29th in Macau

We celebrated my birthday in Macau which they call the Vegas of the East. Just like Hong Kong used to be owned by the British and has many English influences, Macau used to be owned by the Portuguese and was only taken over by the Chinese in 1999. So, it still has Portuguese influence and once you get there the signs are in Chinese and Portuguese instead of Chinese and English. For the men that read this blog (i.e. my dad) I put the map below so you can see where it is in relation to Hong Kong. It's only an hour away by boat or a 12 minute helicopter ride if you're a big baller. We met a guy there that said he's always wanted to win just enough to take the helicopter back but has not yet been so lucky.

Devin tried to save some money so we took these rickshaws there.

JUST KIDDING! We took this boat which was a really easy way to get there.

This is the last picture of me at 28. One more year in my "vintage 20's"

There were beautiful views from the boat. The views are so hard to capture on the camera. I wish y'all could see them in person with us. :)

Devin had heard of this Portuguese restaurant that was supposed to be amazing. IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT! We enjoyed dinner with another American we met (who was awesome) and his mom, who was visiting from Brooklyn and it was a fabulous night with lots of great Sangria (almost as good as my in-laws make), chorizo, steak, shrimp and clams. Friendships are truly on super drive over here. If you meet someone you like it's hard to not become instant friends and share really memorable laughs and chats.

They have some of the same casinos you'll find in Vegas like the Wynn, the Venetian etc but we didn't make our way into them (I'm not much of a gambler)...

I much preferred to waste my day away doing this....

Devin is on his third book since getting here...

....while I'm on my 300th playlist. BTW (Mom, that means "by the way") if I got mugged I would give everything up but this ipod and hopefully, if lucky, my camera. But, if I'm ever walking around Hong Kong I have a map and my ipod. No. Matter. What.

This is a pic of the hotel which I like because you can see how Spanish it looks

And a couple views from our balcony....