Believe it or not I was actually forced to visit Macau (I needed to get my student visa activated in order to register for school). The ride to Macau is about an hour by boat and since I only got a couple hours of sleep the night before I actually fell asleep on public transportation. The other option to get to Macau is by helicopter for less then 400 dollars. Overall it was a fun night but everything is pretty spread out. There are no lines so that means that everyone cuts or pushes in order to get to the front of the line. I sort of had to push an old lady who was pushing me for around ten minutes, definitely not one of my finest moments! I also had to cut in front of ten middle-aged men in order to keep my place in line. I'm also not much of a gambler, but I thought just watching everyone in the casino's was entertaining enough. I gambled exactly two U.S. dollars (I live on the edge, I know). My friend and I also decided to eat at a semi-traditional Macau buffet, but since I am a little sick I wasn't able to eat anything besides bread. I was shocked because I didn't have any ice cream, which is probably a first for me. Once we called it a night my friend and I had to get a ticket back to Hong Kong but the next available ferry wasn't till 4:30am. Luckily we got by-stander tickets and since I had a couple of hours of practice cutting in line, I got on the very next ferry and sat in first class. First class ferry life was very extravagant and included magazines, newspapers, and bologna sandwiches.
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