Many people expect Vegas when they come to Macau. There are certainly a plethora of casinos and plenty of ready and able gamblers. But the gambling scene seems the least of it really when such a vast offering of cultural experiences await. The ruins of St. Paul, a plethora of temples from grande to tiny, the lavish Handover Museum, Senado Square, and the

Cirque du Soleil’s first permanent show in Asia has finally found it’s way to Macau. The show is called Zaia and it’s housed in a theatre in The Venetian Macau on the Cotai Strip built especially for the show. It is only 90 minutes long in an effort to be family friendly and I was enthralled every second. Performers bicycled through the sky. Acrobats

I don’t believe in those whirlwind “Europe in a week” tours. But if I am going to travel across the International Date Line, I like to know what I should be sure not to miss. So, don’t tell anyone I gave it to you, but here’s a very unofficial (and surely incomplete) check-list of the Macau (cultural) must-sees: Penha Church A-Ma Temple Moorish

Years ago, Martini and Rossi hosted me on a trip to Italy that included one evening at the Venice film festival. The roof top bar at the Altira Hotel in Macau reminded me of that terrace with groovy chairs in which couples can lounge head to toe and toe to head like a living Yin and Yang and a view of the city that rivaled any I have seen. Friday nights, the

I am the only Caucasian in the elevator, in the restaurant, on the street. I like it. It puts me in my place. It reminds me that English is a national language not an international one. Many people in Macau speak English. But plenty of others speak only Portuguese and/or Chinese. I am forced to attempt to interpret signs and evaluate context. I am forced to feel

I have to admit, I dig any place where you can have dim sum and pan fried noodles for breakfast any day of the week and pork and shrimp dumplings in noodle soup is available 24 hours a day from room service. The Sofitel has an impressive breakfast buffet that runs the gamut from French pastries to satay. There is only the one restaurant and it’ll run you about