Macau: Beyond casinos

From the most spectacular water-based shows to Portuguese-Macanese fusion food, this erstwhile Portuguese colony is looking beyond –casino tourism–, and doing a spanking-good job of it


One night in Macau

Known as the “Monte Carlo of the Orient”, gambling has been legal in Macau since 1850. It now boasts of 33 casinos scattered over all of it–s 23.5 sq km


Devil’s dollars

Bankrolling the deceased in Macau with Hell Bank Notes during the Hungry Ghost Festival


Pick the stick

Kau cim, the Chinese practice of telling the fortune with sticks, works in mysterious ways