Macau

Macau is a strange old place. It was under Portuguese rule until 1999 & is a funny mix of old colonial buildings, and brashy trashy Vegas-style casinos, in the middle of Asia! I loved the old town centre with winding little cobbled lanes & gorgeous colonial buildings, but the rest of it didn't really do it for me.

Warren & Kevin & I caught a 9:30am ferry to Macau & had a few hours wandering around together. They then got a taxi to the airport for their flight to Singapore, & I spent another few hours in Macau. The casinos are really something else... Gambling is illegal in China, & there are no casinos in Hong Kong, so Macau is a huge draw for those that enjoy a flutter... Below you can see Warren's favourite, the Grand Lisboa, aka the 'big pineapple'.

My favourite was the Wynn casino, but only because it had an all-singing, all-dancing water performing water-fountain out front!Tomorrow will be more Hong Kong sight-seeing, and the last weather forecast I saw predicted much clearer skies than the last couple of days, so fingers crossed...