Macau
Biran and I headed to Macau via Ferry. The weather was less than ideal but it was only a one hour trip from Hong Kong. We hopped off the ferry and picked up our bags, which we paid to get them checked in and loaded onto the ferry for us. It was dumb. We got ripped off because you can take your bags onto the ferry as a carry on. But what makes us really dumb, is that we did the same thing on our way back.
We searched for the free shuttle to our hotel for at least half an hour and eventually made our way to the hotel. When booking our hotels location was key. Somehow, we ended up no where near the casinos but in that's not very far since Macau is only ~25km^2. The hotel was nice and included a bed that could almost sleep Phil Helmuth and his ego.
At night we started drinking the cheap brews and headed to the Venetian. The casinos are very similar to the ones in Vegas, except a little smaller, and there is fewer over weight grandmas grinding the slots. There was a big bar in a tent-like thing in the middle of the casino, so we ordered a few drinks and were treated like loyalty. A live band kept us entertained, which had more members in it than people at the bar. They were really friendly and extremely talented. I felt the need to yell out 'YOU'RE FUCKING AWESOME!,' after the guitarist was done covering a Jimi Hendrix song because he was in fact, he was truly amazing. I didn't end up playing poker in Macau because I was on holiday and to me, playing live poker is not fun. Flame me all you want.
The next day we took a visit to the ruins of St Pauls, but not till I threw up a few times and lied in the fetal position for a couple of hours. Too many Mojitos! You get a pretty good view of the city from there and can really see Macau. It's not all big lights and fancy cars. Like a lot of China, there is a lot diversity in terms of wealth.
Overall, Macau is sweet. It really is the Vegas of the East. If I enjoyed playing live poker I could see it being one of my favorite city's in the world. Time to learn how to have fun at live tables.
Next stop Shanghai.
Biran and I headed to Macau via Ferry. The weather was less than ideal but it was only a one hour trip from Hong Kong. We hopped off the ferry and picked up our bags, which we paid to get them checked in and loaded onto the ferry for us. It was dumb. We got ripped off because you can take your bags onto the ferry as a carry on. But what makes us really dumb, is that we did the same thing on our way back.
We searched for the free shuttle to our hotel for at least half an hour and eventually made our way to the hotel. When booking our hotels location was key. Somehow, we ended up no where near the casinos but in that's not very far since Macau is only ~25km^2. The hotel was nice and included a bed that could almost sleep Phil Helmuth and his ego.
At night we started drinking the cheap brews and headed to the Venetian. The casinos are very similar to the ones in Vegas, except a little smaller, and there is fewer over weight grandmas grinding the slots. There was a big bar in a tent-like thing in the middle of the casino, so we ordered a few drinks and were treated like loyalty. A live band kept us entertained, which had more members in it than people at the bar. They were really friendly and extremely talented. I felt the need to yell out 'YOU'RE FUCKING AWESOME!,' after the guitarist was done covering a Jimi Hendrix song because he was in fact, he was truly amazing. I didn't end up playing poker in Macau because I was on holiday and to me, playing live poker is not fun. Flame me all you want.
The next day we took a visit to the ruins of St Pauls, but not till I threw up a few times and lied in the fetal position for a couple of hours. Too many Mojitos! You get a pretty good view of the city from there and can really see Macau. It's not all big lights and fancy cars. Like a lot of China, there is a lot diversity in terms of wealth.
Overall, Macau is sweet. It really is the Vegas of the East. If I enjoyed playing live poker I could see it being one of my favorite city's in the world. Time to learn how to have fun at live tables.
Next stop Shanghai.
Wow, Macau it's really great! Hello, do you want to exchange links? We are a very serious blog. If you want to, you can leave us a comment in our blog.
ReplyDeleteWe already added your blog to our blog list. Bye and enjoy you trip to Shangai. Keep us informed.
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Yea Live poker is probably the most /wrist thing imaginable, idk wat we would do if online went away
ReplyDeleteMacau looks sick tho