Las Vegas

I remember the time when I travelled to Las Vegas with a colleague of mine, Shake.
We took turns driving for roughly around 18 hours before reaching the place.
So, there we were at the place, and looking to get to the hotel that we had booked.
Following printed instructions (MapQuest, Yahoo! Maps) we proceeded on uneventfully.
That is until we came to a junction of 5 roads, governed by traffic lights.
Probably being tired and everything, Shake took a wrong turn and we ended up driving against the traffic.
Luckily, we didn't panic like stupid schoolgirls would have.
I calmly told him to drive over the pavement to the other side of the road. That’s what they do in those action movies. Movies prepare us for emergencies like this!
Unfortunately, Shake prefers romantic comedies. He switched on the hazard light and waited the road to clear up. Then he did a U-turn and we were back in business.
How much more boring could that be?

When we finally reached the hotel, we chickened out from sleeping in the car for the first night. Earlier we decided that we are too poor to pay a full day's rate for only a night's sleep, and therefore decided on sleeping in the car. But chickens we were, afraid of being mugged.
That’s when we used our engineering logic to solve this financial dilemma.
What we figured out was;
Hotel = nice place = expensive
Motel = not a nice place = cheaper than hotel
So off we went to look for one, and there are plenty.
Decided on one particular motel, went in and was told that the price is USD50 per night.
WTF??!!! That’s more that what we'll be paying for our hotel stays.
Walking out, I had a sudden realization;
here are 2 guys, trying to check into a motel........
Oh my fuggin God!!!

We went back to the hotel and paid for an extra night.