Hong Kong Trip 2

We took a break from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong and enjoyed a few days in Macao.

Macao is the mini-Las Vegas of Asia with all its casino's and apparently dodgey places... but I never got to explore that part :)  We stayed in the Venetian which is the largest hotel in Asia.  Really posh.  The hotel even has its own river - complete with Gondola and singer!

There's a lot of gambling in Macao and there'll be even more with more hotel/casinos being built.  I'm guessing in four or five years, the main Macao strip will rival Las Vegas.

Anh and I tried our luck playing "Sic Bo".  Its a really simple game to learn.  The dealer/casino/robot rolls three dice and you pretty much have to guess what comes up.  We played this the most and lost a bit of money the first night.  Thankfully my luck changed the second night so we ended up breaking even :)

But of course Anh and I cared little about gambling.

We cared more for the food!!

My Fat Burger

Our ferry food

Hmmm. New York style pizza.

This is how you do high tea!

6 Guys, 2 Countries, 1 Trip

I threw in my brother's snorkles into the luggage.

 

Thats the clothes part sorted out. 

 

I only need to worry about the paperwork.. and the DS games, the songs for the mp3 player, the charging of the shaver,  charging the camera, emptying the memory card, battery for the headphones and of course, the toothbrush.

 

I'm leaving on a Jet(star) plane (to Singapore and later Phuket).

and I definetely wanting to be back again (and not stranded).

 

Its going to be an interesting trip. 

 

Theres always the huge promise of fun and excitement when hanging out with the boys. All the tom foolery, fart jokes and girl gawking.

 

But thats a reason to be worried.

 

Im not sure what to expect from extended male bonding sessions in a hot humid environment with an awful lot of spicy, spicy food.

 

I read the water in thailand can give you the runs. 

 

Even the Ice.

Oyster and water apparently gives people the runs.

 

And too much beer gives me the runs. Im not looking forward to doing much running.

 

Theres also the drop in our currency,  the vengeful girlfriends and the repeated travel warnings for our destinations. 

 

From what I've read so far, it sounds like everyone there is out to scam your money!

 

But what am I complaining for?  Im going on holidays!! Yeay!

 

Dream big, work hard and play nice.

I'm up to the nice part.