So be it

报了一个四天的团，去Yosemite国家公园，Las Vegas和Grand Canyon玩，经过三个州，依次是California，Nevada和Arizona，虽然很多时间是在旅游车上度过的，但还是很爽很happy，因为我喜欢坐车看风景，尤其50人的车只坐了20人，咔咔。富饶的California，沙漠里的Nevada和多山之州Arizona。沙漠指的是Mojave，其实并不想非洲的沙漠那样全是黄沙，我这次看到的是被好多小灌木覆盖了的沙漠，感觉还很有生机。

[eng.ver.] I took a trip to Yosemite National Park, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon in the past 4 days. The trip covers three states, California, Nevada and Arizona. Although I spent most of the time on the bus, it's still cool, 'cause I like riding on the bus sightseeing. Plus there are 50 seats for us 20 people, so it's very comfortable. I saw the fertile California, Nevada in the desert and mountainous Arizona. The desert refers to Mojave, which is not like what I thought before. There are bushes all over the ground, but not only yellow sand dunes. I feel lives growing there.

第一天去了Yosemite，印第安语熊的意思。国家公园大体上就跟中国的自然保护区是一个意思。郁郁葱葱的树，也有烧焦的树，据说有一种松子要被火烧过才能发芽，所以烧焦的树被放任自生自灭，保持其自然的状态。山谷很好看。现在是秋天，旅游淡季，于是据说我们赚到了，又能看到红叶，又居然看到了本来看不到的瀑布，Yosemite瀑布和Bridalveil瀑布，虽然都细细的，也还会觉得lucky，嘿嘿。两块大花岗岩，el captain和half dome。然后看到很高很高的加州松——California Pine，很粗很粗的另一种树。空气很清新，所谓森林浴，我享受到了，嗯。

[eng.ver.] The first day I went to Yosemite,  which is bear in Indian language. There are trees, either green or scorched. It is said that some kind of pine nut needs burned once to sprout, so people just leave them alone to keep it natural. The valley is beautiful, especially with the yellow and red leaves in this autumn. And the falls show up even in this season when they shouldn't have. So I made a great deal of this trip. lol. They are Yosemite fall and Bridalveil fall, though thin, I still feel lucky. lol. And El Captain and Half Dome are the two big granites. I met the very tall California pine and another kind of tree with very coarse trunk. In fact, what I want to see most is the kind of tree on the bottom of which people can dig a tunnel to drive the car through. I really enjoyed the fresh air in the forest.

——追着一只小松鼠拍照，拿饼干引诱它，结果1拿了饼干抛开埋地里去了，诶。我追呀追，突然看到一块牌子说，不要喂松鼠，不要理松鼠，人类的食物对它们不好。

[eng.ver.] I also chased after a little squirrel to take pictures. I use the biscuit as a bait, only to find that it ran away and buried it in the earth. And what I also found out is that it's prohibited to feed the wild animal on a sign. lol. 

第一天下榻在Fresno。在网上搜呀搜，找不到salsa party，于是睡觉。

[eng.ver.] We stayed at Holiday Inn of Fresno that day. I searched for salsa parties only to find nothing. So, sleep.

第二天Hoover Dam和Las Vegas。Hoover Dam我不觉得有什么好看的，整个Colorado河上有很多个Dam，嗯。

[eng.ver] The second day I went to Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. I feel nothing for Hoover Dam, just so common. There are many dams along the Colorado river. 

Las Vegas很值得说一说。最可看的是很多不同的酒店，各有特点。我们住的Four Queens，可能它的特点是边上的Fremont St Experience，里面有天棚做荧幕的show，有两个摇滚乐队live演出，有一个saxphone的老人家边演奏边卖CD，我不认识，可能很出名。

[eng.ver] Las Vegas is interesting. There are many excellent hotels and casinos with different features. I lived in Four Queens, whose feature I think is the Fremont St Experience, where there is ceiling video show, two live rock bands, and an old man playing saxphone, who might be famous but I don't know.

这里的酒店都叫hotel and casino，地面那层叫C——casino，向上依次是1层，2层。。。

刚进入Las Vegas，第一个酒店——Mandalay Bay——特点是有个鲨鱼池。

[eng.ver.] The first hotel into the sight when arriving at Las Vegas is Mandalay Bay, sharks pool featured.

Stratosphere酒店，有一个高塔300多米，塔上有游乐园，一个八爪鱼，一个过山车，我想上去，但导游说，没时间，而且你不住Stratosphere，上去要花十几刀，玩要花十几刀，不值。作罢。

[eng.ver.] There is a over 300 meter tall tower in Stratosphere hotel, where there is a roller coaster at the top. I wanted to play this roller coaster, but no time. Plus it's expensive and not a good deal to go there playing it if not living in the hotel.

不记得是哪个酒店了。有一个很大的地面的过山车，我想坐，没坐成。

[eng.ver.] There is another hotel with an even bigger roller coaster, which I wanted to play but didn't.

Four Corners是个很繁华的地方，可以看到好多酒店。

[eng.ver] Four Corners is a lively place, where you can see a lot of hotels.

MGM酒店，拥有世界上最多的房间，没记错的话是5050间。

[eng.ver] MGM with the most rooms in the world. For 5050?

Tropicana，热带酒店，我总觉得这里会有salsa party，而且我隐约听到salsa音乐从里面传来——幻听？anyway，有party我也没时间，诶。

[eng.ver] Tropicana, where I kept wondering if there was salsa party. I believe I heard some salsa music coming from inside of it. Is it an illusion? Anyway, I didn't have time for it this time.

New York New York，有个自由女神像。

[eng.ver.] New York New York hotel with a Statue of Liberty.

Bellagio，有个fountain show，喷泉随着音乐起舞，很漂亮，有视频拍，哈。

[eng.ver.] Bellagio with the wonderful fountain show. The fountain actually dances with the music, which is beautiful. I had the video recorded. lol

Venetian酒店，有个人造天空，人造运河。

[eng.ver.] Venetian hotel with an artificial sky and river.

Excalibur酒店，像个大城堡。

[eng.ver] The castle like Excalibur hotel.

Caesars Palace酒店，里面有个大电动木偶show，讲Atlantis的。

[eng.ver.] Caesar Palace hotel, with an Atlantis show inside the hall.

Flamingo，养了火烈鸟。

[eng.ver.] Flamingo hotel with live flamingos.

酒店很多特点很多，我就不能一一说了，因为我看的也不全。

[eng.ver.] Well, there are more. 

最喜欢的是Luxor酒店，黑色金字塔顶有个灯柱，直打到天上，说是世界上最亮的灯，1000mile以外的飞机一起飞就看得见它。

[eng.ver.] Among all the hotels, I like Luxor most for its black pyramid with a light shooting straight upto the sky. It's said that planes taking off from 1000 miles away can clearly see the light, which is the brightest light in the world.

Las Vegas的夜景自然不用说。不过和香港的夜景是两码事。香港地方小，从太平山顶看到的全是高楼大厦。美国西部的城市多是小小的商业区高楼大厦耸立，商业区以外都是三层以下的房子，就像是把香港压扁，咳，这个说法不太合适，but you get me？LA也如此。SF地方小，和香港是同一类型。

[eng.ver.] No need to say that the night scene of Las Vegas is splendid. However, it's not like Hong Kong, with lots of skyscrapers and little area. The cities in western US seems all flat with houses mostly no taller than 3 floors, except for the relatively small area of downtown with all the skyscrapers standing. So is LA.

Las Vegas现在不只有赌博，还有国际会议和各种show。很多艺术家聚集在这里。我此行看了两个show，一个是Jubilee，无上装。胸部就不说了，肯定是不错的，不过我发现了一个小于A的平胸，诶。不过这个show会让人越来越忽略掉这些boobies，转而去关注它的剧情，服饰，很不错的。剧情是一个一个的小故事，中间穿插一些杂技表演。配乐都很不错。

[eng.ver.] In Las Vegas, gamble is not the only theme, but there are a lot of conferences and shows lately. Many artists gather here. I watched two shows, Jubilee and Ice. Jubilee is a show without covering the breasts. However, the show will lead you to pay more attention to its performance, story and fine dresses. It's weird though that I saw a girl performer with boobies smaller than A. lol. There are also some acrobatics show in between the sections of the main line story. And good music.

另一个show是Ice，来自俄罗斯，是在冰上跳舞，演杂技串场。几个女演员身材高挑匀称，很养眼。我特别喜欢一个橙色晚装的mm，线条好，表情好，舞也好，嘿嘿。btw，其中有一幕居然用一曲完整的Yanni，诶。

[eng.ver.] The other show is Ice from Russia, which is skating. The girl performers are tall and beautiful. I like a girl with orange dress most. She has nice figure, lovely expression and great dance skill. btw, there was one scene with a full version Yanni music. 

当然了，来了不能一点钱不赌。据说最近流行Jackpot，就是累积奖金。然后看玩牌的那些，好像叫texas hold'em，不会。都不会。于是之玩了老虎机，输掉了8块钱，诶。

[eng.ver.] Of course, it would be a pity if I hadn't gambled. I heard that Jackpot is popular these days, which means to accumulate the award. I wanted to play the poker, like texas hold'em, but I don't know how. So I just played a little one-arm bandit, and lost 8 bucks. lol. 

第三天去了Grand Canyon，看了与之相关的一个imax，号称全世界看的最多的imax，很震撼，边看边吃pizza，pizza很好吃，嗯。Grand Canyon是冰川地貌，一听就很吸引人是吧，哈哈。初到GC的人一般会去南峡。另外还有西峡，有个skywalk——玻璃桥，还可以做直升机进到谷底，要花179$。我去的南峡。

[eng.ver.] The third day Grand Canyon. I watched a related imax, which is said to be the one the most people have watched. The movie is excellent. The pizza I ate was delicious too. lol. Grand Canyon is a glacial landform, which interests me very much. I went to south valley. On west valley, there is a skywalk where you can step on it to see through the glass under you feet the bottom of the canyon. You can also ride the helicopter for a tour. Maybe next time.

到了grand canyon，岂止一个wow能形容。人们在宣传GC的时候都说，在它面前在伟大的自然面前，人会觉出自己的渺小，我不在它面前也知道，嗯咳。

[eng.ver.] Seeing Grand Canyon, everyone just WOWed out. They say when you come in front of Grand Canyon, you know how small you are before the great nature. Well, I know it even when not seeing the Grand Canyon. lol. 

GC很幽静，静得盖过了游人的往来和喧哗。你可以看它看得出神，有时候觉得就像看海。于是我们回bus都迟到，诶。

[eng.ver.] It's so peaceful here, that the silence even covers all the voices and sounds of the tourists. You can easily get ecstasy in it, sometimes I feel it's just like watching the sea. And so we all went back late for the bus.

晚上回到Las Vegas，看了show。又去楼下Fremont St逛，发现一个striper club，我鼓起勇气，啊不，是厚起脸皮，上前问是什么club。大广告屏幕上写着“First time girl”，所以我不确定这到底是家striper club还是jy。pp的迎宾mm说免费进，但是最低消费两瓶酒，于是我买了两瓶budwaiser啤酒。坐在沙发上看。当然也可以坐在吧台边上，中间有脱衣舞女郎在跳钢管。为什么不坐呢？因为cash不够，嘿。

[eng.ver.] After getting back to Las Vegas, I watched the show Ice. Then I wandered along Fremont St, saw a ceiling video show called Fremont Experience. Then I found a club advertising "First Time Girl" on the screen. I was not sure whether this is a whorehouse or a striper club, so I went ask and entered for two budwaisers. I didn't sit at the table, 'cause I don't have enough cash. lol. 

好几个striper mm过来邀请我去消费lap dance，都非常专业，问名字问哪里来……好像有模板一样。我都refuse了。同事观察一个lap dance后描述，striper mm跟一个男的跳够了，也不洗洗澡就又接着跳下一个，一点都不卫生。囧~

[eng.ver.] Several striper girl came over to invite me for a lap dance. They are quite professional by asking your name, the place you are from, etc. It's like they have a template or sth. lol. And I refused all. According to my friend who watched a lap dance, the girl lap danced immediately to the next guy without even taking a bath. Funny. lol.

第四天归程。晚上立刻被Chad找出去Glas Kat跳舞了，没体加饥饿，虐了mm。回来睡的好香~

[eng.ver.] The fourth day as soon as I returned, I went out with Chad to Glas Kat at San Francisco for salsa. Hungry and tired, I made the girls having danced with me suffer so much. What a shame~~lol.

在美国认识的朋友。

在渔人码头吃了顿龙虾螃蟹，40刀每人，贵。

跟着Live Band演奏跳舞，那感觉爽极了。这是San Francisco的Cafe Cocomo。

贴两张旧金山Bay Bridge附近照片，让摄影大牛评价一下。图片中是T-city城铁。

1号码头的钟楼和橄榄树