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Final Thoughts: Macau

Posted by Dave on March 17th, 2008

Pool at The Wynn

Highlights -

  • walking around town taking in the sights, sounds, and smells
  • meeting and hanging out with John from Turkey
  • touring the casinos: The Wynn (my favorite), Grand Lisboa, MGM Grand and The Sands
  • winning a few dollars at Sic Bo and War
  • meeting the friendly guys from Nepal

Discoveries -

  • just because The Lonely Planet says room rates are triple the cost and hard to come by on a Saturday doesn’t mean it is so
  • it feels a lot better to win money than to lose it (duh!)
  • turtles aren’t meant for eating
  • watching a bit of TV from time to time can be a nice way to relax
  • patience = hot shower

Portugeuse egg tarts

Eating -

Pork dumplings, Portuguese egg tarts, softshell turtle casserole, Tsing Tao and Macau beer, fried rice, lots of tea, Haagen Daaz.

# of Nights Couchsurfing -

0

Average Daily Budget (combined with Hong Kong) -

$65

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Comment by carlota (1 comments.) Subscribed to comments via email
2008-07-07 01:17:00

hello, just wondering why you didn’t couchsurfed in macau.. :) Thanks.

Comment by Dave AUSTRALIA
2008-07-10 00:54:31

Macau was just a short side trip for me and my new friend Adam. It was actually impromptu - not somewhere I had planned to go. Sometimes it’s just easier to find a cheap place to stay then go through the courtship process of arranging a couch to surf.

 
 
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