Escape... Asia: Macau Photos

March - August 2008

Route: London --- Delhi (see Rajastan and the Golden Triangle before flying to Amritsar and Chandigar). Delhi --- Hong Kong (a short stay). Hong Kong --- Tokyo (catch the shinkansen north to Sapporo and back - with a few stops on the way). Tokyo --- Beijing (travel overland via Xi'an and the Yellow River to Shanghai). Shanghai --- Hong Kong and then hop on the ferry to Macau for a flight to Bangkok. Then travel overland to Chiang Mai, through Laos and then back down to Bangkok (to catch a flight to London for a wedding). From Bangok travel down to Singapore via Malysia, before flying to Oceania.

29 April 2008

Macau Photos

This is our hotel complex! The Lisboa. We stayed in the old building on the right (the bit that looks like a multicoloured spinning top). The new bit (the Grand Lisboa) in the middle looked to us exactly like a giant gold, glittering pineapple. What do you think?

Vicki by the realistic replica of Pompei's volcano. 40 odd feet high, this giant mound of concrete issues flames from the top by night, and houses a gaming arcade as you'd guess. Nest door (right), is the original Italian-Japanese floating casino fortress. Just as the Romans planned.

Gary by the replica Tutankhamen head and (maybe fake?) ancient Egyptian thrones. These of course are the perfect decorations for any lift lobby!

Gary also graces the front of the pineapple at night. Nice shades of purples and greens, eh?

And finally, Gary pops up again in front of the elegant fountain of the Pharoah's Casino. Something tells me there might be more replica funeral masks inside...