Saturday morning, Tom and I, along with one of my Charlottesville coworkers, travelled to Macau for the day. We toured through Taipa village so they could see the old Portuguese sections of the town, and then headed to Coloane, another section of the island, to eat at the highly recommended Fernando's Restaurant. It was one of the best meals of the trip so far with boiled greens, Macanese fried rice, stuffed squid, clams, and suckling pig, and a cold beer after a sweaty walk around the city.
After the decadent lunch, we headed back to City of Dreams Casino to watch the spectacular House of Dancing Water performance. Very Cirque du Soleil-esque, but with an elaborate stage including a deep diving pool which appeared and disappeared throughout the performance and just about every kind of performance you can think of: water, lighting, music, dancing, ballet, tumbling, aerial acrobatics, gymnastics, swordplay, sparring, motocross, costuming, stilt-walking, and so much more. I captured a few photos with my iPhone, but I was so entranced by the spectacle that I spent most of the time just staring. Highly recommended if you're ever in Hong Kong.
After the show, a bit of walking around the casino, but no gambling, and then a long ferry ride back to Hong Kong, wherein I got immensely seasick. Still, great day.
After the decadent lunch, we headed back to City of Dreams Casino to watch the spectacular House of Dancing Water performance. Very Cirque du Soleil-esque, but with an elaborate stage including a deep diving pool which appeared and disappeared throughout the performance and just about every kind of performance you can think of: water, lighting, music, dancing, ballet, tumbling, aerial acrobatics, gymnastics, swordplay, sparring, motocross, costuming, stilt-walking, and so much more. I captured a few photos with my iPhone, but I was so entranced by the spectacle that I spent most of the time just staring. Highly recommended if you're ever in Hong Kong.
After the show, a bit of walking around the casino, but no gambling, and then a long ferry ride back to Hong Kong, wherein I got immensely seasick. Still, great day.