In the desert of southern Nevada exists the oasis of entertainment, drinking, and gambling known as Vegas, baby. The 4.2 mile road that extends from downtown to the airport, otherwise known as the Strip, is where you’ll find almost all the casinos Vegas is known for. In the middle is a one third replica of the Eiffel tower straddling over the hotel/casino Paris, Las Vegas. Down the road is the Venetian, a touch of Venice in the middle of the desert with a replica of the tower at San Marcos Piazza covered with billboard images. Walking down the Strip, you’ll find more casinos like Bally’s and Planet Hollywood with empty dirt lots in between, waiting for bigger and better structures to be built. At one end of the Strip is the Luxor, which is shaped like one of the great pyramids from Egypt covered in black glass. For $5,000 a night, they will treat you like a pharaoh.