Macau

Our first trip in China together.  We went to Macau for the day with Adam’s Durham and Malaysian co-workers who are here for the tool instillation. 

Adam's coworkers on the ferry

Adam and I in front of the ferry

We had a blast.  The cool thing about Macau is all the signs are written in English, Chinese and Portuguese.  We didn’t run into anyone that spoke Portuguese but Macau (like Hong Kong) is independent of Chinese rule and they used to be ruled by the Portuguese.  We saw a church that had burned down years ago and the only thing they built back was the front wall.

We had a noodle lunch (apparently they were known for their noodles so we weren’t allowed to order anything else), and went out to the Casino’s.  We each started with $400 RMB (about $50) I won then lost then won then lost and eventually gave up.  Adam wants me to say that he did very well playing roulette and made our trip cost neutral with his winnings.  I played the 10c slot machines and Adam played the high rolling games.  We had dinner at the Hard Rock Café in Macau

Cree people having dinner

and took the Ferry back.  All in all a WONDERFUL trip, so wonderful in fact that I booked a hotel for the weekend of Adam’s birthday so we could spend more time exploring, hopefully find some Portuguese restaurants and I am counting on Adam to make that trip cost neutral as well (even if it is an inexpensive trip thanks to the Chinese cheap ticket website.