"Las Vegas?" Although Gao Xi doesn't know much about the United States, when it comes to casinos, he can still think of that very hot name.

"That's right, it's the Las Vegas from the movie "The Godfather"!" Severn said with a smile.

"I've always wanted to see Las Vegas, but I didn't have the chance, and I didn't expect to be able to make this wish come true this time." Gao Xi said brightly.

"Isn't it, you still want to learn from others to gamble?"

"That's not it, I'm not even able to play mahjong, don't mention gambling, go and see, see the world, or let's have an outdoor live broadcast together, and let our domestic fans see what Las Vegas is like." Gossi said.

"It's a great idea, and I absolutely agree with it. But Brother Xi, can you please help me take out the sunglasses in my bag, and when I get to Barstow later, I must wear sunglasses, otherwise my eyes will have to be blind. Severn said.

Gao Xi didn't quite understand what Saiwen meant, but he still took the sunglasses according to Saiwen's idea, and that guy actually put as many as a dozen sunglasses in his bag, each of which was different, Gao Xi took one for Saiwen, and he also took one himself, so as to prepare early, so as not to be anxious later.

As the car drove all the way north, the greenery, meadows, orchards, and farms along the roadside began to gradually decrease, and local wastelands and barren mountains began to appear. The further north you go, the more wastelands and barren mountains there are on the roadside, and the fewer farms and orchards there are, and at last you are almost completely out of sight.

To be honest, for the layman, Gaucy didn't know where the car had gone at all, and thought it had entered Nevada. After listening to Severn's explanation, he realized that they had just entered the edge of the Mojave Desert in Southern California, far from Nevada.

On the way to the town of Barsto. It is rare to see people on both sides of the road, and there are few villages and market towns, so Severn plays the role of a tour guide, after all, Daisy is still sleeping there, and Gao Xi is basically blind to the United States, and there are really not many places to know.

Severn told Gaussey that this is the Mojave Desert region of California. It wasn't until then that Gaucy understood that the southeast of California was also desolate.

In the later sections, looking out of the window, there is a yellow-brown color in the distance, except for some gray market towns and factories that can occasionally be seen on the roadside, almost all of them are barren mountains and grasslands, and occasionally there is the Gobi, which is full of stones and sand and gravel on the ground, which is a little dazzling in the sunlight. Occasionally, there is some green that is just a dot.

However, desolation is desolate, but there are still some industrial buildings on the roadside, and there is a railway parallel to the road. Gao Xi knew that California's industry was also very developed, especially the oil industry, and sure enough, he saw some pumping units and refineries working the side of the road, but they were not large.

Around the afternoon, the sun was a little hot, and the car turned off a wide road into a small town called Barstow. It is a city built in the desert at the intersection of California's Highway 58, Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. Once a famous railway hub, it is now a multi-highway stop in the middle of the desert for shopping and dining.

For visitors driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Barstow is right in the middle. Since there are not many places to rest on the side of the road after entering the Mojave Desert, most people choose to take a break at Barstow.

Apparently Gaucy is a tourist from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, so for them. It's a great place to rest and even sit down and grab a bite to eat.

After turning down the wide road, Severn first drove Gao Xi to a large outlet center, where the three of them could pick up some of the items they needed, depending on the itinerary.

Generally speaking, shopping at outlet centers is one of the regular programs of North American tour groups. Although they are not a tour group, Severn decided to let Gao Xiduo experience American life, it doesn't matter if you buy anything or not, you can go inside.

"Is it mandatory for those North American tour groups to shop here?" Because Gao Xi had heard of such a thing, he casually asked, but it didn't mean anything.

Dai Qisi has also woken up at this time, very excited to run to the mall to buy things, women seem to like to eat snacks, Dai Qisi is no exception, is this woman really not afraid of eating her body shape too much?

"It's completely different from the nature of the shopping that is often encountered in domestic and Southeast Asian tours," Severn told Gausi. The tour guide here has nothing to do with the outlet center, that is, there is no behind-the-scenes deal, and there is no tour guide commission, only this time in the whole few days of the trip is specially arranged shopping time, in other tourist spots, the tour guide does not take us to the gift shop at all, nor is it recommended, whether to shop or not is completely up to the tourists. ”

"Ah, this is really good, I like this kind of tour group, and my travel company should learn from them."

According to Saiwen, Barstow originally had two direct sales centers, one was called Barstow Factory Direct Sales Center, and the other was the Tanger Direct Sales Center we came to. Although the Barstow factory outlet center is larger than the Tanger outlet center, it is said that due to the economic downturn, more than half of the stores are now closed, so I don't bring Gaucy and Daisy with me.

This may have something to do with the global economic downturn. Gao Xi had heard that Tanger Direct Sales Center was a large chain of outlets in the United States, in Canada and New York, and he had come across it when he went to San Francisco.

After their car stopped at the Tanger Outlet Center, when they got off the car, Gao Xi noticed the sand in the corner of the yard of the outlet center and a few plants barely growing in the strong sun, although this was specially cultivated, probably due to the lack of water and heat, the flowers and plants grew very sparsely, and the lonely little green immediately gave people a feeling of drought.

In the center is a yard surrounded by shops on three sides, and in the middle of the yard is a large parking lot with some cars with local license plates, but not much. There are also cars from Nevada and Utah, and people come here from afar because it is one of the larger commercial centers in the Mojave Desert.

However, this center is indeed smaller than some of the other outlet centers that Gao Xi has visited, and there are only a few dozen shops along three sides of the courtyard, a few of which are not open, but there are still many brand-name stores in those that are open, and the popularity of them is still very strong, even though the economy in the United States is not very good at that time.

In addition to the locals, the main customers who come here to shop are tour groups, of which Chinese tour groups, especially domestic tour groups, account for a large part. During their stay in the high sea, a number of large tourist buses came here, and most of them came down, and it seems that this shopping mall on the main road to Las Vegas City, like Las Vegas City, is also a favorite place for Chinese tourists.

Perhaps because of this, some of the big shops here even have dedicated Chinese service staff. In one store, Gao Xi saw a Chinese waiter busy dealing with a group of savvy Shangpu people, and they talked about Gao Xi's knowledge that these customers from Shangpu wanted to get a better price somehow.

Judging from her fluency in Chinese and her very sophisticated way of doing things, Gao Xi guessed that she was the boss who had come to serve some customers from China, and sure enough, the shrewd Shangpu people seemed to have no way in the face of her thoughtful and patient service and explanations.

Sometimes when I see people from my own country abroad, I really have a very special feeling, which is indescribable, and it is amazing.

After getting off the bus, I felt that the temperature here was much hotter than in Montana. Standing in the center of the courtyard under the sun not only gave people a very hot feeling, but also very dry, walking along the whole center is still very smooth and the body seems to be not sweating at all, because all the sweat on the body is evaporated by the dry air.

In order to cool down, all the corridors in the center are sprayed with water mist from time to time, and since Gao Xi has no intention of buying anything here, most of the time he either walks around or sits in the hallways to rest. Under the isolation of the mist, there is still some coolness in the corridor, otherwise it would be difficult for Gao Xi to sit there for a long time.

After all, he is very afraid of heat.

They stopped at the outlet center for an hour, and when most of the customers sat down in the car with large bags and small bags, it was time for lunch. At this time, Gao Xi was taken by Saiwen to a Chinese restaurant to eat a Chinese buffet, and this time Gao Xi was really moved, because the Chinese food here is really authentic.

This restaurant is located in a Chinese commercial center next door to the direct sales center, it is said that all the stores in this commercial center are run by Chinese, because many Chinese tour groups choose to eat here, so business here is also good during the economic boom, but now it is not good, this small restaurant does not seem to have any other tour groups except Gao Xi, only a few individual customers, Gao Xi actually saw the situation is true.

The floor plan of the mall at the entrance indicated that there were nearly 100 shops here, but when they entered, they found that only a dozen of them were actually open for business, and almost all the stores inside were closed. He took advantage of the after-dinner time to take a look at the several shops that had opened, and there were hardly any customers inside, only a few people who spoke Northeast dialect chatting there.

However, the salesman standing in front of the counter was a few white girls, and when they saw Gao Xi enter, no one paid attention to him, probably knowing that he would not buy anything. These shops are all buying tourist goods, and the goods they buy have no local characteristics or Chinese characteristics in Gao Xi's opinion, and I don't know who will buy things here.

After returning to the car, Gao Xi asked Saiwen, how can such a store be opened, he told me that these shops are for domestic tourist business, a few years ago the business here is okay, the recent period is really not good, the tour group also came less, what to do in the future, he does not know.

Who knows, Gao Xi may not come here again in the future anyway. (To be continued.) )