Macau

The next day we were up and off to have breakfast before catching a ferry across to Macau. After going to the wrong ferry terminal we found the right one and purchased tickets for the 1.30 sailing. It was only a short ride and we were there and going through customs and immigration. Once through we looked for a place to book accommodation in Zhu Hai, across the border in China. Finally found and we were off. Only to be hassled by taxi drivers for a ride into town or a tour. We walked out and got onto a bus that was going to take us to a casino...finally Wayne was going to allow me in!!!!! but no we just used the bus to get closer to the town centre.

This is the town centre, it was just amazing. Walking past the casinos was thought provoking - you see all the glitz and glamour of the building but you see people from all walks of life coming and going. Some don't look like they have enough money to gamble away. Next time I will walk in and have a go!
We are not sure who this guy is but everyone was taking photos with him and we just had to do the same.
We found our way to the facade left of a church. It was incredible to see and to see the view back to the casinos. There was also a fort and this also had great views. We wandered backdown some alley ways -
They were quite pretty but certainly not of the quality of the the casino area. We happened upon a market that were performing Chinese Opera....nothing like opera that we know!

From here we found our way to a delightful restaurant for a local lunch. The waiter didn't have much English but we were able to order some yummy food. From here we caught a local bus to the border to cross over into China for a couple of nights. We were the only white people on the bus and arrived at the border to be met by a huge number of people...and it was more than huge! We lined up and filled our forms in while waiting then realised we were in the wrong queue...we were in the one for the elderly and the ones that needed help. Too bad...we stayed in the queue and were finally through to the other side only to be met by a barrage of people wanting to sell items to us, wanting to offer us a taxi to anywhere...but we knew our hotel was within walking distance of the border. Off we set trying to read the road signs...we knew which road it was on but couldn't read the signs - surprise they were all in Chinese. Finally I asked at a Watsons (like a chemist) and the lady couldn't speak English...had to ask someone else and they couldn't speak English either and she asked someone else who said go down the road and turn right...pointing with her left hand in a left direction. We carried on walking and yes we did find the hotel.