In the summer of 2009 I had an experience of another trip to the Earth. Surprisingly, it was too much different from the one I had in the past, so different like if I visited another planet and another world. I realized how the Earth had changed its face. I was shocked by the way people had gotten different. What I observed then I would never be able to forget.

My trip was basically motivated by curiosity. It’s not that I had missed the Earth too much. But in fact, I did really have some sort of nostalgia for the days I spent in desert many years ago. The problem was I couldn’t recollect how I previously reached the place of my short stay on the planet of Earth, so I decided to take a risk and just to land somewhere were the asteroid will get me.  I decided to set off at night, at the dark time of the day, in order not to get myself noticed before I would be able to find my bearings. No need to say I was torn between excitement and between fears of doing something wrong or discovering something I would rather not. Anyway, all the needed preparations were done, and my asteroid and I headed for the Earth.

After travelling for a while through the eternal darkness of an outer space, I finally reached Earth.  Imagine my astonishment, when instead of darkness I remember to fall on the planet at night, I saw a spot of brightly shining light. Hundreds of lights were making up a radiating area on the top of the planet.  They were so wonderfully bright, that it seemed like this very piece of the surface of Earth had somehow refused to have night at all. The sight was truly amazing, yet I was far from understanding what was really going on there, so in order to avoid any sort of unwilling consequences I decided to land not on the spot, yet somewhere not far from it.

And so I touched down. To my great delight, the area I found myself at was some sort of a desert. It was different however from the one I lived in during my previous visit to Earth. I found no sand, and the plants looked absolutely unfamiliar. It was extremely hot and the air was dry. I looked around and all I could see was a desolate, craggy landscape. However, I turned all my attention to the distant spots of bright light that I had noticed while approaching Earth. They were attracting me and I couldn’t resist the temptation. I decided that if I approached them from the side, I would prevent myself from getting into much trouble. At least I could observe those   wonders from a distance and decide whether it was safe to come closer.

And so I set off. I walked for about 15 minutes, and then stood still in amazement. What I saw was greater than anything I could imagine before. “A City of Light” I said to myself and that was how I have used to call it in future. There was some fantastic inscription being up in the air, gleaming with beautiful colorful lights. It said: Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada. Consequently I found out that “Las Vegas” was the name of the city. Yet at the very moment I saw those wonderfully shining words I could only ask myself how could it be that the words were hanging in the air. The question was an intriguing one, and I would enjoy finding the answer out, but I just couldn’t stop myself from moving forward.

The city was alive like if there was no night indeed. People were crowding at the streets. I had never before seen such a great number of people. Their faces were radiating excitement and fervor; they were talking and laughing loudly creating a strange sound background, like if the city had a voice on its own, a roaring, buzzing, humming and whirring voice. The bizarre shining creatures of various colors and shapes were rushing along the streets, moving extremely quickly and adding to the overall noise.  Those were called “cars”, as I found out later.

No need to say, I was shocked. And scared to death by the way. I remember myself feeling depressingly lonely and lost when wondering in the desert many years ago, with a few friends to help me to overcome my loneliness. I remember I was astonished by the size of Earth, since I could never reach high enough to be able to observe the whole planet. However, what I experienced than was ridiculously small and insignificant in comparison to what I observed and felt this time.