Arriving into Macau on the TurboJet Hydrofoil in just 45 minutes and took a cab to StarWorld Galaxy Hotel and Casino. Such a beautiful hotel, brand new and full of stars!! Plus our room was overlooking the amazing New Grand Lisboa Hotel!! How amazing we thought until nightfall when we noticed the lights from that building was sooooo bright it felt like its noon at midnight!!! |
| View from our room...very bright...too bright!!! |
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| Where the action takes place....:) |
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| The amazing Grand Lisboa structure!! |
Welcoming us at the lobby were the Cabaret Dancers…mostly were from South America and the Philippines…they were all soooo tall! Some were even taller than me!! And Gorgeous!!...Photo op!!!!
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| What a grin!!! |
Here’s some info on Macau…
Macau (also spelled Macao, 澳門, Ou3 Mun4 in Cantonese, Àomén in Mandarin) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, until 1999 Macau was an overseas territory of Portugal. One of the world's most densely populated spots, Macau is best known as Asia's largest destination for gambling taking in even more revenue than Las Vegas !!
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Visitors of nearly all nationalities can enjoy a visa-free stay of between 30 and 90 days. For most nationalities which are not eligible for visa-free stay, a visa-on-arrival is available subject to fee although from 1st July 2010 eligibility for visa-on-arrival was withdrawn for nationals (other than Hong Kong ID Card holders) of Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Sorry for my friends from these countries…
Full details of current visa requirements can be found on the Macau Government website;
http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/eng/EDoN.html#EDoN_VII
The Chinese language is rather difficult to pick up...Russell Peters explains...
Passports are required and must have a validity of at least 30 days from date of entry into Macau.
Visitors from Hong Kong to Macau pass through immigration and customs formalities on leaving Hong Kong, entering Macau and vice-versa and arrival and departure cards (handed out on the ferries) need to be completed.
As this was a work/vacation trip to Macau….we flew in by Air Asia to Macau in the morning for a meeting I scheduled with the Macau Government Tourism Office. I am very amazed to see the influence of the Potuguese still deep in the administration of Macau.
Full day of official meetings the next day….Intan and Myra spent the next day in Hong Kong Disneyland….coming soon at a blog near you…..
StarWorld like most hotels in Macau is a Casino Hotel….you can see busloads upon busloads of PRC’s (People Republic of China) coming in by the thousands to all the casino’s with wads of cash to gamble!! I’ve been to Las Vegas….but the Chinese gamblers are HYPER!!! One guy was in the lift with me as I was going up to my room…he wore exactly like what a fish monger would wear in Pudu Market but he was holding 3 -4 rolls of chips being escorted up to the Premier floor. Obviously he was upgraded to the high rollers category…after he got out, my collegue said “Do you know how much value were those chips?.....about USD30,000!!!....and that’s considered nothing here in Macau!!”…I’d be wearing a pair of decent pants if I’m holding that amount of money….
Obviously most of them are Buddhist... I've always wanted to ask a Buddhist if they think gambling's wrong cause personally I think they like Tibet! ....geddit??
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| http://www.starworldmacau.com/en |
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| The only person that enjoyed the use of the pool was Myra...infact, i think Myra may have been the only child in the hotel!! |
In Macau Peninsula most of the tourist area is walking distance. OK….then there’s this huge building ….Matbe the largest single building I’ve seen in years….another mega project by Sheldon Adelson’s The Venetian Resort Macau and really enjoyed Zaia, Cirque Du Soleil….breathtaking!!!
There are a few places that u should not miss when in Macau,
Senado Square is one of the most photogenic spots in the city and the pulse point of Macau’s UNESCO quarter. Leal Senado, or Loyal Senate, is a recognizable landmark in the plaza and was the home of the Legislative Assembly under Portuguese rule. Now a shopping haven…Do you know that a square with a hard on is an erectangle??? Now you do.....
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| Main entrance to Senado Square |
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| Work and pleasure.... |
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| The famous egg tart of Macau...really delicious, we were only told on the last day we were there that the delectable morsels were glazed with lard !! |
The Ruins of St. Paul's refers to the ruins of a 16th century complex in Macau including of what was originally St. Paul's College and the Cathedral of St. Paul also known as "Mater Dei", a 17th century Portuguese cathedral dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle. Today, the ruins are one of Macau's most famous landmarks. In 2005, they were officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. I was told the remains of Paul the amazing Octopus was buried somewhere here...
All 3,000 of its room are suites, experience shopping with over 350 international shops, be dazzled by the street performers, or take a ride on an authentic Venetian gondola, all at the resort.
Macau Casinos….The very reason why people go to Macau… interested? Here’s the full list of Macau Casinos
The slightly short of 6 hour flight home felt very long due to our tireness and NO MOVIES!!!
In short….great places to visit, 6 hour flight one way…not that bad lah…everybody speaks english….if you’re lucky you can double your money at the Casino’s……what are you waiting for??? Let’s Jom!!!
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