Visited the gambling capital of Asia... actually maybe the gambling capital of the world since there is more gambling revenue here than there is in Las Vegas.
Macau was a Portuguese colony leased to Portugal under an agreement similar to the lease of Hong Kong to Britain. So there is an interesting mix of Portuguese architecture with Chinese. The old cobblestone roads were cool too, but none of the roads were straight so I got lost many times. But I somehow managed to see all the major sights in the day and a half I was there.
And did I mention there were casinos? Many massive casinos in Macau, including the Venetian Macau, the largest Casino in the world. This casino cost over 2 billion dollars to build. Inside its modelled after Venice with canals and gondolas and singing gondoliers. All quite impressive in a tacky casino way.
There wasn't enough space in Macau to build anymore, so they filled in the ocean between two of the islands to combine them into a single island. They are still expanding it to form the Cotai Strip, modelled after the Las Vegas Strip.
Portuguese buildings on a cobblestone road.
The Lisboa Casino... a big giant tacky Lotus Flower.
The ruins of Sao Paulo Cathedral
The oldest lighthouse in Asia
Cannon at Mount fortress, taking aim at the Lisboa
The Venetian Macau
The Grand Entrance.
Indoor canals
Singing Gondoliers.
New constructiion in Cotai
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