{"id":523,"date":"2016-11-27T18:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2016-11-27T19:01:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T19:01:58","slug":"macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"Macau!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of the previous day, we started the day off a bit later than expected (around 12pm). We ended up ferrying over to Macau using the TurbJet near Hong Kong station around 1:05pm. The ride was super bumpy, and I definitely got sea sick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5579.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5579.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5581.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5581.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAfter an hour we arrived in Macau. Immigration was really easy. Also, getting to the hotel was easy since the Venetian had a bus that took us from the ferry terminal.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived at the Venetia, I immediately noticed how packed and busy it was. I&#8217;ve never even seen Vegas like that. Although checking into the hotel was fast.<\/p>\n<p>The room itself looked very similar to the Venetian in Vegas. Except I noticed that it seemed a little cheaper (from the paint used to the quality of the decorations. One wouldn&#8217;t notice unless they stayed at the one in Vegas).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5584.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5584.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;After dropping our stuff in the hotel, I explored the inside of the hotel a bit. Like Vegas, you can access other hotels from the inside. However, I noticed that the Hotels focus wayyyyy more on ships and the mall aspect than Vegas (which is something I really didn&#8217;t care about).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after we made our way to The Ruins of St Paul (it was a church that burned down and the only remnants was the facade). It cost about 200 Macau dollars (equivalent to 200 HKD). Jasmin though it was a rip off, but I didn&#8217;t care since we were behind on time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5597.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5597.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAfter he ruins, we went food tasting around Sendak a Square. Jasmin got me to try the Portuguese egg tart, the macadamia cookies, the Portuguese pork sandwhich, the pork jerky and a bunch of other samples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5620.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5620.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5629.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5629.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5640.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5640.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5623.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5623.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAfter Senado square we we walked to the Wynn (we were trying to get a taxi, but then realized it was about 1KM away).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5647.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5647.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5656.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5656.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5682.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5682.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5669.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5669.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nFrom the Wynn we took a bus to Wynn Palace (which is on the side of he river where our hotel is).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_56991.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_56991.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nFrom the Wynn Palace, we went back to the Venetian briefly. I then walked around to check out the other hotels (the Parisian, City of Dreams, Galaxy).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5716.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5716.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5719.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5719.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5721.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5721.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5726-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5726-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5728.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_5728.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of the previous day, we started the day off a bit later than expected (around 12pm). We ended up ferrying over to Macau using the TurbJet near Hong Kong station around 1:05pm. 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