Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Nevada (April 2006)

Trip to Las Vegas, some impressions!

Approach to Las Vegas

Hotel The Venetian

Hotel Paris

Hotel Paris, indoor gallery with projected ceiling of moving clouds

Le Rêve

Le Rêve Show in Wynn's Hotel

Hard Rock Café

Hard Rock Café, place to go!

A short trip to the impressive Hoover Dam, 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The dam is build on the Colorado River and is the border between Arizona and Nevada. It was completed in 1936. The Colorado river now comes into Lake Mead. The lake goes 180 km behind the dam and holds approximately 35 km³ water.

It is possible to visit the dam. You descend with an elevator into the internal of the dam and can visit to turbine rooms and walk through the galleries. Next to the dam is a museum that explains the history of the dam.

Lake Mead