Thursday, April 20, 2006

Macau

A 'Disneyland' mix of cities - Continental Europe and Las Vegas wannabe.

Roman ruins in the East?








Great egg tarts!
Chi pa pao - as it says on the label (pork chop bun). Non pretentious, simple yet tasty!>






Ruins of St Paul's



Can you see me waving?>






Walking up to the fort the painful way - on stones (well, free reflexology!)

Grimacing through the pain>







At the Fort


B quality sniffing the almond cookies








The casinos - new vs old
I found the casinos very depressing places. I haven't figured out whether people show their true selves in there or whether their personas came from an 'obnoxious-card-throwing' mask they don when they enter the casino, or the air conditioning unit in there makes people more arrogant and have the 'better-than-thou' attitude. Most people playing at the tables appear to think they should put on a show, hence the added dramatics of flipping cards back at the dealers or turning over a card in slow motion - in the slowest manner possible! Or perhaps there was a camera crew in there filming the background scene for the next Ocean's Eleven? Or talent scouts looking for the next 'God of Gambler'? Hmmm.....



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