That being said, however, IT WAS TOTALLY TOTALLY WORTH IT!
We went to Macau this weekend even though it was pouring down rain and thunderstorms were predicted for the whole weekend.
So we left Patrick Manson at the dismal time of 7.30AM on Saturday morning to catch the 9am ferry because that was the only time we could get ferry tickets. (The rest of the people were able to buy tickets for the 11am ferry before it all sold out.) By the way, the ferry tickets are so cheap: $146HKD for a Premium Economy seat and the ferry seats are so nice and spacious! I'd love to see what first-class is like.
Upon arrival at Taipa (an island in Macau) we were lucky enough to find the free shuttle bus to the Venetian (the most amazing 5-star hotel I've ever been in). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venetian_Macao . Because we had to wait for a few hours before check-in and for the rest of the party to arrive we decided to head down to Taipa Old Village (a whole street full old buildings+ food streets).
Unfortunately for me however, I managed to break my camera within the first hour of being at Macau so had to rely on my iphone + other people's camera for photos.
After exploring Taipa Village it was time for us to head back to The Venetian (it seriously looks so amazing as its meant to look like we've stepped into Venice) and check into the hotel.
After spending an hour or so exploring the shops in the Venetian + trying to locate the others since apparently none of our mobiles had service (Note to future travelers- your hong kong sim card will most likely not work in Macau if it isn't on roaming) we finally we able to get into our suite.
The rest of the trip consisted of the usual
- drinking copious amounts of extremely cheap duty free alcohol. I think it was something ridiculous like $150HKD for $1.5L bottle of Smirnoff Vodka. (that's like $20AUD for 1.5L!!) crazy!
- having a messy + loose pre-party in our amazing suite
- hitting up the casino (we were one big bunch of loud, silly exchange students)
- losing $600HKD in roulette
- going to D3 (an amazing club in the main casino strip of Macau- near MGM Grand etc) and dancing all night
- having like 3 hours sleep as a bunch of 20 boisterously drunk students tried to fit into a suite (4-5 girls per bed and the floor was just covered with passed-out guys- I wish I had a proper photo of the true outrageousness of our sleep!)
Due to the bad weather we were not able to do as much as we planned on doing (I was lucky as I was part of the early-arrivals to Macau so I at least got to explore some of it while the others on the later ferry didnt get to do any due to the shit weather+hang-over the next day).
So now that we have had our "party weekend" we plan on going again for a "cultural weekend"
Things to do on our cultural weekend
- explore the Ruins of St Paul
- do the highest bungee jump in the world
- watch the Cirque de Soleil
Anyways here are a few of the photos I managed to get- I'll have to wait to get the rest of everyone else's cameras.
us the morning after- no sleep, hung-over but still AWESOME.
Just one of the many walkways in the beautiful Venetian Hotel/Casino
Again in the Venetian- the shopping area!
You can go for a Gondola ride if you are sick of shopping/gambling!
AJ with the cutest Hello Kitty Phone
I bought one of the famous Portuguese Egg Tarts- sooo yummy!
At D3
Tea and Tomi
Inebriated at D3
we are the sad losers of money :(
How some of the guys slept- Ian is under the table! hahaha
How some of the girls who got beds slept- you can see me on the bed on the right-hand-side (on the far right)
I really, really wish I could go into much more detail and spend more time blogging but I really can't afford to waste time in a city that never sleeps! So see my facebook for the rest of the photos.
xoxo
Jane
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