Day three. On the third day, I headed to the Mandalay Bay hotel, which houses the Shark Reef aquarium and was also hosting the Sea Monsters Revealed exhibition of various underwater creatures. As I mentioned before, all hotels are unique in their own way, specifically in their styles, but beyond that, they try to stand out with things like exhibitions, performances, bonuses, etc., because they need to attract as many people as possible, and maybe even get them into the casino. Admission to the aquarium cost $20 + $5 for the exhibition ticket. The aquarium featured various animals of the underwater world: an octopus, crocodiles, fish, rays, and the main highlight was a huge hall designed like a sunken ship, surrounded by sharks of different species. The exhibition consists of several halls with exhibits in the form of remains of ancient underwater monsters. To be honest, it's actually quite creepy. Just imagining all these... little fish... in real life... I love large aquariums and oceanariums, so I recommend that you all visit this one too if you are in Vegas. I'm sure you won't regret it. By the way, I didn't mention that even before the trip here, I realized I got a bit lucky; specifically, I saw a post on Facebook that Kelsey and Matt—the very people whose wedding I attended last year—were also going to Vegas on the same day as me. Let me remind you that after the wedding, they left for Australia on a one-year trainee program. In the spring of 2016, they started having some problems; specifically, if I'm not mistaken, Kelsey lost her passport and they couldn't get it replaced for a long time. Eventually, they had to return to their homeland. And they went straight from Australia to Vegas, where we were supposed to meet up. "It's a small world," as Marta, the HR of our company who I mentioned hosted their wedding, accurately noted in the comments on one of my posts about Vegas. After discussing plans for the coming days, we decided that we could go to Cirque du Soleil together. Yes, imagine that! I've dreamed of going there since I was a child, and they were just planning to go to one of the shows, or rather, they had already bought tickets. If I'm not mistaken, there are 10 or 12 different shows presented by the Circus here, each in a different hotel. That is, there is already a ready-made venue with all the installations specifically for that show. And they are all different: Michael Jackson themed, Beatles, Mystere, etc. You can check tickets for any show here: Vegas Shows. My ticket for section B (which is quite close to the stage) cost about 140 dollars, but for some reason, there was a $41.50 discount for our Mystere show, so it cost $100.18. On the day before the show (or rather, on my second day in Vegas), we met with Kelsey and Matt to pick up the tickets for one of the shows they were attending together, and then to pick up our tickets. Unfortunately, we couldn't sit together, but because of that, I ended up sitting even closer :) On the day after the aquarium, I headed straight to them. They showed me a very interesting place that, I must admit, I didn't know about before. Well, generally, I think many have heard of Ghirardelli chocolate, and there are shops there packed with all kinds of chocolates of this brand, as well as shakes, ice cream, etc.: Ghirardelli Las Vegas. An amazing place, considering it's quite hot in Vegas. Just right for this weather. By the way, there are other interesting hotels nearby. For example, here is the Venetian: From there, we headed to the Treasure Island hotel, where the Mystere performance was taking place. This, by the way, is one of the most popular Cirque shows, and it was directed by Franco Dragone, who might be known in the CIS now for having recently directed Philip Kirkorov's show "Ya". (I also saw this show, by the way. And it is also gorgeous. You can see that Dragone is a genius.) If we talk directly about the show: Enchantment, magic, emotions! It's just impossible to
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