Blogs from Macau, Asia - page 5

Master Kai 2012 CNY Macau with Dad... read more

Macau is a fascinating place. I wonder how it was before China had taken it over. It's very clean and very developed. But do not kid yourself because you are still in Asia. Once the ferry docks you have several hundred asian people flying out of the gates like a kamazee horse. It was madness but after 1.5 hours we got through customs. Customs was very chill, no frills. No need to take a taxi because there are shuttles to take you to the hotels. They don't check to see if you have a reservation so you can really hop on any shuttle bus for a free ride. Macau is similar to Vegas but not quite. The buildings are big but vegas is a lot bigger and more sinful. You only need 2 days in Macau, ... read more

Macau is actually not that big, only 29sqkm to be exact. It consists of a small peninsula jutting out from Southern China (60 km from Hong Kong Island) and two bridged islands that have been merged together through modern engineering and a lot of backfill, and it continues to grow more and more with land being reclaimed for new buildings every year. It was colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th Century and acted as their trading headquarters for China, Japan and South East Asia. The Portuguese brought with them culture, religion, food, wine and architecture that is still present today in a unique mix of European and Chinese sights, sounds and smells. In more recent history Macau became a gangsters paradise with endless opportunities on the black market. Gangs, Chinese Triads, could operate their business ... read more

Jutro sem izkoristila za odkrivanje te cetrti Macaua. Spet povsod pekarnice, McDonalds in nudl-dzinice, butiki so bili se zaprti. Kupila sem nekaj kruhastega za pod zob in se pocila v eno od obljudenih menz, da sem spila se zadnjo kavo na tem delu sveta. Ostali so srebali nudlne, vlekli iz ust kurje kosti in jih oguljene licno zlagali na kup. Ko sem koncala, sem si natocila se kozarec zelenega caja, ki je pocival v vrcu na mizi. Obozujem to navado zastonj caja. In potem spet standardna procedura: nazaj po prtljago, do bus postaje in na bus do trajektnega terminala, kjer bi morala presesti na bus AP1. A hec je v tem, da isti bus vozi tako do letalisca na jugu Macaua kot do meje s Kitajsko na severu, postaja pa je samo ena. Zato sem morala ... read more

The weather in Macau has been bad for the two days that I've been there. Rainy, cloudy and windy off and on. The weather has stopped me from seeing the old colonial parts of the country - which was one of the things that I wanted to do. But on the positive side, another excuse to go back to Macau! Lol. Due to the weather, Amanda & I were only able to do and seeing indoor things. We started the day with the Macau Tower Skywalk - even in the rain. The guide was not too happy that our walk didn't get cancelled due to the weather so she really rushed us and tried to kill us by telling us to run on the slippery deck and hang off the ledge! lol..... Thank god I survived ... read more