Our penultimate full day :(

We've had a really long, but excellent day, today.

We set off from the hotel on the 9am shuttle bus to meet C at the ferry terminal. We then boarded the jetfoil for the hour long journey to Macau.

On arrival, we chose one of the shuttle buses that are lined up to take visitors to the many hotels and casinos. We started our day at Wynn Casino, which has a superb show "The Tree of prosperity" twice an hour. I've taken some video which I can't upload until I return home, but here are some still pics to get an idea of the enormity of it.


People throw coins at the tree for luck and prosperity - sadly it didn't work for us!

We had a good look around the hotel and shops, then ate a deluxe lunch in one of the many restaurants!


We then took a taxi to go onto The Venetian, another enormous hotel, shops and casino. The scale of this place has to be seen to be believed - they have a St Mark's Square and Grand Canal inside, complete with gondolas and singing gondoliers!


We bought some superb Italian gifts for ourselves, then had a short while in the casino. The amount of money which is won (and mainly lost) is quite scary. We spent the princely sum of 100 dollars between us - about £8!



We had another taxi ride to Macau Tower, with a taxi driver who obviously doubles as Elvis in his spare time!, and found a very good restaurant for dinner. Some singers came round the tables and serenaded us beautifully between courses.

Then we went around the old part of Macau, which was originally under Portuguese ownership, and is still very European in design.


We saw the Ruins of St Paul's, a bizarre building where only one end wall has survived. The whole building behind it has disappeared, it's a very odd but beautiful sight.



After one more trip into a casino, where C tried to teach me roulette (I still don't understand it, hehe) we boarded the last ferry back to Kowloon. We said our goodbyes to C and look forward to seeing her again on our next visit.

And this is our last night, so the last post for now. We've got the joy of trying to fit everything we have bought into our suitcases tomorrow! So au revoir for now, dear readers. Thank you for all your comments and messages, we'll be back home and online again on Friday.