Flashing lights, loud music, bonus rounds, WINNING! who doesn't love the pokies???!! I'm not much of a gambler myself usually but when I was in Vegas I found i have a lucky streak for 2 games...Roulette and the pokies (slots)...so, on arriving in Macau, 1 hour on the ferry from Hong Kong and the only place in China that you can gamble, we hit the casinos with a vengance.
We are putting stamps in our passports faster than you can say 'immigration'. Macau, like hong kong, is a state of china with pretty much it's own independence to do whatever the hell it wants. So it has become a kind of mini vegas - complete with the big names - MGM Grand, Wynn etc...i wiped them all out. Talk about a lucky streak - i managed to pay for our entire weekend plus some on a combination of roulette and pokies...paying for a gorgeous, lush 4 star hotel, incredible food, and many a delish cocktail from my winnings...thank you and goodnight!
Enjoying a celebratory cocktail after my streak of luck we settled in the bar of the MGM Grand, bopping away to an awesome covers band which had the place pumping with old school R&B...in one of their breaks they came over to have a chat with us...turns out one of them will be famous - he's auditioning for X-Factor and, since he's so awesome, i'm sure he'll be on tv...i'll be able to say 'i knew him when...'!! Towards the end of the gig they had a group of russians, all professional ballroom dancers from the Venetian casino nearby, on their feet and doing the sexy cha cha with more than a little pizazz...2 shows for the price of one...well none actually since it was free!! Needless to say one celebratory cocktail turned into several as we had a fabulous night, staggering home, once again, in the wee hours...
I still adore hong kong, love that it's so close to Macau and, to be honest, am dreading leaving. But leave we must and tomorrow we join our tour group to head up to mainland china - overnight train and all....once more we become the nomads.
I don't mind the backpacking life - it serves a purpose - but living it up is pretty cool too...that is how i really like to roll baby. ;-)
stay tuned. xx
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