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Attic Vintage: Las Vegas' best kept secret

May 31, 2012

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I came to Vegas with only one thing to do on my list: i needed to find a vintage shop. When I thought of Nevada's sin city, what came to my mind were tall women in glamorous gowns with high heels and feather boas, standing by the gambling tables watching their husbands and sugar daddies lose a fortune or win big. Surely there would have to be a vintage shop [...]

Win the ultimate American Roadtrip

February 16, 2011

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Must do's

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Howdy travelettes, Did you ever dream about going on a road trip through the Southwest USA? I sure have been thinking about it ever since Katja shared her amazing videos (1, 2) and photos (1, 2, 3) from her American road trip with us. Now I you finally have the chance to win a 10-days-trip with trekamerica. Tour highlights include a Navajo guided 4[...]

Rock Climbing in Las Vegas?

January 26, 2011

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Las Vegas, Nevada, Off the beaten track

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Las Vegas. You may picture bright lights, Eiffel Tower shaped hotels, show girls, slot machines. I picture red sandstone cliffs, low cacti, and days spent out in the desert sun. The Las Vegas area is different for me because I’ve only experienced the famous downtown Strip out of the window of the car as we drove passed it to enter Red Rock Canyon. Over winte[...]

Viva Las Vegas

June 2, 2010

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Cities, Las Vegas

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Vegas was not what I expected. In mind I had an image of sequin-dress wearing ladies with long cigarettes throwing dice while drinking whisky and flirting with men in suits. The reality of Vegas, however, were denim-shorts wearing, beer-drinking, balding tourists who come to gamble their lives away or get wasted on drinks, strong enough to put out the Norweg[...]