Welcome to the world's largest casino, The Venetia. This is a picture of the lobby heading towards the casino.
We went shopping and these are the escaltors to get from the shopping area down to the casino.
Jatana in the lobby.
Jatana posing at the fountain which greets you upon entering the hotel.
Me! 
View of the Venetian at night. On the left you can see the Room section and below and on the right is the casino. 
At the Ceremonial Tea Museum. Saw this and thought it was cool....notice.....no North or South America!
Outside the tea museum at Lou Lim Loc Garden
I have class every Saturday from 8:30-9:50am, so when I was done I was very much awak and didn't feel like sitting at home. I left a message on Facebook bout going out walking and my friend Sana texted me, so we met up and headed out searching for adventure!
Garden entrance
A bear which has seen better days. Think he was for the new year
This statue is at the front of the garden, and we weren't sure if someone had littered and put a piece of candy in her arms or if that was an offering. In Macau it could be either.
I thought it was cool to see the juxtaposition between the garden and the towering apartment buildings that literally bump up right against the garden walls.
One of my favorite spots.
Inside another museum within the garden.
Thought this was really cool. (Mom, I took this mainly for you, since you just bought some very similar 1950s/60s art)
This is awesome! I believe its made out of matchsticks, or something very similar.
On Nine Turn Bridge! The reason for so many turns is to confuse evil spirits, which only travel in straight lines.
Nine Turn Bridge
Looking out from a rock formation we climbed up.
The whole garden had these weird rock formations, and some of the had pillars built into them and this set had stairs. I read in my guidebook that the garden was built so that it was suppose to represent the Chinese idea of perfect nature in miniature form. I'm not sure how the rocks fit in, but they were very cool.
This is my friend, Sana's, gum which she brought with her from Finland. You pronounce the name "Yankee". I thought it was hilarious. This was also taken at McDonald's SIDEBAR: Before anyone gives me grief lemme just say that I don't go everyday. Also it just screams Western and sometimes that's nice. lol SIDEBAR DONE While we were sitting eating, this little boy came over to us and said that his mom had sent him over here because we looked American and that maybe he could talk to us for a little bit. Yes, it sounds weird, but we found out that he was from Texas and here in Macau with his Mom and little brother visiting family. Both of his parents are from Macau originally. So it started to make sense that maybe he wasn't getting to talk to that many people. Then he mentioned that his mom is deaf. So it made even more sense. He was only six years old and very intelligent. It was really cool to watch him turn around and talk to his mom through sign language.
We went on talking, and he taught us about Brakia Brawl (sp?). They were these little balls that you battled with by throwing them on the table and yelling "Brakia Ball!" I failed miserably and lost. Though really there was no way for me to win and he informed me that the character I had was weaker than the one he had. I still don't really understand what it was we were doing, but it was fun. He was a really cool kid.
After lunch we, decided to continue walking and came across the most adorable day care center ever! 
You really can't get much cuter than Hello Kitty tiles on the OUTSIDE of a building.
We were walking past this and decided we needed to go investigate. What we found out was that this is a mausoleum. The building is five stories tall, and we aren't positive, but we think we might have actually passed an incinerator. It wasn't in a closed room or anything, just out in the open near the center of the building.
A small temple we stumbled across.
First load of laundry! No not the most exciting adventure but and adventure none the less. It is really nice having our patio so we can hang everything outside. Some of the other apartments do not have anywhere outside they can hang their clothes. It only took about a day/day and 1/2 for my clothes to dry.
My raincoat which I bought at the venetian for only 79MOP! Wooooo That's about $9
China! This picture was taken looking back at Macau and the border gate. Below where I'm standing is actually the big shopping district in Zhuhai. It is this huge underground maze that starts right when you cross the border. Very convenient!
Katherine and Catherine in China! This is taken looking into Zhuhai. Katherine took me over and we spent a couple hours shopping and then went to dinner with her family. We had hotpot at this awesome restaurant that I nvr would have found by myself. It was so yummy and her mom and brother were really nice. Then we went and Katherine and her mom got her haircut. Her mom even offered to pay for me to get my hair washed just so I didn't have to sit and wait on them. It was sweet, but I declined. She had already paid for dinner, and I felt that was more the enough. Next we went into the market to buy some fruit. My friends from Mainland had told me it was a lot cheaper in Zhuhai. So Katherine's mom did all the bargaining for me AND even decided she was going to pay for it all. I got apples, oranges and strawberries! All of the fruit has been delicious. Everything is really fresh, and tastes amazing. My first trip into Mainland China was a definite success!
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