Idolobha laseMelika Las Vegas yidolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni saseNevada. Nokho, ukuthandwa kwakhe akukona ngenxa yalokhu. Sekuyiminyaka eminengi, iLas Vegas ibilokhu iyindawo yokuzilibazisa nokuzijabulisa.
Iqiniso lokuthi idolobha, elizungezwe izintaba ezingenalutho, lisendaweni yesigodi esinqaba, esiphezulu nesigcwele, sesidonsela izivakashi. Naphezu kokungabikho kwemithombo yamanzi yemvelo (kulethwa lapha evela emazweni angomakhelwane), iLas Vegas ingcwatshwa emahlathini.
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Umlando we-Las Vegas
Kuze kube ngo-1931, ukutholakala komuzi onaleli gama kwaziwa kuphela ngabantu. Ukugunyazwa kokugembula ehlane futhi ukuvinjelwa kwabo emazweni amaningi ase-US benza umsebenzi wabo. Lapha waqala ukuthuthukisa ibhizinisi lokugembula. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, inani lamakhasino anenzuzo lalinganiselwa eziningana. Kubalandeli bezokugembula bakhela amahhotela amaningi afanelekayo, ukudla okudlayo, zokudlela. Kufanele kuqaphele ukuthi iningi lezikhungo zokugembula zesikhathi eside zazilawulwa yizinhlaka zamafia, okwenza i Las Vegas ibheke nakakhulu kubagijimi.
Namuhla, leli dolobha lithola izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-40 ngonyaka. Izindawo ezingaphezu kuka-1 700 zokudlala, amakhemikhali angu-120, amahhotela amaningi - eLas Vegas anezinto okuzozibona! Kusukela eLas Vegas ukuthi labo abafuna ukuvakashela i-Grand Canyon, ibanga elingamakhilomitha angamakhulu amabili, baqale uhambo lwabo.
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"Umuzi Wezono"
Yilokho abakusho ngeLas Vegas. Konke okungabonakala lapha, kuhlasela umcabango wesilinganiso esikhulu nesilinganiso. Ngaphandle kwe-Las Vegas Strip (ingxenye ebaluleke kunayo yonke ye-boulevard ephakathi) ithola ipiramidi enkulu, ngoba kwakhiwa isilazi esimnyama esibomvu. Isilinganiso somqondo wabakhi bakhe sigcizelela ikhophi ye-Sphinx yaseGibhithe, esedlula ubukhulu bomdabu odumile. I-Las Vegas Strip ibuye ibe umbhoshongo weStatosphere waseLas Vegas, okuyinto enqabeni ephakeme kunazo zonke e-US, enesigodi esifanayo esikude.
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Uma ubuka emuva, ungabuka ikhophi yaseNew York neSitatimende Sokukhulula, ibhuloho laseBrooklyn namabhilidi eglasi. Maphakathi neLas Vegas yihhotela elidumile "Mirage", okwakhiwa ngalo ngo-1989 uStevie Winn wasebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-630 million.
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Nokho, lokhu akusona ukuphela kwezimpawu zomhlaba zaseLas Vegas! Kukhona futhi inhlayiya yaseFrance (ikhophi ye-Eiffel Tower eLas Vegas, inciphise isigamu), nesigcawu sayo saseVenetian, iSan Marco. Yebo kunezinto zobuciko emhlabeni! E-Las Vegas ungakwazi ngisho nokubuka ukuqhuma kwe-volcanic okwenzeka njalo ngemva kwesigamu sehora! Akumangalisi ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi izivakashi aziqondi ukuthi ziphi manje (ikakhulukazi uma zilalele utshwala).
Futhi yiziphi imizwa ezinika eLas Vegas izivakashi "ukucula" nokuthi "ukudansa" imithombo ye "Bellagio"! Ngaphansi kokuqamba okuvamile nesimanje esibhakabhakeni ngaphezu kwamakhulu ama-jets amanzi, ukubonga okudwetshiwe ekukhanyeni ngemibala ehlukene, kuyasuswa.
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Izinhlelo zokubonisa amahora angu-24, ukusebenza kwe-Circus of the Sun, umculo we-Broadway, umkhathi omnandi wokukhanya nokukhathazeka, amapaki okuzijabulisa nokunye okuningi - akekho oyoba nezinkinga eLas Vegas ngokukhetha izinkinga zokuzijabulisa! Kukhona umuzwa wokuthi umuzi awuke ulale. Ngisho nasebusuku ebusuku kunomsindo futhi kumnandi, futhi labo abafuna ukuphoqeleka ngokusheshisa ngokweqile nokungena ngokweqile ukuzibopha ngomshado bangayenza kwelinye lamasonto amaningi eLas Vegas ngemizuzu embalwa nje. Idolobha elimangalisayo, akunjalo?