Macau economy depends on tourism and gambling. The latter has had and has a primary role. Macau has become known for many years as the Monte Carlo of the Orient, and now the Las Vegas of the East.
The monopoly of gambling began in 1962 with the company, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM), first, with the Casino Estoril and then, the Casino Lisboa in 1970. That monopoly ended in 2002.
New casinos and other complementary infrastructures came into operation in Macau and in the Cotai Strip of Taipa. Macau has seen a very rapid development, so much so that local people are struggling to keep up the pace.
However, in my opinion, if Macau knows how to maintain its culture, its historical legacy, modernize without entering the global homogenization, it is by itself special in the world, the pearl of the orient.
Lisboa Hotel
Bank of China and Grand Lisboa
Nobre de Carvalho (Macau-Taipa) Bridge
Macau International Airport in Taipa Island
Lotus Bridge that connects Taipa to mainland China
Macau Jockey Club (Taipa)
Taipa
Macau Dome, Venetian at the Cotai Strip and the bushes that egrets love
Venetian under construction
More hotel casinos under construction and the old village of Taipa
Venetian
Some fun time and mainland China just across the river (Taipa)
Macau hosted the 4th East Asian Games. 3 sport facilities in Taipa: Macau Dome, Macau Stadium (by the way, the British team trained here right before participating in the Olympics in Beijing and stayed in the Westin Resort, Coloane) and Macau's Olympic Aquatic Center
Cheoc-Van Beach (bamboo beach) where, quite often, I had my breakfasts on the weekends, accompanied by a good book or the iPod and of course some dives in the beach or the pool close by.
A whale and a white dolphin that died off the coast of Taipa
A house in the old village of Coloane
I would like to recommend this site for more pictures of Macau http://www.fotoc.com/studio/dado/macau/welovemacau/
Enjoy!
Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Prayers in Bangkok
Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok
Ladies boys in a go go bar in Bangkok. He/she said feels like a woman and loves being so. Then I noticed he/she was wearing a wedding ring. Wonder he/she was married to a man, a woman or another lady boy. Couldn't make myself ask the question... now every time I see this picture I wonder.
Hard Rock Beach Club Pattaya is for people that love music cause there's music all day long
All rooms have a different theme , mine was of Beatles
Foam party
