ Taxi Information
~ The Las Vegas Monorail
~ The Las Vegas CAT Bus
~ Find the best gas prices
~ Car rentals
~ What’s traffic like right now?
Dining, Shows and Entertainment
~ In-N-Out Burger
~ Vegas Vegetarian
~ Best of Las Vegas 2008
~ The Best Las Vegas Buffets
Make sure you check out the other categories in the sidebar to …read more

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Renting a car in Las Vegas isn’t always a necessity, especially if you plan on staying on the Strip for the majority of your stay.
However, sometimes it’s not a bad idea to rent one for a day or two and see what else the city has to offer away from the hotels and neon!
Below is a list of car rental agencies and phone numbers that offer services in Las Vegas.
Allstate Car Rental
4311 Carswell Ave Ste 340
Nellis Air force base, NV
(800) 634-6186
Assured Auto Rental
4613 Las Vegas Blvd S
(702) 597-9710
Avis Rent-A-Car
McCarren Rent A Car Center
7135 Gilespie St., Las Vegas, NV
(702) 531-1500

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The Las Vegas Monorail (technically the Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail) was finally completed and opened to the public in July 2004. It was then plagued by several problems, the largest being parts falling from the monorail to the ground below. After several starts and stops, so to speak, it opened without further issues in early 2005.
The monorail currently spans 3.9 miles and takes approximately 15 minutes from end to end. The majority runs just about a block east of and roughtly parallel to the Strip and actually has no direct presence on the Strip itself. Though the …read more

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I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve been up and down Interstate 15, or as it’s more commonly called, the I-15! The I-15 is a transcontinental north-south interstate highway that runs through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Having grown up in northern Utah with grandparents in southern California, the I-15 was the fastest and most direct route for Thanksgivings, Christmases and Easters spent with extended family. The drive wasn’t terribly spectacular, usually starting obscenely early in the morning and ending late at night with a whole lot of flat desert landscaping in between, but …read more

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Not an uncommon question around Las Vegas! Side streets are usually pretty clear but to really get anywhere other than a residential area chances are you’ll need to use a main road.
Traffic.com has a very handy tool that lets you type in your city and instantly see accidents, road hazards, planned events, how the flow of traffic looks in real time and it even gives it to you quickly with green, yellow or red highlighted routes.
You can even enter in a specific address or city and your destination address or city and get an estimate of how long it’ll …read more

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Driving over the Hoover Dam is a lesson in patience. The two-lane bridge connecting Nevada, Arizona and Utah is often clogged with traffic and has even become an economic burden on the states because the major commercial corridor simply doesn’t move quickly enough.
Over the last several years there have been lingering concerns of possible catastrophes involving vehicle accidents or terrorist threats that could hinder the dam and its facilities and threaten the water supply of several southwestern states.

Enter the Hoover Dam Bypass, a “twin rib” concrete arch bridge about 1,600 feet south of the current bridge and an improvement …read more

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We’ve all heard the stories of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) getting ready to launch full-body scans at security check-ins in US airports, and they’re now a reality.
The first scanner was installed at the Phoenix, Arizona airport in April, and ten more are set to roll out over the next month – and one of those is McCarran Airport here in Las Vegas. (A few of the remaining will be at Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International Airports in Washington; Dallas; Albuquerque; Miami and Detroit.)
The scanning is supposed to help bypass the need for pat-downs, and passengers will have the choice …read more

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The Citizens Area Transit, or CAT bus (no, not that one!), of Las Vegas and Henderson is one of the most affordable ways to make your way around the city!
The route that runs the Strip features a double decker (pictured above) called The Deuce, and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is $2 each way. One way residential fares are $1.25, and extended passes can even be purchased online and mailed to you, or you can purchase them in person at a Ticket Vending Machine.
There are 360 vehicles that run 36 routes, with three dedicated to …read more

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