Macau The next Las Vegas

Recently, I was in Macau to photograph the latest casino developement there for an investment firm. Macau's casino business has been a long time monopoly of Stanley Ho's, but now with the rights extended to the Americans there is a huge developement going on in the area. In a few years Macau will replicate Las Vegas for asia. Understanding how fond the Chinese are for gambling, you can just imagine how this town is going to boom. The new Disneyland opening in Hong Kong this fall will become a catalyst in turning this area into the vacation destination for asians.
Taking the photographs was a real challenge because of the down pouring rain we had. Fortunately, we had a few hours when the rain paused each day. When I got back and heard of the floodings, I realized how lucky we were to even have this brief moment of grey sky. The new addition I have made for Macau in the travel section were also shot during this trip.