Blogs from Macau, Macau, Asia - page 6

I decide to make the day trip over to Macau via the fast jet and don’t regret it. My assumption of Macau is a gamblers paradise and not much else right? Well like my initial impression of Hong Kong as a shopper’s paradise only was wrong so is that of Macau. Macau until 1999 was occupied by the Portuguese and the influence is evident throughout the city and the historic center. Both Portuguese food and Portuguese architecture has influenced the look and tastes throughout the city. Even though the casinos are a big draw card of Macau, earning more revenue the Las Vegas, it’s possible to explore some nice sights of the city without stepping foot into the casino. I decide to take the free bus available at the jetty to get to a random casino ... read more

Having felt as though I'd missed out on a lot of the things I wanted to see and do in Macau, I decided to take another trip over the Gambling islands. My intentions were to visit the same attractions that I had planned to the previous week, without rushing or missing any. So, the first step was to get up earlier and leaver earlier then before, last time I was on a ferry at 10:30, this time at 08:30. As is a great custom of mine, I slept on the ferry, an hours trip is perfect for a little recovery nap. With my hood over my face to block light, and iPhone playing the sounds of Arcade Fire into my ears the droning of the Chinese was was drowned out. I woke up shortly before the ... read more

After the night train from Xiamen, I took the bus to the coach station in Guangzhou. That went very well and by that way I had a nice tour through the outskirts of Guangzhou. The bus stopped right at a ticket booth for the bus to Zhuhai, the border town to enter Macau. So within no time, I was on the next bus. Then I had to take another bus to the real border. It was a bit of a search, but finally I found it. Having crossed the border, I realized that I didn’t write anything down of the hotel I had booked beforehand, so I tried to find a place where they have internet or wifi, but these two things are very scarce in Macau (strange!). When I finally found a tourist information office, ... read more

Wednesday 28.10.2009 Day 13 We went to Hong Kong Island by ferry we walked up to the end of Nathan street to get to the ferry then we went to the tallest building in Honk Kong the 2itc which is the 5th highest in the world they do not let people joy ride up to the top like other placed do so we could not go up to the top. We then went up the giant escalator up the side of the mountain though the streets and shops. We shop at a coffee shop on the way and had a healthy brunch then continued up the escalator. We then walked to the botanic gardens and zoo then walked to the peak light rail and went up to the Peak it was a fantastic ride and the ... read more

Aloha Earthlings, I have sat down to write this blog entry three times now. I really hope I get through it this time... I’m not sure what to write anymore. The ‘strangeness’ of my life isn’t strange anymore. I have to think about is interesting, when it used to be painfully obvious. Life as I know it involves eating pig spine, dealing with typhoons, flirting in Cantonese, and putting on long sleeve shirts in 70 degree weather (SO COLD!). Okay... that does sound weird. They tell me the seasons are changing but I don’t believe it. We have gone from really hot and muggy to really hot and muggy with more clouds, whoopty-doo. I have kept busy since we last chatted. The big headlines would read; New Apartment Old Building!. . . New Stickers for a ... read more