What happens in Las Vegas can make quite an impression.

Best-selling author James Patterson helps us appreciate the people who make one of America's most extravagant tourist Mecca's work.

I think it's a really fun book for people who think they know Vegas, who go there

a lot, or people who avoid it because they don't think they like it, because it's so behind

the scenes.

Come along for a rollicking ride, as one of today's top mystery writers helps the For a different type of desert experience, how about glamping under the stars in the Sahara?

For those of us that are bound by the city, I mean, there's nothing like laying out on the dunes

with just, you know, the heavens above you.

Tour guide Lucas Peters helps us find the ageless spirit of the desert in Morocco.

There's something magic about it, there really is.

Plus, discover the laid-back resort scene at the Bay of Kota in Montenegro.

It's all just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.

We're finding two very different ways to experience the desert today on Travel with Rick Stees.

James Patterson has begun a series of non-fiction profiles of the people around us

with his breezy book called What Really Happens in Vegas.

He tells us what's behind the razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas he got to know in just a moment.

And Lucas Peters recommends our options for venturing out into the Sahara Desert of Morocco.

I'll also share some first impressions of an up-and-coming tourist zone in Montenegro just down the coast

from the busy resorts of Croatia.

Behind the veneer of Blitz and flashing billboards that make Las Vegas the entertainment

capital of the world, there's a sizable metro area.

It's about 2 million people that live in greater London. of the world, there's a sizable metro area.

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