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I am going to Las Vegas, Nevada, to check out the NAB Show, looking for live HD streaming technology to use in our projects.

Unfortunately, its quite a long way from Norway to the westcoast of the US, so the trip took 17 hours, including a 2.5 hour stopover in Newark Liberty Airport, New York, to pass through customs and immigrations and change the plane.

Oslo to Vegas GPS track

Flying Continental Airways on economy class is like most other trips in a Boing 737. There is a bit more leg room than a short-range 737, actually it was more than enough for me.

17 hours later, and with a TZ difference of approx -9, I arrive in Las Vegas. And what is the first thing you see when you get into the terminal? Slot machines, quite a lot of slotmachines. Even more interesting is that we have to take a subway from the landing terminal over to the part where we can retrieve our baggage.

Then it is off to the Excalibur Hotel and some well deserved sleep.

And for those of you who wonder what the hotelroom might look like:

I paid a bit extra for it out of my own pockets, but I think it is worth it.

More about the hotel a bit later on.

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