Trip Diary - Macau

I chose to spend my Valentines Day in Macau, alone, away from the constant reminders that I see all around me in Hong Kong.

I visited four new casinos that day, being Sands (where they offered a really fantastic seafood buffet lunch with lobsters, crabs, prawns, oysters, sashimi, sushi and more for the low price of AUD$30), Babylon (where the staff all dressed in costumes and their politeness in inviting visitors to sit down and gamble were first class), Wynn (where they offered free bottled water and food such as sandwiches and dim sims to all visitors) and Grand Lisboa (which was only opened for two days when I went there). It was interesting to see how they operated. The new casinos had a Las Vegas feel to them in terms of their decorations and structure but I did not bet at all mainly due to the fact that the other visitors there were rude and disgusting people from the mainland with a lack of manners in the way they gambled.

One interesting aspect I noticed is that all staff in these casinos are poor in English. Maybe I can get a job there if I want to escape from the normal life for a short while. But I think I would be disgusted by the actions of some of the gamblers there.