HK > Macau

So, after being in Macau for a few days I feel this inequality is a nice summary of how I feel. We heard that Macau was like the Las Vegas of Asia so we decided since we have the whole week off of school we should check it out for a few days. So, we booked a hotel that was very reasonably priced, booked two nights and went off to Macau.
So, nothing in Macau is in English. Also, nothing seems to open before noon. Once everything does open, nobody seems to do anything by play blackjack. Seriously, we were at a bar at a casino at like 11:30 with a totally awesome live band and everything and there was hardly anyone there. They were all out playing blackjack and slot machines. It made me so sad :( It was a really cool bar though and they sang some awesome American tunes :) which made me super happy. Too bad everybody else missed it. I've personally come to the conclusion that I would rather not gamble because that money could be spent on clothes and handbags (something I appreciate MUCH more). Cause here's the thing about shopping - even if you spend a ton, you at least get something in return. Guarantee. When you gamble, you might get something in return, but probably not. Shopping > Gambling
Caitlyn and I did manage to ride the city buses fairly well. They did stop and unload the entire bus a few times, but we just found our way to another bus. In our minds, we did pretttty dang impressively. For the most part, we just really walked around and looked at things that we could find because well that was easier said than done. We went to this really gorgeous hotel/casino that actually had a fake river running through it with GONDOLAS. On the record, I totally would rather go to Italy and ride in a real gondola, but this was pretty impressive. Oh yeah!! And we went to this random fisherman's wharf place and we were sitting there taking pictures with this MASSIVE group of Chinese people comes up and every single one of them wanted a picture with the two American girls. Seriously we probably sat there for like 10 minutes while they all came up and individually took a picture with us. It was my trial run at being famous :) Absolutely hilarious. Sweetest damn people.
So as a whole, we came, we saw, we sort of kind of conquered Macau. Or at least, we tried. 


I'm still on break from school, which feels really weird because normally on a break this long I would be totally home by now (but obviously, I am not). I've heard that a lot of things close these next couple days so pray for me that I don't die of starvation. We have some fruit, ramen, soup, and granola bars in our room so if all else fails, I think we'll be ok. Tomorrow is a huge parade for the CNY and on Friday there are FIREWORKS :) :) I super love fireworks


Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!!!!!!