[Rottersod]

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The biggest minus about Macau that is out the control of the APPT and the host casino is:

AIR POLLUTION

The thick, hazy, greyish or brownish "chog" (short for Chinese smog) that many of us have read about and have seen in photos and on TV news programs each day (i.e. on Bloomberg and CNBC World if you live in the U.S.) has been present in Macau ever since I have been on the ground.

I have NOT seen blue sky yet during the day time in Macau for the 6 days I have been here.

The "chog", in my opinion, is worse that the smog in the valley areas of Los Angeles.

The "West River" estuary, which flows past the hotel and is visible if you have a "harbour view" room facing Hengqin Island on the Mainland China side of the estuary, is also heavily polluted with brownish water.

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My GF is from ZhengZhao on the mainland and she has told me stories about how polluted it is there. I believed her but couldn't really grasp it until earlier this year when we met her parents in HK and they brought video. Wow. The sky was filled with soot, the big river was an oily mess on the banks and all foamy just outside of that. The place was disgusting. The city is the major railroad center for China and apparently their railroads rely heavily on coal and very dirty oil.