The gusty winds made the one-hour ferry ride from Hong Kong to Macau rougher than usual. When we arrived in Macau, we discovered that the Macau Grand Prix was running and a lot of the roads were closed off for the cars to race on. As a result traffic was backed up everywhere and it took almost the entire afternoon to get to our hotel, which left us about 24 hours to explore Macau since we were planning to leave the next day.
Macau is famous for gambling and many large casinos are located here such as MGM, Wynn, Venetian, Galaxy, and several others. Macau actually generates more gambling revenue than Las Vegas, which was surprising to me since it does not seem be as large or have as many casinos as the Sin City, which I have been to many times. We actually did not spend too much time in the casino part of the city, instead focusing on the historical part where we explored old cathedrals and churches, a fortress, and visited many shops. The architecture in the historical part looked more European than Asian since Macau was a Portuguese colony and actually reminded us a lot of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Me on top of an old fortress. Photo by Yen.
Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Meat jerky is a specialty of the area.
