Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Macau trip







I went to Macau with my 'tribe' on 23rd and 24th December. There were eleven of us. We stayed in the Royal Hotel. This hotel was quite good - clean, quiet and newly renovated. It was not close to the town centre but easy to get to.

Macau is quite different to the old days now. It is full of high buildings and lots of casinos. People say it is more 'Las Vegas than Las Vegas'. I have watched a programme interviewing a resident there. He said if you wanted to see 'the old Macau', you have to go to Taipi. Actually, we like Macau because of its tiny, old and simple ways of living and because of its Portuguese style buildings. It has changed a lot nowadays.