One of the first questions I got asked when I told people I was leaving for a year was what my first stop was going to be. Vegas was not the answer people were expecting to hear, but it was probably the best transition for me since I could make this trip with my Shakti Dance Movement girls. We had a dance intensive, the "Tribal Massive" that lasted a whole week with dancing all day and homework at night. I didn't even have time to miss home.
Before our show at the plaza!
I did have time to notice the endless smoking, drinking, gambling, selling of sex, and general wastefulness. Vegas is definitely a city that brings out everyone's vices and traps you into spending tons of money (although as a women in the city you can get pretty much anything you want for free). With that said, I still did have fun and stayed a few days after the intensive to see shows, visit Death Valley (more to come about that), and had two incredible nights at the club watching Flosstradamus and Major Lazer.
