No breakfast and no dinner today. No not an emergency diet - too late for that. Simply necessity as we went for the lunch buffet at the MGM. We ate sushi, sashimi, clams, King prawns, mussels, lobster claws, dim sum, lamb stew, chicken stew, fried rice, eel salad, turkey salad, Asian greens, deep fried fish (with head), unpronounceable Japanese dish, cheese, bread, a large selection of cakes and finally David insisted on grapes to make it healthy. Now we know y...

Headed off to Margret's for the local delicacy of custard tarts for breakfast. Located down a side street this place is difficult to find but as we had been for one a few days earlier we felt confident we could find it again without a map, turned out they must move the entire side street as it wasn't where it was, never mind eventually found it and rewarded ourselves with a box of 6. Sat on the makeshift tables outside and scoffed the lot as we watched people run...

Local cafe for breakfast. Beef noodle soup for David and jumbo kaja toast for Yvonne. Kaja is like a jam. We had it in Singapore and we're delighted to find it in Macau. When it arrived however Yvonne was not so confident as to say the bread was a door step is doing it a disservice, the one slice was 3 inches thick, Jumbo toast lived up to its name!!! (See blog photo) After an afternoon by the pool we caught the free shuttle bus to the Venetian casino on the nex...

Woke up refreshed after a great nights sleep - NOT. Awake most of the night with jet lag. Interesting breakfast using up leftovers. The hotel fruit basket was on the turn so we ate an orange, a kiwi, a mango and a dragon fruit. So messy a shower was required. Also polished off the free almond cookie that appeared to be made from pressed dust it was so dry. Lunchtime by our truly amazing pool. David even tried the kids slide. Off for more exploring. Grand Lis...

Day or should we say half day of getting our bearings. Half day because the jet lag kicked in and we woke up at 13.15 after 14 hours sleep. Well we were a bit tired. It was raining so we went off exploring in the direction of historic Macau. First stop Senado Square where we encountered a protest group of senior citizens. No idea what the protest was about but it involved plenty of chanting, flags, a megaphone and a nice sit down with their pals in the middle o...