Thursday was Thanksgiving in the United States. Since the holiday isn't a holiday in Hong Kong and there are really no turkeys to be found, we decided to be a bit untraditional and celebrate with Portugese cuisine and gambling in Macau. Daniel took the day off so it was the three of us exploring Macau. :-)
We set off for a ferry from Central Hong Kong in the morning. We were lucky to catch a ferry pretty quickly and it took us about an hour to get to Macau. Macau is a territory owned by Portugal until recently (much like Hong Kong was controlled by Great Britian) and is now a Special Administrative Region of China. While it is a beautiful place to visit that it rich with history, it has more recently become known as the Las Vegas of the East because of all the casinos. This included the largest casino in the world, the Venetian.
We arrived and started off with a late lunch. Adam tried a local favorite, the African chicken and Daniel and I shared an oxtail soup. Delicious! We had a ton to see and do, and explored much of the historical part of the city on foot until the evening. Highlights included (1) the "street of meat" with abundant samples of free pork cut off of sheets. I had an egg tart instead. :-) (2) St Pauls Cathedral (3) a very cool old fort where we aimed a cannon at the giant Lisboa casino.
St Paul's Cathedral
How did they get in there?!
Initially we planned to check out the Venetian and the strip of casinos that make Macau the Vegas of the East. However, we ran out of time with just one day to explore Macau. So we decided to head back to the Lisboa casino for some gambling fun instead because it was closer to the ferry station. We walked through another cool park (so many this week!) on the way to the Lisboa and Daniel took some great pictures of bonsai and even got involved in a little local game. We have no idea what it was but he had fun. :-)
We ended the day at the Lisboa where we won some money playing roulette and participated in a demo of Texas Hold 'Em where we were able to play against each other using funny money (the Macau money already looked pretty funny, but this money didnt have any value). Daniel was the big poker winner. He also won at the racetrack and roulette. He was on a lucky streak this week.
We headed back to Discovery Bay after a fun day exploring Macau. There is still much to see there so I have no doubt we'll be back again soon.
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