Santana Houses

Ricky Hanson Santana House Madeira Portugal

 Santana is famous for its traditional homes with bungalow rooftops that are made out of straw that extend down to the ground, making them triangular in shape.

Ricky Hanson Santana House

They are mainly rural houses, used by farmers in the past. These houses have white walls with red doors and windows and blue trim. Most of these houses are tourist attractions. The straw roofs are renovated every four to five years.

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Viva Las Vegas

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This was the view from my room.

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Caesars Palace, The Forum Shops

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MGM Mirage, the white tigers.

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A photo Ricky Hanson took of The Venetian.

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Amazing artwork on a ceiling at The Venetian.

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The Venetian

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Gondola rides in the canals at The Venetian.

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My favorite photo from this trip to Vegas is this one in The Venetian.

The second time I ever flew on a plane was from Lake Tahoe to Vegas, lucky me, Ricky Hanson is one of the jet set now, and there’s no turning back LOL. Viva Las Vegas.

This city was beautiful, like no place I had ever seen before. Everything looked like it came right out of the movies. I wanted to move here.

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