We bought ferry tickets(I love how other countries use ferries) for Macau this morning! It's only an hour away from Hong Kong. The seas were very nice to my belly. Upon arriving, we set out to find the ruins via the free shuttles to the casinos. Thank you MGM Grand.
The Wynn here has the fountain show as there is no Bellagio. I was underwhelmed though.
The architecture here is strange. The Lisboa is definitely the most memorable and easiest to spot from far away, but is much prettier at night (damn I didn't get a shot)
We went looking for some history before gambling. The church we found was very modest though everything here was interesting looking, being inspired by both asian and Portuguese influences.
Aaron got some crazy curry hot pot lunch. He picked some skewers and was charged based on how many he picked. They were then dumped into water, then soaked in broth, and then covered in spicy curry.
Here they are making his lunch. It was a very busy stand. The pin wheel fishcakes looked so cute.
He looks so happy. He was also very grateful that I just sat next to him while he ate. I wasn't really hungry and this is so not my thing....
I did however, get a small turkish ice cream. It's stickier than our ice cream and the consistency is way more gooey. Yum! The vendor would put it on the cone with a large metal stick, almost like a crow bar. He'd then hand the cone to the customer by sticking it to the stick, then flipping it upside down like a "too slow joe" move. Very cute.
We found the ruins and they were very cool. We saw dragons and skeletons etched on the facade. Sad that the church burned down, but very nice that the ground is still considered holy.
We also stopped into the Macau museum. I was most impressed by the vintage paper products like this firecracker factory ad. It's from the 1930's and I LOVE her hairstyle. Obsessed!
Love these 1930's match boxes as well. I especially love that Aaron found them for me. He knows what I like.
We were then full of history, so we knew it was time for gambling! Yeah! We walked back towards the casinos, and Aaron tried some of the local jerky. It's a little insane here.
I found the craziest slot in the Lisboa casino. Raging Eruption (insert your own joke here). I made double my money first time around. Then I came back later and tripled my new money. I even hit the top jackpot on the bonus. I had gotten a crowd and some chinese man told me that I was very lucky. How nice.
I was pretty stoked. Can you imagine if I had been using US Dollars?! I must find this machine in Vegas!
With my winnings, I earned enough that it covered my entire dinner at the expensive buffet. And this was the craziest, tastiest buffet ever. They had live prawns that you could have cooked right then and there. And dim sum. And Indian food. And a cotton candy machine. And a crepe station. OMG the list goes on.
Here's Aaron with his fresh cooked prawns.
And me with my fresh made cotton candy. They also had a chocolate fountain. I'm usually not a lover of the chocolate fountain because they are commonly found at weddings and surrounded by flower girls and ring bearers around the age where they can grab and lick fingers, but not use napkins. I didn't see any kids here, so I figured I was safe.
Here's the prawn case. This buffet is no joke.
No comments:
Post a Comment