The shuttle took as all the way to Venetian Macau in Taipa (across the bridge). Before exploring this humungous hotel and casino, we left our baggage at the concierge (free of charge). The hotel interiors is equally as impressive as how it looks on the outside. We walked through the grand corridors to the Shoppes Canal, undoubtedly the Venetian Macau’s most famous attraction.

I was actually shocked to find out that the Shoppes Canal is totally indoors! I always thought that it was an outdoor type of thing, I was surprised to find out that the sky (that I see in pictures) is just a painting over curved ceilings.

Most of the shops are high end … but good thing they have affordable dining options, since we were already starved after all the walking.

After filling our stomachs, we then went to their casino to play some slot machines. Before entering, one of the casino attendants stopped us and requested to take a look at my sister’s passport. We were surprised and was wondering what could possibly be wrong. Since the attendant didn’t speak fluent English, she didn’t bother to explain why she stopped us for the passport. She just went on taking a close look, did some mental calculations for about 15 seconds, returned the passport with a smile, and directed us to enter. We later realized that she must have thought my sister was a minor and not allowed to go in the casino, we just laughed because although my sister is short and looks young for her age, she’s already an accomplished doctor.

If time permitted, we could have spent an entire day in the Venetian Macau just to take pictures but we had more places to visit in Macau so we had to move on to our next destination, Senado Square and the famous Ruins of Saint Paul Cathedral in Mainland Macau.