US Reunion - part 4

Day 4 started with us getting up pretty late, it was good that we had taken the late check-out option. We all got dressed up and decided to check out the various casinos. We decided that we would first go and check out the Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes. We drove to Venetian and parked the SUV there. You have a carnival like atmosphere with street performers and costumed entertainers. Its a must see if you are at Las Vegas. From Venetian we headed out to the Caesar's Palace. At Caesar's Palace you should check the Forum Shops for the Exotic Cars at Caesar's Palace and feast yours with the mint condition collectible cars. At the shop I saw my favorite Ferrari flag that I always wanted to buy. But alas as fate had in store that was the only piece that they had that was on their wall and they were unwilling to part with it. After checking out the cars we headed out towards the famed Bellagio, Ocean's 11 fame. While you are at Bellagio don't miss out on the Bellagio fountains, there is a fountain show every 15 mins, its a must see after dark to get the true effect of the lights, music and water. While still at Bellagio don't forget to check the famed Bellagio lobby for its glass work and the Bellagio botanical garden.

As soon as we exited the Bellagio lobby there was the sinking feeling that our reunion was coming to an end and we had to part ways. Boka and nari had an earlier flight to catch and they decided to catch a cab from Bellagio and head to the airport. Like the earlier reunion which took place in Chicago (August 2003, correct me if I am wrong), the finishing touches to the reunion was given by khassi in his favorite Azzu bhai style interview. "Boys performed well you know" (just picture khassi saying it the Azzu bhai way). As we parted ways the famous five were reduced to the lonely three musketeers of billi, khassi and myself.

The three of us decided that we should keep the torch burning so went across the road to check out Aladdin. We just wandered around inside Aladdin and then moved on to Paris where we spent very little time. As we came out of Paris we had a glimpse of Bellagio fountain show. We hoped to catch the next show. We waited for sometime and the show just didn't seen to start, we decided to head on towards Treasure Island and hoped that we would be able to catch the Treasure Island show "Sirens of TI". We were in time for the show and we got to see the show. I don't want to describe the show and spoil it. You need to see it for yourself to enjoy the show. I would say its one show that you shouldn't miss while you are at Vegas.

After we were done with watching the show at Treasure Island we went across the street into Venetian and then hunted for the SUV that we had parked there and drove back to the Hertz rental at the airport dropped the SUV there and headed to the terminal. After getting our boarding passes we slowly moved towards security gates. It was the end of the reunion that took over a month to plan with all the logistics in place so that nothing would go wrong. I guess the main reason for the success of this reunion would be the detailed planning that we put into. Despite the initial glitches the planning that we had in place saw to it that it was one enjoyable reunion. All good things come to an end, so came the end to our reunion. Well it was fate that khassi and I had the same flight out to Dulles airport. So technically the reunion ended at Dulles airport when I had to board my flight and I started my walk towards the gate.

This was the saga of the Openzone US Chapter Reunion 2005. I am sure that by this time you would be bored to death. The idea of being so detailed was that if in the future we decide that we should retrace these very steps we would have guide present which would surely make our job easier.