Macau Day Trip

Hello again!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes over the past few days. It was very different to celebrate my birthday here a day earlier than it was currently in the states but it spread out the celebrating that much more! We celebrated over the weekend as Ryan had to return to China for work on Monday. One thing we did was travel to Macau on Saturday with some of Ryan's co-workers for some site seeing and fun.

Macau is another special administrative region of China, just like Hong Kong. Macau is a former Portugese colony, which is still apparent through the architecture, food and signs everywhere. It was very strange to be able to read not only the English signs, but some of the Portugese signs (see Mom, those 3 years of Spanish weren't for nothing!) Macau is also known for being the Las Vegas of the area, with some of the largest and most expensive casinos in the world there.

We took a ferry over to Macau as it is only connected via China mainland. In about an hour we landed and started our day of being tourists. We started off by visiting Sao Paulo Cathedral before heading through the streets of stores and markets to the old casino area.

Looking down from the cathedral to the street 

'Don't cross the yellow line' 

Canon aimed at the Lisboa Casino 

Sao Paulo Cathedral 

I think this is a big enough bottle for my parents 

Streets of Macau

Slabs of beef jerky

Once we made it to the casinos we walked in and out of the various buildings while some of the guys occasionally stopped to gamble. No big winners here unfortunately. We took a cab off the peninsula and in another district where the Venetian Casino & Hotel was. We stopped for a few drinks before heading off to dinner.

Casino Lisboa

Wynn Casino & Hotel

Inside of the Venetian Hotel & Casino 

Before heading back to Hong Kong, we stopped at a little beach village for some authentic Portugese food. After a pot of crab, fish and pitchers of sangria we returned to Hong Kong to continue the birthday weekend. It was a great day trip to another country which will be repeated many more times!

Finishing our pitchers in the outdoor bar