The ferry to Macao is a high speed catamaran – quite impressive, leaving every 15 minutes to the
former Portuguese colony. There is a lot of traffic, mostly due to the many new casinos that have been established there. The paper has an article claiming the Steve Winn is considering moving his headquarters from Las Vegas to Macao. I have some trouble getting my head around Macao. I think I had heard it described as Hong Kong's poor stepsister, and I guess that says a lot. Now is is a mix of one third old Chinese neighborhoods, one third Portuguese colonial, and one third overdone casinos. I don't think they get along well with each other, and the contrasts are there to see every time you look at the skyline. There is a small Taoist temple not far from a pretty Catholic church. Getting lost in back alleyways is easy, but there is a crazy highrise casino that dominates the skyline and promises to have a taxi stand. The ferry back to Hong Kong is packed – two levels of airline style seating, 16 across. Hong Kong harbor is spectacular at night when we return.
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