Zàijiàn, Sayoonara, Chum riep leah, Xin chào, Joi gin, Adeus, Good-bye to Asia

We can't believe that our time here in Asia has come to a close. We've had an amazing time here and the almost 6 weeks has absolutely sped by. Including New Zealand we've been to 6 different countries and 2 Special Administration Regions and been exposed to many different languages.

The last couple of days we spent in Hong Kong and then last night we spent in Macau. Our final 1/2 day in Hong Kong we relaxed and spent some time at the pool on the roof deck, then packed up and boarded the 1 hour ferry to Macau. We had booked accommodation at the Rio which was a good price and included buffet breakfast so we were looking forward to it. The Rio wasn't too bad, but compared to the Sheraton, it wasn't up to what we were hoping for. The hotel was slightly dated, but only a few years, so not too bad. At night we decided to check out the SPA floor, upon arriving a man came up to us and told us that it was only for MEN (you can all figure out what that means). I then said that we should check out the club and maybe have a drink...upon getting off the elevator a lady came up to us and say that it was an escort club and pushed the up elevator button for us to go back to our room...hahaha

We walked around the city and visited the ruins of St. Paul Cathedral, the War Barracks, as well as Macau Museum. Our last formal dinner in Asia was great and we ate at a Portuguese restaurant which was GREAT!! (for those who don't know Macau it is Portuguese) It's very interesting because all the signs are in Portuguese, but most people speak Cantonese.

We also headed to visit a bunch of the casino's and went to the Wynn, MGM, and Grand Lisboa (we gambled a little, and Erin was successful, but I was not).

Today we took it easy in the morning and then went over to Taipa which is an island attached by a 3.5km bridge. The Venetian is on that island and is the largest casino in the world (3400 slot machines, and 800 gaming tables)...it was absolutely huge. We spent about 4 hours there and really loved it, it was great.

We're now at the Hong Kong airport in the Cathy Pacific lounge waiting for our flight to Germany. We are very excited to see Germany and in particular Jochen and Susanne.

GOODBYE ASIA!!!