Macau

It's been a while since I've been on here.  Nothing too exciting going on.  Just more of the same, work, work and work.

A couple of weeks back I made a work trip to Macau for a trade show.  At the left is the Venetian hotel.  It is huge!  Word is that it is the 2nd largest building in the world but it can't be shown completely here as there was no way to view all of it.

 Macau was turned over to China from Portugal in 1999.  However they operate separately from China, have their own currency (basically pegged to the Hong Kong dollar), have their own government, etc.

Macau has hundreds of years of Portugese rule, influence, etc and only about 10 of China.  So it is a country with two very distinct backgrounds.  A few years ago Macau surpassed Las Vegas in terms of money spent gambling.  So there are two parts of Macau, the new one that has the Venetian, Hard Rock, Hyatt's, etc and the old part that has the Portugese influence.

At the left is a view from inside the most famous Portugese restaurant on the island.  Called Fernando's.  Many folks have signed the walls or left their local currency on the walls.  Great food and nice and cheap!

This was out back near the restroom.  I guess they do all their laundry outdoors.  It was so unbelievably humid while there that I have no clue how they could get it all to dry.

All in all not a bad couple day trip.

Still need to find a way to go back and jump off the Macau tower.  That has been on my list for some time.  The weather was too windy on this trip.