Finally at our last leg of the China tour was Macau, or the Las Vegas of the East. With it’s Portuguese architectural influences and World famous casinos, it was a nice change for us and not what we originally expected. To get there, it was a relatively cheap ferry ride from Hong Kong on the Star Ferry; it was a very high speed and bumpy ride there.
Macau falls under Chinese rule, but we still had to get our passports checked on arrival. We only spent one day there (which is all you really need to sight-see the island), and there was plenty of helpful info/maps at the ferry terminal. We took a bus to get into the center of town and stopped by the beautiful ruins of the Church of St.Paul, the old and new Lisboa Casino, and went into the Sands Casino for dinner/browsing, but no playing. Along the center of town, there were plenty of special Macau treats such as almond cookies, dried meat and egg tarts to taste. It was a great end to our China trip, and we actually ended up staying a few more days in Hong Kong to sight see/ shop around a little more.
My parents ended up making it over to Taiwan to see how I lived, and I posted some pictures of our day trip to Toroko Gorge and our Tea time in Jiu-Fen. Since, Nat and I’s previous attempt at Toroko was Typhooned out, and I had a damaged camera, this time’s pictures give you a better glance at what it’s like there. You can see all the photos HERE.
(note: I added 7 more Macau pics, in case you found them already in my photo gallery)