Blogs from Macau, Macau, Asia - page 11

Macau Getting from Kuala Lumpur to Macau was pretty easy, involving a monorail, train, airplane, and two bus rides over 8 hours. Macau is our first experience with one of China's "special administrative regions" (the other being Hong Kong). Macau is listed as the world's most densely populated region at 18,428 people per square kilometre! In contrast Canada's population density is about 3.5 people per square kilometre! Macau is a strange place, and it seems to have 3 faces: Portugese colony, Chinese Island, and Casino hotspot. It's strange how you can be in the middle of a beautiful cobblestoned square complete with Portugese style architecture, then walk a few blocks and be blinded by the blaring lights of the casinos like you're in Las Vegas. Walk a few blocks in the other direction and you're in ... read more

Breakfast was not what we had grown accustomed to and the staff in McDonalds are definitely not as friendly as Barnee in the morning! Today was culture day and we went for a nice long walk with Mark as designated tour guide. We saw some of the old portuguese churches and forts and went for a walk around the south of the island. We also stopped at the bus station to grab a ticket into China. After such a long walk we went into the centre for lunch and then wandered around the centre for a bit. Returning to the hotel we played some cards and then headed out to another casino, the Sands this time. Settling in at the bar we watched some very good dancing troups as well as MC Barry, a scouse who ... read more

Hei ! Hvorfor ikke faa et par stempler til i Passet:-)Det kan vel ikke skade og ha vaart i denne Merkelige tidligere Portugisiske kolonien.Like greit og smi mens jernet er varmt...vi tar baaten.. Bare en times baat tur fra Hong Kong ligger dette mekka for spille gale Kinesere som valfarter dette stedet aaret rundt bare for og faa brukt opp litt av formuen.Eller for og sette seg mer i gjeld.Tipper det siste er mest vanlig.he he Jeg var her for 10 aar siden sammen med en kamerat av meg(Jan Erik ) og da var stedet nesten ikke utbygd i det hele tatt.Det er helt sproet og se hva som har skjedd her paa bare den korte tiden.Foer var det bare gamle og slitte byggninger mens naa er det pengene som raar og alt glittrer og skinner ... read more

Finally used the free LUXURY CLASS ferry tickets to Macau !! i was so excited !! Last time to Macau- I was 9 years old -.I remember when I was small, my parents would take me to Macau 2-3 times a year for holidays ...we would stay at Manderin Oriental Hotel ( - haha no more of this story now - ) ..my uncle and dad would go gambling ..my mum would take my brother and tiny me to shop around ...i still remember I wore a fake horse leather big coat and had a funny expression in the picture in front of sao paulo. I had weird facial expression in all my childhood pictures. I don't know why. I just didn’t like to speak much, often looked at the sky and the ground with a ... read more

On my last full day of the trip, I used my Octopus card to hop on the MTR and to explore the Wan Chai area and have lunch. Amongst other things, Wan Chai is home to Lockhart Road, part of which is considered to be Hong Kong's "red light" district. I figured if I didn't check it out later that night, at least I'd see it during the day, and if I did pay a visit later that night, an early afternoon reconnaisance mission wasn't a bad idea. Turns out there wasn't much to see on Lockhart Road during the day, so I wandered over to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre area and stopped in for lunch somewhere before hopping back on the MTR for the Macau ferry terminal. I have to say, my ... read more