Macau...unfinished business

So this past weekend was spent in Macau.  Honestly I was there for some unfinished business.  Promises made a few years ago that needed to be completed.  However before I go into that on a future post, let me say a few things about Macau itself.

Formerly under Portugal control it was turned over to China in 1999 and is now one of the Special Administration Region controlled by China.  This means it has it's own government, it's own currency and is generally very different from China.  Now if you ask a Chinese person this they would say otherwise.  They would say that Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are all part of China.  And yes they are, but in a different way.

What I have enjoyed on my visits to Macau is the old vs new.  You have old Portugese influenced architecture next to the new grand casino's.  Old money vs new money.  As a break from living in China it is wonderful!

This is me in front of some of the new.  The Macau Tower stands about 61 stories tall and about 233m high.  It's quite impressive and scary in it's own way...more on Macau and the tower next time.