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As I'd mentioned earlier, Macau is famous for its Casinos. Gambling is legal in this small town and it is a big business out here.
Our hotel had a lot of casinos on the ground floor and I wanted to try my luck in at least 1 game. I felt like I was part of the Hangover movie where Alan and his wolfpack dress up and try their luck at gambling. I was unsure about any of the games and I wanted to bet very little. There was one Roulade table with a Min $50 bet and I decided this is where I would try my fortune. I dug into my wallet and noticed I had no change for 100$. I tried telling the guy I would bet for $50 and if he could give me change (I know you are laughing at this), but he didnt seem to understand. He bet all my $100 and I lost the entire thing. Just like that. I tried another kiosk and lost some more money. I left the Casino after that. The gambling life was not for me.
We visited some of the shops inside the hotel and called it a night.
The next day we were up early and went down for breakfast. The spread was huge and there was lots of vegetarian dishes, most of them Indian. After breakfast we went back to the room to finish our final packing. We had to check out at 11 but we could keep our bags at the concierge till we left. Check out experience was just the opposite of Check in. It took just a few seconds. You just need to leave the room and slide the key cards into the Express check in drop boxes situated on each floor. And that's it. No need to meet any hotel staff.
We explored more shops and my mother took a ride on the gondola. On principle, I refused to join her. I have already taken a ride on an actual gondola in Venice. So I didn't want to do this fake ride. But my mom had fun.
It was 12.30pm and time to leave the hotel. We collected our bags and rushed to the shuttle bus which took us to the Taipa Ferry station from where we boarded our ferry back to Hongkong International Airport. It was very convenient that we could check in one bag each at the ferry station (at the Cathay Pacific counter) itself and this would go all the way to our final destination in India. So there was no hassle of collecting our luggage at HKIA and checking them again at the airport. But the limit is 1 bag per person. I wanted to check in both my bags so I had to check in one bag at the ferry point at Macau and one at HKIA.
Since we were done with immigration formality at Macau, we didn't need to go through it again at HKIA.
The ferry dropped us directly at HKIA where we collected our tax refund and boarded a train within the premise which took us to our terminal from where we would be boarding the flight.
Free of our bags we shopped a bit at the Duty free shops and ate our final meal there. It was time to bid adieu. It had been a wonderful trip!
Click here for the beginning of the blog series: HK and Macau Trip - Part 1
As I'd mentioned earlier, Macau is famous for its Casinos. Gambling is legal in this small town and it is a big business out here.
Our hotel had a lot of casinos on the ground floor and I wanted to try my luck in at least 1 game. I felt like I was part of the Hangover movie where Alan and his wolfpack dress up and try their luck at gambling. I was unsure about any of the games and I wanted to bet very little. There was one Roulade table with a Min $50 bet and I decided this is where I would try my fortune. I dug into my wallet and noticed I had no change for 100$. I tried telling the guy I would bet for $50 and if he could give me change (I know you are laughing at this), but he didnt seem to understand. He bet all my $100 and I lost the entire thing. Just like that. I tried another kiosk and lost some more money. I left the Casino after that. The gambling life was not for me.
We visited some of the shops inside the hotel and called it a night.
The next day we were up early and went down for breakfast. The spread was huge and there was lots of vegetarian dishes, most of them Indian. After breakfast we went back to the room to finish our final packing. We had to check out at 11 but we could keep our bags at the concierge till we left. Check out experience was just the opposite of Check in. It took just a few seconds. You just need to leave the room and slide the key cards into the Express check in drop boxes situated on each floor. And that's it. No need to meet any hotel staff.
We explored more shops and my mother took a ride on the gondola. On principle, I refused to join her. I have already taken a ride on an actual gondola in Venice. So I didn't want to do this fake ride. But my mom had fun.
Since we were done with immigration formality at Macau, we didn't need to go through it again at HKIA.
The ferry dropped us directly at HKIA where we collected our tax refund and boarded a train within the premise which took us to our terminal from where we would be boarding the flight.
Free of our bags we shopped a bit at the Duty free shops and ate our final meal there. It was time to bid adieu. It had been a wonderful trip!
Click here for the beginning of the blog series: HK and Macau Trip - Part 1
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