Today my friend G (visiting Hong Kong from Adelaide, but we met in NY) popped over to see Macau. We strolled through the UNESCOfied historic center (above is a detail of little Santas celebrating 15 years since reunion with China) but also went to Cotai, the island where the biggest new casinos are. And are they big! Venice Macau, for instance, has not one but four meandering canal shopping zones (all above street level). This Koonsian polar bear stranded in one of them captured our feeling...
