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This land of Southern Nevada, somewhat civilized now, rich in history and adventure and the American dream, yet culturally it is a
fascinating mystery. There is no doubt that the casino moguls are builders of great monuments to themselves, even though their techniques and ambitions
may unravel before the next monolithic project renders their's to another huge pile of rubble. Nothing here is constant but for the glitter and the
stone. The great pyramids of Giza, will they someday be surpassed by those of Las Vegas? Marvels in their own right, these towers to Heaven on a mission
to nowhere. We wonder, when we are the Ancients, will we be mocked or revered?
Here old and new do not blend together as one might hope. Neighborhoods are patchworks of the old and walled-in new, leaving you with
the impression that both survive by grace and the gaming industry, but alone. (Because it's true). Yet memories and impressions are implanted in your
mind. If you want to really know it you must live with its dynamic forces of nature, its man made structures and its contrived devices offering promise
fulfilled only by games of chance.
 Janice
Joplin sang the lyrics, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." Here in Las Vegas, however, freedom is
not a word bantered about in the taverns or coffee houses or public parks in such melancholy tones. Here it is alive and animated, cherished, and non-negotiable.
Like nowhere else on earth Sin City is a metaphor meaning freedom not destined for anyone else's damnation, except perhaps its own.
Las Vegas is often billed "Like no other place on earth!" But there are no two places on earth exactly alike, so, if that's
true, Las Vegas is so far unlike any other place that it might as well be -- not of this world at all.
Desire, not nurturing, has grounded it here, and one goes home wanting to keep its idea of freedom, but not pay the toll its cultural
indifference can take from your soul. In Las Vegas, desire is yet another metaphor, meaning more.
For many years now Las Vegas promoters have spoken proudly of this city's population growth. The product they sell is that 'bigger
is better.' Bigger hotel casinos, bigger entertainment productions, bigger nightclubs, bigger revenues, bigger profits. 'Better.' So too, therefore,
a bigger city must be a better city. What they do not say is that for every three who settle here, two pull up stakes and leave. No one ever asks why.
One Las Vegan crystallized a sentiment often seen in people's eyes, but seldom openly expressed, "Las Vegas does not nurture the human spirit." Perhaps
it cannot. Perhaps that is its cost for freedom. Perhaps that is its only sin, and its own hell.
 When you take
a Las Vegas Tour or a tour of Lake Mead or a Grand Canyon Tour, or even a combination of two or three; taken either by land or air or both, you will
see all the sights you have ever heard about, seen in pictures or even in your dreams. Yet there is so much more to see and sense and know about this
land of mystery and dream. If you want to see something not seen anywhere else in the world, take a moment from time to time to let your mind's eye
look into the hidden places and the faces of the people you see. If you would but add this one small detail of attention to your observations, you will
be changed, forever. I promise. And you will go home, now knowing exactly why you took that tour. You will want to laugh. You will want to cry. You
will want to tell someone of the wonders you've seen and sensed. But the words, they just won't come to adequately express the mystery.
 Of course,
we are here to help you put your tour together. To plan a dream and memories. This Oasis in the Desert, its deep caverns cut by an ancient sea, its
man made wonders and the persons too inexplicable but to see. You are now beckoned to come. Why else would you have read this far?
Travel along with us and see it all in the style. 
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