Wednesday, May 17, 2006

赌城路上

五年没有去赌城,发现15号公路两边象第一张照片里那样纯粹的沙漠已经很少了,大部分地段都已经被植被覆盖,更像是草原了-和中国北方正好相反。
这个怪名字想必所有路过过的人都有印象,这次好奇查了一下,原来这里曾经是个江湖医生的地盘(至少他以为是)。以后大可以发展成个骗子医生的圣地。
五年来赌城本身变化不大。

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

我有一次沿15号公路从北向南开往赌城,几个小时都在荒芜的山岭中穿行,天渐渐黑下来,除了远远的几盏车灯,你看不到其他任何有人类活动的迹象。突然路旁闪过一个指示牌:Las Vegas 10 miles,当时觉得太可笑了,怎么可能呢?
几分钟后,当车拐出一个山口,眼前突然出现了一片炫目的灯火世界,整个无边的城市都在闪烁,奢华而放纵。
瞬间的巨大反差,使我不得不把车停下,等心跳正常下来之后,才继续前行。

Albatross said...

I drove to LV from north only once. It was exactly like what you described - the view was abosultely breathtaking.

Driving from south is much less dramatic; but if you drive back to LA from LV, imagine your eyes had been fed up with the barreness for over three hrs, then you started to climb the mountain, then at some point, after you made a turn, everything became so green, cloudy and fresh, then you know LA is ahead, ocean (!) is ahead ... it also was astounding experience.

Albatross said...

... and dear anonymous, I still don't know who you are ;-)

Anonymous said...

I had exactly the same experience as "anonymous" back in 1998, driving to Las Vegas from Utah. Total darkness. Up and down the hill. Nothing. And then, exactly as "anonymous" described, such brightness hitting you right in the face. The most ridiculously urban oasis. It was truly breathtaking.