After booking ferry tickets to Macau the night before we
awoke early on a humid day. There was no real plan apart from get Steve safely
to Macau and back. We all had our parts to play, Chris had organised the
tickets and the MTR journey, I was the man with the bag so could safely store
our passports and massive casino winnings and Steve well he just had to get his
visa stamped. We arrived at the ferry
port and after some confusion of which queue to be in we got to our designated gate
and soon realised that we were mixed in with a group of touring Americans. They
were outrageously stereotypical with fake older cougars, men with polo shirts
and linen trousers and the bald eagle passport (I mean seriously!!!). The
journey up the sea was a little on the choppy side and I was not feeling great
by the time we arrived.
So we arrived and exited the ferry terminal. We had no idea
what to do or where to go but luckily Chris saw an advert for a casino caused
THE VENITIAN. We grab a taxi to this place and it is huge!!! We see about 5-6
other giant Casinos and start to wonder in. The building was based on Venice
and did a great job apart from the Asian gondoliers who did not look Italian
and one in particular who instead of singing Italian based songs, sang ordinary
people by John Legend. After 30 minutes of walking round shops we stop and have
a big Maccy Ds meal....again. Now we had quenched our thirst and settled our
stomachs we hit the casino floor ready to gamble. Looking at all of the card games
we settled on a computerized roulette table, a game of luck and no skill suited
us perfectly. Chris lost all his money on the first run yet me and Steve kept
winning until I lost a lil and we walked away. Steve went from $50-$170 and me
$50-$110, we collected our winnings while people next to us withdrew what
looked like $50,000 (we looked a tad lame).
We had spent well over an hour in this place and decided to leave and
explore more Macau, we headed straight to another casino. On our way we noticed
lots of cards scattered on the floor, they were hooker call cards and then 3
inappropriately dressed ladies who
clearly had a couple of grand thrown at their titties strolled by. In the next
hour between us we lost $200...our gambling days were over. We decided to treat
ourselves to some nice quality coffees and hot chocolates instead of losing
money or hunting hookers. We had now spent 4 hours in Macau and needed to waste
more time so we went to a interactive experience, no we hadn’t caught up with
the hookers we were going to the bubble to watch Dragons Treasure. It was
rather impressive with dragons appearing left right and centre but sadly after
10-15 mins it was over.
Our time in Macau was coming to a close after visiting 3
other casinos we needed a treat for ourselves. We went to a stall which said
desserts; our first mistake was believing the sign. I ordered what appeared to
be ice cream in different flavours with nuts and jelly while Steve ordered some
kind of Sundae. When they were given to us our joyful faces turned to horror,
there was no ice cream only ice...flavoured ice and erm lots of kidney beans!
Fudging kidney beans ohh and sweet corn! I mean WTFudge seriously what bastard
of a mind came up with this. We did try our best to eat some but could only
manage spoonfuls while trying to hold down the sick. I have to say that it was
the worst thing ever to go in my mouth, it was awful truly disgusting.
We got a taxi back to the ferry port disappointed in what
Macau had to offer. The taxi dropped us to the other ferry port and it dawned
on us we got dropped to the wrong part for tourists in the morning. We went to
the new area which is just a strip of casinos rather than the main city
great.... We got to the correct ferry terminal and got on. The journey back was
hideous thanks to that blooming sweet corn desert but I managed to sleep a bit
of the way which was nice.
The ferry arrived and it was game time! We headed for
arrivals and the immigration area, Steve readied his passport and went first to
the booth. Sweat poured down our faces, breathing heavily we all let out a huge
sigh of relief as the chap stamped Steve’s visa and he walked into Hong Kong no
longer an illegal immigrant of sort but a Citizen. Our mission was complete Xbox achievement
unlocked.
Next update will be next week about starting work .....
I'm intrigued by the bit that goes "they were hooker call cards and then 3 inappropriately dressed ladies who clearly had a couple of grand thrown at their titties strolled by. In the next hour between us we lost $200..."
ReplyDeleteSo what exactly did you spend the $200 on :-D
Nice update though. Loving the blog!