A regular Indiana Jones in Macau

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My stay in Macau was quite pleasant. I wandered the streets for a few hours during the day—wandered till I was properly drenched in sweat and would then return to the homestead and watch dvds till I couldn’t see straight. I managed to get through seasons 1-4 of Entourage and got to see a little of season 4 of Prison Break before I departed.

Macau has a lot of Portuguese influence, which was a beautiful sight for me. I have gotten rather bored with refurbished Chinese architecture. The city was easy to maneuver, once I embrace the alleyways I could get just about anywhere. Each alleyway has hundreds of windows over looking the dingy street; most have makeshift ‘balconies’ where they keep their green leafy plants. After bobbing and weaving through alleyways for a bit, I finally came upon the grandfather of all alleyways—Rue da Felicidade or “Street of Happiness.” It used to be the red light district (hence the name) but it’s greater fame lies in the fact that several scenes from Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom were shot on the very street. Yay! And much like Indian Jones, I spent my entire stay in Macau dodging cars and boxes being thrown from hidden doorways or from trucks. It would seem Macau was jonesing for me...but when I wasn't escaping death around every corner, I perused a garden for part of the day, a lighthouse, and stopped for some fruit on the way back home.

My attempts to get a visa were thwarted however. Both the embassy and the travel agency would only grant me a visa for 15 days—pretty much worthless to me in my situation (ticket back in August). Also, my attempts to catch the bus to the beach were stamped out. I tried to get to the place where the buses stopped, but the sidewalks I took kept ending in dead ends—which warrants the question: who builds dead end sidewalks?! Apparently Macau does…

Tuesday morning I backed up my bags—stuffed them is a more appropriate term, and caught a cab to the ferry terminal. My journey now goes to Hong Kong, my mission…to get a visa.

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Photos

Rue da Felicidade
Harrison ran down this very street...as did I...

resevoir walk
walked around this bad boy...more than once

fisherman
for squeaks and gigs i suppose...

At lighthouse
apparently Macau is always ready...