Speak to Matt about that...

^ The above, is a phrase that is said most days by Ben or I, it basically arose because we were incredibly spoilt by our Singapore host Mr. Matthew Prior, who is a man of great power and responsibility, which is why if anything was not absolutely perfect whilst we were doing something we would have to "Speak to Matt about that". It's a joke.

Anyhow this leads us to how we decided to joke with Matt one evening over dinner about how he had not got us a room at the 5* hotel in Macau that he had built (he's the managing director or something highhhhh up in the hierarchy of guys that build multi-billion dollar hotels and casinos). As soon as we brought it up he immediately responded with "Oh I didn't think you guys had time for it, I'll book you in right now", we were in hysterics at how awesome that was, and one phone call later it was done. All this from just joking around.

So basically for those who don't know, Macau is 2 tiny islands off of mainland China and one bit of land attached to China, and it's an hour ferry trip from Hong Kong. So whilst staying in HK we got on the boat, both fell asleep and woke up in smoggy Macau. Matt picked us up, naturally, was a bit disappointed he didn't send the limos though (apparently they were genuinely busy).

He gave us the guided tour around two of the areas of Macau avoiding one which is just like "plants and stuff". So Macau is effectively Asian Vegas, I believe 80% of the countries income comes from Casinos. Anyhow after the tour of the islands we got to the hotel called 'The Venetian', next to the other one Matt built, the 6* Four Seasons. We drive into the VIP carpark and go upstairs in the gold VIP lift into what is called one of the 'Wow areas', named this as when you walk into it you're likely to faint from amazement.

Wow

We went through to the the VIP check in area where it smelt lovely, this is because they have their own specially formulated 'Venetian' perfume that is fed into all the air conditioning units, making it smell like a summer's evening. After for some ridiculous reason avoiding the only time we were going to be able to rinse the FREE VIP check in area buffet, we went up to our twin suite with views over the Kotai strip and the hotel's golf course. We were blown away, best room I've ever entered. Two widescreen tvs, 2 huge double beds with specialised curtains for each bed, en suite golden bathroom, lounge area, 2 sofas, dressing gowns and a full mini bar.

Excited? Yeah a little bit.

Most high class meal I've ever eaten was on the books for dinner, amazing service, amazing food and unnecessarily extravagant desserts. All the waiters (this is in one of like 35 restaurants in the hotel) knew Matt by name, in fact as we walked through the huge leisure complex that is The Venetian members of staff may as well bow down as Matt walks the corridors, he is THE MAN. Matt showed us round the second floor streets, with the 3 canals (yep second floor, indoor canals...sorry what!?) and endless rows of shops. Basically it is incredibly surreal to be inside with the 'sky' above you and Venetian canals beside you, feels like you should be walking through cobbled alleys in Venice, i.e. Matt did his job right.

Ben amazed by the shops and Matt showing Ben how to get around.

One other feature of The Venetian, is that it happens to have the largest casino on the planet in it. Ben was excited by this, me a little less so, but I enjoyed watching him go £10 pounds up and then lose £40 on Black Jack. Generally walking around the insane casino floor, laughing at prostitutes trying to lure you in and people losing mass amounts of money was a lot of fun. We walked around until about 2am just absorbing the mental surrounding. Next day we swam in the hottest of the 7 swimming pools and walked around a whole lot more, we were in Macau for a full day and the only time we left the hotel was to get the coach to the ferry port, even then I think it was still technically The Venetian's land.

So we got the boat home and thought about how lucky we were to get the whole experience completely free, although Matt said if there wasn't someone staying in the Penthouse suite we'd be in it, which we were bit pissed off about-with Matt obviously for not kicking whatever president or emperor that was staying in there, out.

Anyway The Venetian Rules.

Love Love Love

Sisi

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