I had a tour to go to Macau the first day in Hong Kong and I am happy I did. First it is a magnificent city and has more gambling casinos than Las Vegas. It is a combination of Chinese and Portuguese, and the old and new. Tall skyscrapers and ancient sites. The Macau Tower is the 10th highest freestanding tower in the world and we went there for a buffet lunch, We even watched five people get ready for bungee jumping but we didn’t actually see them jump because our tables kept moving around the buffet. We took a ferry over and back and on the way back I felt my throat get scratchy. Needless to say I got a cold so I stayed in my cabin for a day and one half trying to get rid of itr fast so my experience in Hong Kong consisted of going to the pharmacy.
Oriental night was fun and Julia (93year old mother of Fran) dressed as a Geisha girl. A very fun night and I started to feel human again.
Glad you recovered from the bad cold --- but I came down with a cough and runny nose last year on the WC and I still have it some of the time! Three doctors haven't stopped it.
ReplyDeleteHi, Judi --
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better. With going in an out of all those ports and the hot days, you are bound to catch something. Sorry that it kept you confined for a couple of days.
While in the Philippines, did you see any of the sites commemorating the Bataan Death March and the American soldiers captured there at the beginning of WWII. My father had been stationed at Bataan and was captured there before being sent to Japan as a POW for three years. The trip that we cancelled was to include a stop in Manila. I'm disappointed that we didn't get there after all.
Thanks for keeping us posted.
Grace