Macau
Travel Blogs from Macau, China
A very big dinner party
The photographer of A2 studios is at the hotel around 10:00. At first he could not find the room, but after a few phone calls he managed to knock on the door of suite 9052. He introduced himself as 'sorry I don't speak English' so I assured him of my ...
Look out Vegas!
... into a long decline as the English began dominating regional trade. Mirroring the recent history of Hong Kong, Macau was recently (1999) given back to China and they made it a SAR(Special Administrative Region) allowing the Macanese to retain a great ...
Macau in a day...
... HK's high-end office malls but is extremely nice to us and the prices are much more reasonable than I had ever imagined. I'm off to Macau while Will works on a paper for another one of his classes. I walk to the ferry from the tailors and run ...
Two Days One Night in Macau
... follows the typical museum layouts of a European style. The exhibits explore major themes in the history of the maritime industry in Macau, China and Portugal. The main building is a three-storey white building, architected in the shape of a boat in full ...
HK - Macau
... commercial end of the island taking in all the extravagant casinos which are the main attraction for most visitors to Macau. Inside the tower we were approached by a representative of the 'A J Hackett adrenaline experiences' that are available ...
Do chinese people gamble?
... to go and book a ferry. I dont think any of us thought a great deal about it but Macau is essentially another Special Adminstrative Zone in China and therefore we needed passports to get through immigration, customs etc. We therefore had to do a quick ...
Macau - Day 134
... called Hospedaria San Va guesthouse. Simple guesthouse in a good central location near to all the old Portuguese colonial sites. Macau has a very different feel to Hong Kong, you can see the old Portuguese colonial influence everywhere in the ...
Showing mommie around Macau
... and a few glasses of wine. As the buffet closed around six, we headed onwards to the grand canal shoppes where we wandered around in Macau's cathedral of shopping where the sky is always blue, so you have no idea what time it is. Later in the evening we ...
Macau Grand Prix
A nice and warm day in Macau. The streets blocked for the races, First off the WTCC and after only 10 minutes in the corner after the straight the first Seat kissed the wall. Later the GP3 cars took the track, a lot of noise, but less entertaining. Last ...
Going colonial in Macau.
... me the nod, a new stamp, and I happily swept across the yellow line. Crossing the no-mans land between Chinese China and Macau China, I was greeted by bilingual Portuguese/Chinese signs welcoming me to Macau - how nice. The border guards gave me my stamp ...
Tighter Macau visa rules - but not for foreigners
... to cut the time Mainlanders can spent money in Macau. The new rules come into force next month - August. Earlier this year China limited stays to a month, and then allowed Chinese to visit every two months. Since 2006, Macau has been the largest ...
Ferry to Macau
... the containment of bird flu and SARs we assumed. Meg was a little worried they were going to stop her because of her cold. In Macau Meg wasn't feeling the best, so we grabbed McDonalds for lunch and went for a walk around the city. We got slightly lost ...
Made it to Macau!
... other-side of the city this visit, but wouldn't mind coming back and hitting the slot machines and Baccarat tables...maybe seeing the Macau Grand Prix or taking in a race at either the horse or dog-track. There are plenty of characters in this town and ...
Venetian Macau
... under the High Limit sign. I was a bit concerned, but fortunately one table was still a $200 table. I guess this maybe why Macau surpassed Las Vegas in gambling revenue last year at 6.9 Billion to 6.5 Billion. I sat down and dropped $2000 on the table ...
Venetian Macau Round "Due"
After a nice dinner at a restaurant that I never would have found or gone into myself, Anna, Denis and I went to the Venetian to have a look around. Denis gave me a "lucky" $100 gaming chip that he'd gotten from work as some kind of reward. I'm sure it ...
Venetian Macau Round "Tre"
... saying, "Here goes nothing". Of course, I drew an 11 against a 5. I reached in my pocket and all I found was 400 Macau Patacas and without a hesitation broke yet another rule: Set LIMITS and follow them STRICTLY. (this is why I shouldn't gamble I can ...
Happy Endings Are Possible
... weekend of June in Montreal when the F1 GP comes to town and you can feel the energy growing throughout the week. Like much of China, Macau has changed a lot over the past 16 years since my first visit to the first Casino Lisboa in Macau. Since Vegas ...
Day Trip To Macau
... in decorations for an upcoming festival. We headed off to find the ruins of St Pauls, which is the main photo opportunity in Macau. The building was totally destroyed apart from the facade but it still looks very impressive. There are stairs up to the ...
Grand Prix do Macau
... during morning warmups woke me up. I hate travel days and had been at it for 10-11 hours already, but I didn't come to Macau to sleep. I headed straight out to the 6th Annual Macau Food Festival and grabbed a couple large Macau Beers and heaps of food, ...
A little taste of Portugal
... Terry was a member. We also went to the Embassy Bar and for a lovely Italian meal, with some lovely Italian wine. I didn't see much of Macau apart from the bars, but it was very enjoyable. Arriving back in Hong Kong we decided to go to the FCC (Foreign ...
Venetian Macau Round 4
I was still a bit pissed about my 1500B fine imposed by Thailand's new get rid of tourism policy when I landed in Macau. I knew there was a quick way to offset the fine very near the airport. I love the Venetian Casino in Vegas, but I really love the ...
Four countries in a day!!!
... of a 15 year old bike!!!! So I left Cambodia back to Thailand, spending about 2 hours in Bangkok. Thena 3 hour flight North to Macau, the old Portugese colony on the edge of Hong Kong.......here spending less than an hour, meeting Faresh (a friend of a ...
Another day in Macau
I extended our hotel stay until the 4th of September. Today, we spent the day doing the cultural hike. Temple visits, church visits and we bumped into this library, sir Roberto Ho Tung Library, where internet use is free, AWESOME. My brother can ...
Trip to a different world, the difference is Macau
... , after talking to the immigration officer, he then softened and agreed to allow him to go with us since we are just going to Macau. I called them back, and my nephew was just the happiest person at that moment. His first time to ride a plane, to go ...
"Copy Rolex.. nice suit for you, Sir?"
... where to go. Going to the mainland After a good tour of Macau it was time to head into mainland China proper - Hong Kong and Macau are called SAR's, or special administrative regions, of China and although they ultimately take their orders from ...
Working as a movie extra in Hong Kong
... 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, and it is now one of two special administrative regions of the PRC, together ...
What happens in Macau...stays in Macau
Welcome to Vegas-lite. Macau is, I think, a bit of an anomaly within China. Due to the Portuguese influence of the city, it has a very Mediterranean feel. Some areas of the city felt more Portuguese than Lisbon did. Large plazas, ...
Macau - Portuguese China.
... Chinese merchants who were forbidden to leave the country but could trade with the Portuguese on Macau. Since 1999 Macau has belonged to China as a "Special Administrative Region". Macau is famous for two other things and they both begin with G - Grand ...
A Day in Macau
... could have been in Europe. And it felt more so once we were in the green shuttered Church of St Dominic, followed by the Macau Cathedral, especially as there was a service going on in Portuguese. Down a couple of more lanes, looking at Euro buildings, and ...
'Picture Me Rollin'
... the hole-in-the-wall bargain basement casinos (think where Chevy Chase tries to win his money back in Vegas Vacation) scattered throughout Macau too, so whatever you fancy in gambling venues, Macau has it for you. It was a great time. Seeing that the one ...

