http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Macau en-us Mon, 16 Nov 09 02:41:45 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 09 02:41:45 +0000 Coloane island Gwo Lou Waan 369423633529872 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Coloane-Island/blog-452917.html Hello I'm in Macau Guilin was a nice place and about 30 degrees it's good to be warm I find. I'd taken a soft sleeper and it was lovely I bunkered down for the full 30 hour journey with my noodles and oranges and slept for a good 20 of those hours. I think the Chinese people in my cabin thought I was ill and so brought me hot water every now and again. Train down there arrived four hour http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-450912.html The signature event of EVENTOUR Macau is our infamous ldquoThe Gentlemenrsquos Dinnerrdquo a meal of excellent red wines Cuban cigars finecuts of Brazilian meats and the exotic entertainment of a selection Asian beauty. Participation is voluntarily. Our ldquoDinnersrdquo have developed its own renown and bookings are a must. Lunch and dinner are available.Discretion confidentiality a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-448609.html If you are looking to organize a stag weekend then look no further than Eventour Macau. As members of most of the hippest dining places and partying venues in Macau we organize everything for the perfect stag party. From daytime activities such as war game gokarting to more unusual events such as bungy jumpingsky walking and so on. Evening activities for your stag night include everything fro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-447154.html For more information in regards to tours in Macau Hong Kong Zhu HaiEmail STEPHEN ANDERSONor Call 853 6685 7621 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-444330.html Macau Uncensored By Eventour MacauWe are excellent at organizing the group partying time in Macau Macau may be small but it has no shortage of the diverse entertaining aspects. It is one of the most exciting part of the world where you will meet the essense of the asian ladiesWe will arrange venues for dining entertaining....will customize you needs.The Grand Prix may only come around once http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-443775.html Armed with only our Wikitravel knowledge of Macau and Zhuhai Hubby and I went ahead with our semi backpacker journey to these 2 places. Good thing he has a few days off from work due to the National Day celebration in China and also due to the Mooncake Festival.Day 1 We hired a private car to take us to Zhuhai which is a city in the mainland that borders with Macau to the south. Our specific http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-443674.html EVENTOUR MACAU MACAU UNCENSORED INDULGE YOURSELF IN MACAU We specialize in organing the most topnotch events and party in Macau.private parties casino crawls stag nights are all professionally handled by us e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-441660.html Aloha Earthlings I have sat down to write this blog entry three times now. I really hope I get through it this time... Irsquom not sure what to write anymore. The lsquostrangenessrsquo of my life isnrsquot 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-437134.html I checked the weather reports last night and it seems that a Typhoon warning is in effect We've already seen results of it and it is only getting worse. Since that is the case I decided to see Macau a few days early. I think that if it were not for the weather warning I wouldn't have chosen to go on a Sunday. Too busy. There were many families with suitcases on their way to Macau sort of l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-436247.html Lou Well Mark left you in Hong Kong where we found it impossible to leave Meant to stay only 4 days and ended up staying 10. Hong Kong was such a nice break from China people didn't stare at us shove us out of the way steal our seats hit us in the face with their umbrellas or try to rip us off at every turn and everyone spoke English It was also really nice to see some nonChinese faces http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-432348.html Hallo thereThere is a large chunk of information I out of my bog at this moment thatrsquos the things we saw and did before we left the car. In all honestly I must confess that I donrsquot recall most of it without a map and without the pictures I took which stayed behind when I left my computer in the car. I deemed the computer too heavy to carry along based on my previous experience a ye http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Coloane-Island/blog-429343.html Ferry from Hong Kong Island to MacauArrived MacauVisited CasinosSaw ruins of St Paul'sSaw Mount FortalezaWon 2000 HKD in Grand LisboaFlight from Macau to Ho Chi MinhFlight from Ho Chi Minh to HanoiArrived HanoiSaw LakeWandered round the marketsNight bus from Hanoi to Sa Pa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-428052.html Only forty kilometres from Hong Kong Angela and I decided a day trip to Macau would be an interesting diversion and so we made our way to the dock to catch a high speed ferry. First established as a trading post in the sixteenth century Macau or Ultra Marino as it was then called became a colony of Portugal in 1887 remaining so until 1999 when it was finally handed back to China.Our journey http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-425216.html The Kitschiest Place on Earth If Walt Disney is the happiest place on earth then Macau is the kitschiest place on earth. We took the one hour Turbo Jet ferry to Macau the eastrsquos version of Las Vegas. It was a Portuguese settlement and it apparently is a unique intersection of European and Chinese culture hopefully more so that Malaca in Malaysia. I heard we could get Sangria so tha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-424620.html In October of 2008 Jeanine I went to Singapore to visit Jeanine's former colleague Jazz while she was on an expat assignment. After we toured singapore for several days we all went to Hong Kong together. From Hong Kong we took a ferry to Macau. It was a lovely trip with some notable hiccups. For example We had to fly in a day late and we spent the first night in Japan due to a typhoon in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-424207.html There are many more things we could have done in Hong Kong but we couldn't resist to the temptation to go and visit Macau.Macau is mainly known for its casinos.When you arrive in Macau free shuttle buses are waiting for you to bring you straight away to a casino. Instead we consulted our little pocket guide and paid a few pennies to take bus 10A that brought us to the centre.We discovered the ve http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-415443.html My stay in Macau was quite pleasant. I wandered the streets for a few hours during the daymdashwandered till I was properly drenched in sweat and would then return to the homestead and watch dvds till I couldnrsquot see straight. I managed to get through seasons 14 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-412092.html The taxi drops me off on a street corner I quickly recognize the store names 711 and McDonalds that are marked on my map. I throw my pack on my back and set off to round the corner. I find the lobby with glass doors and waltz in before anyone asks me any questions. I find the apartment number 20th floor and ring the bell anxiously awaiting what I will find. Suraj opens the door with a big s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-410157.html Travel days for me are never dull. I donrsquot know if it is because Irsquom blessed with ldquogood luckrdquo or if it is because Irsquom my fatherrsquos daughter and particular people and situations gravitate to me like flies to shit. Maybe itrsquos my uncontrollable urge to smile and laugh when I have no other response or my awkward way of not quite saying no more http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/Macau/blog-410152.html