Macau

So the day finally came where we had to leave 'one day lay do' and head to Hanoi. Unfortunately due to financial restrictions we had to go via Maca and Bangkok, making a 1 hour flight into a 24 hour jaunt. To some this would be a dream.- ticking off 2 countries in the matter of a day, But after a week of relaxation, this was a tall order.

The ferry to Macau was pretty painless and upon arrival you think you are in Vegas. Casoinos as far as the eye can see, all designed and architectured to represent some or other theme. The Venetian was the most impressive with gondolas going under their fake Rialto bridge, all quite authentic. Unfortunately this place has retained nothing of its Portuguese heritage apart froma a few sign posts and a very special restaurant in the south called Fernandos.

It's a fantastic little place on the beach with a Portuguese only menu and makes you imagine what a relaxing mediterranian vibe this place must have had before all the money to build casinos poured in.

Celia and I tucked into our first SuperBock and eagerly awaited our meals of fresh porra(sorry) rolls, sald, bacalau and octopus.

The experience was fantastic, but the food was ot what i expected and would at any time rather have been in Observatory having a sunday lunch Portuguese style with the in-laws where the food is guaranteed to be good and the wine even better.

Evening arrived and we boarded our flight to Bangkok dreading the evening ahead. sadly Bangkok airport is not like Singapore as is not 24h so after a couple hours of wandering we found ourselves sleeping on bencheswilling the morning top come so we could head off to Hanoi