Yesterday Jason and I (Friday 21 March) returned from probably the most courageous excursion of our travels. A day trip to Macau, Asia’s answer to gambling Las Vegas! Like Hong Kong, Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China, however unlike Hong Kong, Macau was a colony of Portugal. Passports are required. After a bit of confusion at the ticket counter, Jason and I purchased a round trip assigned seat ferry ticket to Macau. Being the start of the Easter holiday, the ferry terminal was a busy place. We arrived in Macau and were promptly greeted by the chaos that comes with looking like a tourist. We had hopes of touring the Ruinas de Paulo, however with the increased humidity, unfriendly pedestrian streets and limited time, we ruled this trek out. Instead we hit the mega casinos! Well, the casinos were cool and surprisingly calm compared with the outside confusing hustle and bustle and we were feeling lucky. After losing our shirts, we meandered back to the ferry. By total surprise, we stumbled upon the Macau Museum of Art and today admission was free. (Jason equated this detour to being in Vegas and going to the library.) Finally we were back on the ferry to Hong Kong and ended the day with a stroll through Kowloon park, a little exercise in a Tai Chi park (an exercise playground for adults) and a little shopping. Standing in two immigration and two departures lines in one day, can be exhausting, but we got our passports stamped four times in one day! Smithsonian article on Macau: (Sept 08) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/macau-jackpot.html
21 March 2008
Vegas Baby...
Yesterday Jason and I (Friday 21 March) returned from probably the most courageous excursion of our travels. A day trip to Macau, Asia’s answer to gambling Las Vegas! Like Hong Kong, Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China, however unlike Hong Kong, Macau was a colony of Portugal. Passports are required. After a bit of confusion at the ticket counter, Jason and I purchased a round trip assigned seat ferry ticket to Macau. Being the start of the Easter holiday, the ferry terminal was a busy place. We arrived in Macau and were promptly greeted by the chaos that comes with looking like a tourist. We had hopes of touring the Ruinas de Paulo, however with the increased humidity, unfriendly pedestrian streets and limited time, we ruled this trek out. Instead we hit the mega casinos! Well, the casinos were cool and surprisingly calm compared with the outside confusing hustle and bustle and we were feeling lucky. After losing our shirts, we meandered back to the ferry. By total surprise, we stumbled upon the Macau Museum of Art and today admission was free. (Jason equated this detour to being in Vegas and going to the library.) Finally we were back on the ferry to Hong Kong and ended the day with a stroll through Kowloon park, a little exercise in a Tai Chi park (an exercise playground for adults) and a little shopping. Standing in two immigration and two departures lines in one day, can be exhausting, but we got our passports stamped four times in one day! Smithsonian article on Macau: (Sept 08) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/macau-jackpot.html
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Great that you got to see Macau. Do you have any pictures? What casinos did you go to? The Wizard of Macau has a list of Macau casinos. I'd love to go there. Hope you didn't lose too much! --Yves
hi yves!
macau was interesting. jason probably remembers the name of the casinos we stopped in at. i have a few photos but unforunately we didnt stay too long there. i will check out that link.
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