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Macau

The Grand Lisboa casino in Macau is one of the older hotels and casinos, as the city has since been overrun with others which got their start in Las Vegas.

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Congee is a rice-based soup or porridge, and can be prepared in many ways.

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Photo Favorite: Casino Lisboa

by Dave on January 20, 2011 · 4 comments

Every night, the casinos of Macau, like Casino Lisboa, light up the night.

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Final Thoughts: Macau

by Dave on March 17, 2008 · 4 comments

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 [...]

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Farewell Macau

by Dave on March 17, 2008 · 2 comments

Our last day in Macau was rather low key. We ran into some Nepali guys who were vacationing in China. They were quite friendly, and spoke fairly good English between them all. I exchanged e-mails with one of them, hoping a little insider help could benefit me in a few weeks.   I ducked my [...]

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Turtle Casserole

by Dave on March 16, 2008 · 10 comments

    Sleeping late almost every day is one of my favorite aspects of vacation. Even when my bed is as hard as a rock, the ability to schedule one’s day around sleep is wonderful. John had to wake up early to attend to his visa and Adam was still out like a light when [...]

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We all slept until at least noon on Sunday. I got up first because my bed had the consistency of concrete. I couldn’t figure out how to heat up the water for the shower so I skipped one for the first time in weeks. I grabbed a pork dumpling lunch at a nearby restaurant. Sooooo [...]

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I passed up several opportunities to visit Las Vegas with friends as I saved for this trip, so I decided to check out the Eastern version, Macau, an hour’s ferry ride southwest of Hong Kong with Adam. The side trip would also allow me to earn another stamp in my passport. I’m not big on [...]

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