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Macau – What a let down

manish — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:48:29 +0000

I was in Hong Kong for the past 3 days and decided I would head to Macau and check it out. Over the past couple of months I’ve been seeing a lot of press on Macau and how it’s taking over Vegas as the global gaming hot spot. In 2006, Macau did USD 7 billion and Vegas did USD 6.5 billion. In 2007, Macau did USD 10.4 billion and Vegas did USD 7 billion.

I figured the last time I was in Vegas was 2006 and had a GREAT time. I thought if Macau is doing roughly 50% more business then when I went to Vegas, I should have an AWESOME time in Macau – no chance.

The ferry to/from Macau is a buzz kill. One hour each way and if the ferries are sold out it means you might have to wait an hour or so till the next one. But, that’s all doable if Macau were worth it.

The general atmosphere of the casino’s was dull and boring. They don’t serve alcohol, instead it as OJ, milk, coffee, tea, etc…WTF. Please tell me I was in the wrong casino, but I went to a couple and they were both the same.

If you are accustomed to Vegas and the party atmosphere then Macau is not the destination. I think it’s more for hard core gamblers like Atlantic City.

If you know me I take a camera everywhere and take pictures of anything (my motto – it don’t cost nothing). I took it to Macau, but I was so disillusioned I didn’t take one picture. Hence no picture for this blog posting – first time EVER.

On vacation

manish — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:52:56 +0000

Yes it’s true, I’ll be on vacation for the next 3 weeks on my honeymoon. After a gap of a month between the wedding and the honeymoon, we are really ready to get the fu!#$ out of Bombay for a well deserved break.

I’ll have several pre-written blog entries that will be appearing over the next 3 weeks on technology and the building of this blog. Stay tuned.

Wedding in Rajasthan

manish — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:41:48 +0000

Wow!!!, was the word I kept on saying and hearing from others at the wedding of Ritu and Rick. It was definitely a fairly tale wedding, albeit Rick didn’t ride in on a white horse but instead an elephant. It was 3 days of sheer fun and livin’ large at the Samode Palace and Bagh.

Pics

JazzFest in New Orleans

manish — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:30:49 +0000

music, beer, food, beer, beads and more beer. Pics

Back from vacation

manish — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 09:35:54 +0000

Here are the pics from Shishir and Sunita’s wedding weekend:
December.17 – Pre-party at Red Light a club in Mumbai
December.18 – Ring ceremony
December.18 – Cocktail party at Marine Plaza Hotel
December.19 – Sangeet
December.20 – Barat
December.20 – Reception

other pics from my vacation:
Pics from New Years in Goa
25th anniversary party in Pune for an uncle