Macau

We hadn't really planned on visiting Macau as to be honest we were umming & ahhhing about wether to go to HK simply because we knew it was going to be quite expensive, however we figured that we were pretty much almost there. It turned out to be an amazing trip, & it would have been a disappointment to miss out.
From what we'd read, Macau was being called the 'New Vegas' because gambling is illegal across the water so they had made the most of it & opened lots of casinos & huge hotels such as the Venetian.

What we didn't really was that it also had a massive Portuguese culture to it & in the first day we visited some absolutely gorgeous parks, historical buildings & the Cathedral all of which were stunning & you really could have been in the Med!
Danny & I are not gamblers at all, but we of course had to check the casinos including the Lisboa (which I think is the oldest). To be honest we only went to the Mandarin Oriental to sample their cocktails ;-) and excuse as we don't gamble. It was here where we got chatting to their executive chef who was such a lovely interesting guy…..we must have been talking with him for over an hour when we so kindly offered to let us try one of his signature afternoon teas - on the House! So there we were, at 4pm is the afternoon eating smoked Salmon sandwiches, Victoria sponge & drinking English Breakfast tea. It was ace!!!!! So all in all Macau turned out to be a real highlight of our trip, and an unexpected pleasure of all kinds.

The Portuguese influence

views from Mount Fortress

Mount Fortress

The ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral

Casino Lisboa

Afternoon Tea at the Mandarin Oriental. Get us!

meet the Chef

Macau, Macau