Macau

We went to Macau on Monday. It was really cool. It was like Hong Kong meets Europe... A lot of colonial architecture mixed with tall what I would call Asian skyscrapers. It was very strange - definitely refreshing and really kind of cool.

The main square:








*drools* oh goodness, they were so good...




St. Paul's


Ryan got interviewed by a bunch of kids who were doing some assignment where they had to go and speak English to strangers and ask them questions about the Olympics. It was really interesting (their questions were pretty intriguing)


Another temple


We went out for dinner at a Portuguese restaurant. It was really good. I think it was the first time I've ever eaten Portuguese food that wasn't BBQed chicken or ribs. I was impressed. We both ordered some fish-type thing (I don't remember what I had - a red snapper steak or something? Ryan ordered the fish and bread stew). Both were really good.

And of course, when you go to Macau you HAVE to go to the casinos.




so many lights


We went to the MGM Grand and traded in a few dollars for some coins which we quickly lost (I walked out holding $50 HKD - I started with $150 HKD - that's about $19 Canadian). Mostly people were playing Baccarat (which I don't know how to play) and some weird version of roulette. We played roulette and then decided to play the weird roulette game instead. I could see how people would loose money quickly.