08/12: Hong Kong Day 3 - Macau
On my third day in Hong Kong I decided to head over to Macau after waking up in the morning feeling extremely jet lagged it took me a little while to get going. But once on my way I started to feel a lot more awake. I walked over to the terminal and bought a ticket for the ferry which was the next to leave. The entire journey is about 50 mins and you have to sit down for the entire time as you head out into the China Sea which can be extremely choppy on bad days. The windows of the ferry were extremely dirty with salt residue from the sea spray, so you couldn’t see out the window that well anyway.
Arrived in Macau and walked across to the fishermans wharf, which seemed to be empty. There were not that many people around at all. I walked over this theme park which was called Aladins Fort which offered a great view from the top of the neighbouring concrete volcano.
The fishermans wharf consisted of many copied buildings from around the world, they even had a mini coliseum with a built in stage area. Walking to the end of the wharf there was a hotel and the Babylon casino where I grabbed some food.
After lunch I headed across the road into the Sands casino to try my luck at some black jack. To enter the casino I had to walk through a metal detector, but first passed my camera bag to the guard. As I walked through the metal detector it beeped loudly, which I assumed was not a good indication, however the guard didn’t seem to care and just looked in the smallest compartment of my bag and sent me on my way. I hope that the security in the hotel wasn’t this lapsed for everyone. The casino wasn’t anything that spectacular inside, but they did appear to have some singers dancing and singing on one of the bars. Most of the casino seemed to be baccarat and the usual craps tables. They only had about three black jack tables with a minimum HK$100 limit. So after walking around checking things out I had a flutter. After winning the first three hands things went south as it almost appeared that the dealer had the upper hand of luck. So eventually left.
Overall I didn’t find Macau very exciting and the casino’s were nothing like Vegas. Maybe it livens up at night or something. On my strolls I cam across what is probably one of the only green spaced within Macau city centre. It was funny to see almost gym like fitness equipment. These would have been great if we had something similar at home, but I feel that OH&S would soon put a stop to it.
Caught the ferry back to Hong Kong just as it was getting dark the trip back took a little longer as we got delayed about 10 mins waiting for the wharf to free up.
For dinner I decided to try the hotel buffet, which was going to cost a lot more but it was my last night so thought it would be nice to splurge. The buffet had a fantastic assortment of sea food, Chinese delicacies. I think I tried about everything but left the tripe alone. I did have some great crab and cray fish, For desert I just had the Haagen-Dazs Ice cream, I could have had a pancake, but the ice cream was my preference.
After dinner I walked along the Promenade and the avenue of stars taking pictures with my tripod. It made it a lot easier to get shots of myself with the city lights in the background, otherwise it gets a little difficult. After several hours I returned back to the hotel for another much needed sleep.
Arrived in Macau and walked across to the fishermans wharf, which seemed to be empty. There were not that many people around at all. I walked over this theme park which was called Aladins Fort which offered a great view from the top of the neighbouring concrete volcano.
The fishermans wharf consisted of many copied buildings from around the world, they even had a mini coliseum with a built in stage area. Walking to the end of the wharf there was a hotel and the Babylon casino where I grabbed some food.
After lunch I headed across the road into the Sands casino to try my luck at some black jack. To enter the casino I had to walk through a metal detector, but first passed my camera bag to the guard. As I walked through the metal detector it beeped loudly, which I assumed was not a good indication, however the guard didn’t seem to care and just looked in the smallest compartment of my bag and sent me on my way. I hope that the security in the hotel wasn’t this lapsed for everyone. The casino wasn’t anything that spectacular inside, but they did appear to have some singers dancing and singing on one of the bars. Most of the casino seemed to be baccarat and the usual craps tables. They only had about three black jack tables with a minimum HK$100 limit. So after walking around checking things out I had a flutter. After winning the first three hands things went south as it almost appeared that the dealer had the upper hand of luck. So eventually left.
Overall I didn’t find Macau very exciting and the casino’s were nothing like Vegas. Maybe it livens up at night or something. On my strolls I cam across what is probably one of the only green spaced within Macau city centre. It was funny to see almost gym like fitness equipment. These would have been great if we had something similar at home, but I feel that OH&S would soon put a stop to it.
Caught the ferry back to Hong Kong just as it was getting dark the trip back took a little longer as we got delayed about 10 mins waiting for the wharf to free up.
For dinner I decided to try the hotel buffet, which was going to cost a lot more but it was my last night so thought it would be nice to splurge. The buffet had a fantastic assortment of sea food, Chinese delicacies. I think I tried about everything but left the tripe alone. I did have some great crab and cray fish, For desert I just had the Haagen-Dazs Ice cream, I could have had a pancake, but the ice cream was my preference.
After dinner I walked along the Promenade and the avenue of stars taking pictures with my tripod. It made it a lot easier to get shots of myself with the city lights in the background, otherwise it gets a little difficult. After several hours I returned back to the hotel for another much needed sleep.
