Wednesday, December 31 - Happy New Year's Eve - Macau
I took a ferry to Macau and toured the sights and casinos. There are a ton of American aka "Las Vegas" casinos that the tour guide kept explaining to me. I tried to tell him that I worked for a casino and I have been to Vegas numerous times but I think it was part of the tour so I got to hear all about the MGM and Wynn. Truly impressive casinos but they made me take my hat off so I did not stay to gamble.
Macau owes its unique heritage to Western colonial influences. Predating Hong Kong by 200 years, it became the first European enclave in China when Portugese traders and Jesuits arrived there in the 1550s. The colony remained under Portugese rule for 450 years until it was handed back to China in 1999 (thank you tourist book for that info). Oh and by the way, they also have their own currency, the pataca, but the Hong Kong dollar was accepted at a few places.
The photos here is on top of the Macau Tower. It is 1,107 feet highand has clear floors at the top which allow you to look straight down. This photo was taken of me watching some dude sit on the clear floor which freaked me out since I am not a fan of heights!
I went to the Twlight movie which was entertaining to listen to when the audience would laugh compared to me - I am not sure they were tracking with the sarcastic humor of the movie which of course made me chuckle.
I then walked around the waterfront with 500,000 of my closest friends trying very hard to stay awake until midnight for the fireworks. I finally decided I could not stay awake and headed back to the hotel.
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