Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Back from Macau...

Got back home last night.....after 6 nights away. I'm glad that my house is still in one piece, and the boys' eyes are still in their eye sockets. I was worried that they would have played their PSP/PS2/DS/PC until their eyes popped out from their heads.
Actually, I nearly couldn't get into Macau. Well..you see, my passport still had a validity of four months..and I thought that should be okay. I flew back last Wed (11 June) and got through the Autogate alright. Our flight to Macau was the following day. When I tried to get out through the Autogate, it was denied. Thus I had to go to the counter. The guy didn't really want to let me out...and I had to tell him that I saw on the Macau website that it was okay. He reluctantly let me through and told me that I had to take the risk that I might be denied entry into Macau. I texted H before boarding the plane regarding this.

When I arrived at Macau, was a little worried that I would be denied entry. H sent me multiple sms to query on my entry status.... H texted " did you get through okay, or do I have to send the driver to pick you up??". The thing was I couldn't get an access to a roaming network...and couldn't reply to him... so he was kinda worried that I really couldn't get into Macau.
Anyway, we had a great time in Macau. We stayed at The Venetian over at the Cotai Strip .What did we do? W ate and ate and ate!!!! But managed to check out some other hotels/casinos. And visited the MUST-GO Macau landmark. Here are some pics of the old European Quarter...




6 comments:

Anonymous said...

welcome back ... I miss you lar :) hehe :)

sting said...

welcome back!! *hugs and kisses* I heard Macau is a really cool place to visit even if you are not there for gambling! glad you had a good trip..

PS: yup, father's day was on june 15... :-)

My Rantings said...

Wow, you stayed at the Venetian! Hmm..planning to do the same but dunno when. :)

Nice ah? Blog about it ya!

NomadicMom said...

Misha's Mum - Waaa...feel so happy that I am missed!!!

Sting - Me not a gambler...but had fun eating and hotel/casino hopping.
Oops...didn't wish the fathers in my life Happy Father's Day wor...

Dancing Queen - Venetian okay lah. I see MGM and Wynn also quite nice though smaller.

Anonymous said...

i was told that macau has changed a lot. the last time i went was 9 yrs ago, wld love to explore again.

NomadicMom said...

Wen - Am sure it's a world of difference now. Last time, there was only ONE casino, which I'm told is smokey and all. Now...there are 33 casinos which cater to a myriad of taste and markets.

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