Macau
We visited Macau by ferry in a wild one day outing. It’s interesting. You go through customs both ways, but it is relatively quick. Most people are just headed over for gambling and entertainment type stuff. The ferry ride isn’t terribly long either – I’d compare it to a short flight in length and amount of turbulence.
We got to Macau and were instantly bombarded by a bunch of people offering various tour packages. We finally settled and hired a dude named Andy. We’re pretty sure he was juggling 3 other groups or so, because there was stuff left in the van that we didn’t leave, and his timing imprecision was measured in quarter-hours. He must be making a killing! Can’t blame him for that, I guess.
Anyway, he drove our little group to eat lunch at a Portuguese restaurant. (Pretty sure he gets a commission from that too.) The food was good, but the live music was great. I had a nice rack of lamb confusingly paired with french fries. I also requested The Girl from Ipanema, since I love that song, especially the Portuguese version. After that we began touring. We saw most of the big sights. The highlight was probably Macau Tower for me. While there, we watched 2 people make the highest bungee jump in the world, supposedly. Whew.
After the sightseeing we had our guide drop us at the giant golden female bodhisattva statue, where we snapped some quick shots. Then we headed into the casinos. Only one of us played, I think. I wish I’d ponied up! (Kicks self.) After the casinos, we made our way to the Fisherman’s Wharf area and had dinner. The dinner was lackluster, but I didn’t complain because I got a $3 Stella Artois out of the deal. Ha ha. We walked back to the ferry port from there, and headed back to Hong Kong. Great day.
