The 200 meter races are over for the GM crews. They continue tomorrow morning for the masters women and finish at around noon. The masters women having had the day off today.
Tomorrow afternoon the 500 meter races start with the GM Mixed crew racing at 1:30pm...... Oh Boy!! the heat of the day in the tropics.
Macau is a very clean city given how crowded it is. The only thing that looks trashy is the older buildings and what the heat and humidity can do as far as discoloration and rust goes. Not to mention the ever present mold. However, it is actually cleaner, to my eye, than downtown Portland.
This may be because they have cleaning crews everywhere and it may also be because there are no homeless residents. (If there are I haven't seen them or perhaps I do not know what to look for.) Regardless, there aren't any people living and sleeping on the streets that I can tell. There are no beggers either.........however......near the casinos there are hookers aplenty.
The other thing that there is plenty of, at least near the casinos, are high end jewelry stores and high end watch stores. In these stores there are no bargains but in Macau as a whole it is relatively cheap to dine and shop as long as you stay away from the big name stuff. For example, our hotel which is not a casino, has a restaurant that we are told is one of the best Portugese resturants in Macau. Gary, Laurie, Laura and I had a full 6 course meal for under $100 US and the food was excellent.
More later...........time for bed.
Wasabi Paddling Club is a competitive dragon boat and outrigger canoe paddling club with locations in Portland and Nehalem Bay, Oregon.
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