Macau has been very quickly and is the Las Vegas of Aisa. Lots of casinos and some very large ones at that. All within the last 15 years. The Venetian of Las Vegas has and continues to build an extremely large building here that replicates Venice. It is said to be one of the largest buildings in the world. Definitely a lot of excess. We did visit the first casino here, Casino Lisboa and tried our hands at the slots unsuccessfully, simply for the sake of saying we did gamble in Macau.
However there is so much more to the city of Macau. Historically it was once controlled by the Portuguese. In 1999 they handed it back to China. Signs are in Portuguese and English and it is somewhat easy to get around in English. The streets have a distinctly European and Chinese feel. I most enjoyed the smaller fishing village we visited and had Macanese food by the ocean. The areas is steeped in history and unfortunately we did not get to visit the history museum to learn more. I guess I will have to add another book to the list to read about the history now that I have visited. Macau is also a nice change from the busy streets of Hong Kong.
