Macau
On our 2nd to last day, we took the ferry out to Macau. Macau is basically the Vegas of China. Lots of casinos and gambling. We didn’t make it over to the big American casinos (MGM, Wynn etc.) But the traditional casinos reminded us of something out of a James Bond movie. People are very well dressed and are there to play baccarat. No shorts and sandals with a theme restaurant and screaming children like Las Vegas. It was like gambling from a bygone era. We went to the slot machines downstairs and lost $2.
The water at the dock was very choppy, and I was very worried about a rough seasick ride out there. But once the boat got going (with its jet engines!) it was just like a mildly bumpy plane ride, and was no big deal.
We went mainly to the old Portugese side of town:
We were wandering around the old town, and found ourselves 4 stories underground in “The Daiso” Imagine a 99 cent store selling cool Japanese stuff that is clean, bright, and well lit. As opposed to the ones here that sell expired mustard and are a mess. We get home and find out there are 6 of them in Northern California, oh well.
Multiple stores up and down the street were selling every kind of jerky you could ever imagine: pork, beef, boar, piglet, chicken, duck. The vendors would stand out in street with a jerky sheet and tongs in one hand, and scissors in the other. They would snip off pieces for passers-by. It was pretty good, but slightly greasy.
And out of nowhere was this little toy store packed in every square inch with stuff. We could barely move around inside. What’s weird is that they had a ton of American DC Direct stuff for super cheap. Which I assume is because they were made in the region.
Church ruins:
To counter the Shenzen copy-medicine:
An Astro Boy credit card at the bank:
