Macau II

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Besides the Dragon’s Treasure here are some more things that I found interesting in Macau.

I know it’s a little late, but happy holidays from the pandas.

St. Paul’s Ruins (Church of Mater Dei)

This site was amazing to me because it is in the middle of all these shopping centers yet you stand in awe of the site. It feels just like in the movies when looking at it because your mind focuses on the ruins and all sound around fades out.

This looks just like any regular horse head statue, but this piece is the “Bronze Horse Head of Haiyantang in The Summer Palace”. This set a world record for any Chinese Qing sculpture being purchased at $8.9 million US currency.

Looks just like Vegas.

By Vincent “Baba Booey”

Macau

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

While on my vacation in Hong Kong I stopped by the lovely Macao. This is a major tourist attraction for the neighboring Asian countries and is considered their version of Las Vegas. I can say that it compares to the quality of Vegas, but not the amount of hotels that it has. While stopping by there is a lot to do besides gambling, but I did come up in roulette. There is a lot to see including old temples, churches, and a must to stop by the fisherman’s wharf. I’ll post pics later, but thought I would show you a little something from the City of Dreams Macao resort. I saw the amazingly presented slightly repetitive “Dragon’s Treasure Show”. The show is displayed in a circular dome that I would say holds the max of 300 people maybe more and is a nicely presented, but the problem is each dragon they show does the same thing. The dragon comes to life grabs the pearl of wisdom and brings you to his world. It was cool the first two times, but by the fifth dragon I was no longer surprised. Watching this video will save you money so you don’t have to visit the City of Dreams for this.

Thank me later

By Vincent “Baba Booey”