Big Dogs in Macau

Just to put another pin on the map we headed for Macau, about an hour west of hong kong by boat. Since Elliot was travelling a similar route to us, it only made sense for him to join us, he stuck with us right through to the South of Vietnam.

It was strange in Macau because it had a very European feel to the place, minus all the Chinese. It used to be a Portugese colony up until December 1999 and Portugese is still classed as the islands official language along with Mandarin. Today, it is basically the Las vegas of the East. There are so many casinos bundle together, including some big name ones like the MGM Grand, Wynn, and The Venetian. Although the big boy in Macau is called The Grand Lisboa (a little praise for Portugal there).

Again this was only a short stop on the travel, and to say we spent only one full day here we got a lot done. The evening of arrival we decided to check out the casino's, mainly the grand lisboa. It was cool to watch the big timers throwing away 1000 dollar chips like they were worth 50p. Idiots if you ask me. We didnt do any gambling mind you, since we were dressed like scallys anyway we thought we might aswell behave like 'em.

We saw one of the nicest bootys ever in Macau too. The only problem is, we didnt actually know if it was a woman or not, haha. Elliot was convinced but me and Maj were a bit unsure. Great booty whatever the case.

The Macau museum was pretty interesting, it described how Portugal settled upon the land and used it as a docking station for the transportation of Asian goods by sea. The rest of the day was spent walking around the island admiring the colonial buildings and churches, big Christian population here, and checking out the views from the top most spot of the island. It was much worth the stop over.

Macau photo link:

http://www3.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=3213527011/a=2264773011_2264773011/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/