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Mount BlackburnMountains in Mountain States, United States Less than 50 parties have climbed 4,996m Mount Blackburn in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, so it still retains it’s rugged untouched feeling. Glaciers encroach on Mount Blackburn on all of it’s faces and there is a sheering drop of four miles from the west face to the Kuskulana glacier. Mount Blackburn is high enough to feel like an achievement and the scene encompasses dramatic ice falls, ice fields and deep crevasses, but is still thought of as a moderate climb by Alaskan standards. The route requires a lot of challenging climbing, some over glaciers and along the northwest ridge of the mountain over looking the 75 mile long Nabesna Glacier. It starts from an airstrip on the glacier. For more info on climbing Mount Blackburn: www.steliasguides.com/alaska_mountain_...
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Regent Beverly WilshireBest Hotels in Los Angeles, United States "Posh Beverly Hills wonderland"
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Fear and Loathing at Circus Circus, Las VegasFilm Locations in Las Vegas, United States Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Dir: Terry Gilliam, 1998). Stardust Hotel and Casino, 3000 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Hunter S. Thompson’s drug crazed characters, Raoul Duke and Dr Gonzo are supposed to be staying at Las Vegas hotel and casino, Circus Circus, before they trash their rooms and have to move on by sneaking out in a complicated web of deception and taking with them many melons…however the Circus, Circus management wouldn’t let them use the real location (the story goes because the real life event did too much damage they didn’t want them repeated - but I don’t know how true that is) so they substituted for the Stardust Hotel and the Le Bistro Lounge, Riviera Hotel and Casino and re-created Circus, Circus, pretty reliably I understand, so I‘m not sure if which hotel I should direct you to, the original location or the dressed-up reproduction? Either way don’t be surprised if you suddenly feel like you’re on a drug induced bender when you step inside, it’s not you. The scenes before they leave for their trip are shot at the Ambassador Hotel, 340 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Metropolitan Museum of ArtArt Collections in New York, United States The 'Met' is to New York what the Louvre is to Paris. It's an astonishing museum in its scale and size - the best museum by far in the New World, and one of the 'must-visit' sights of New York. The collection of European art encompasses all ages from the Romans to Renoir, with works by all the masters on view. The Met's reach, though, is global: Egypt, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania are all represented and there is an extensive collection of American art. The programme of special exhibitions is excellent.
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Las Vegas Strip – The StripSquares, Streets & Urban Spaces in Las Vegas, United States Bright flashing lights in weird and wonderful shapes, music and palpable wealth: really called Las Vegas Boulevard South, a four mile section of the most glitzy of Las Vegas road, The Strip incorporates everything Vegas about Vegas. If you’ve ever seen a film or TV show set in Vegas, The Strip is where you probably got your impression of the city from. It starts by the airport, marked by the famous ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign and is officially the piece of straight road between hotel casino, The Stratosphere and hotel casino, Mandalay Bay. As well as the historic Vegas landmarks like The Dunes and The Sands, The Strip is also home to some of the mega entertainment/ hotel/ casino resort complexes like The Mirage and the MGM Grand. As well as gazing in awe at the look-at-me buildings which line The Strip, visitors can also see some free entertainment: the Bellagio’s musical fountains, the Sirens show at Treasure Island and the white tigers at The Mirage are some of the most popular, go to one of the theatres or show room venues or gamble - pretty much anywhere.
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