Long weekend last week!! whee oh whee~~! Hong kong follows china's in celebrating mooncake festival and we get to have an additional day off! Decided to go over to macau over this long weekend..haven't been there before so am a bit excited. This trip is what that keeps me alive ater a long week of schooling~~
And so we took a bus to tst ferry terminal & bought the tickets. It was so early in the morning..so sleepy....
the board telling the departure timings
=) We were dressed nicely..all because of the dress code in the casino. Kenn was the most 夸张, wore shirt, pant & leather shoe. Looked like an office boy haha!
The ferry we board is called 1st ferry and it was so comfortable! fully air-conditioned (a bit too cold though.. comfy seats with tables..). The ride to macau was very shaky, can literally feel the waves when I wrote my arrival card on the table..
Welcome to macau!!
the macau ferry terminal..it's full of ppl trying to lure you to take their rides & hotels..
the hotel shuttle bus which take us from the terminal to our hotel..almost couldn't find it as it was parked behind other buses..
Our hotel! it's a 3 star hotel & the 6 of us shared a deluxe suite. Nice & comfy beds & showers...whoots~!
Straight after putting down our bag, we went to search for this restuarant which sells nice pork bun. This is the famouslious 猪扒包..feel like eating more... yum yum!
Macau have lots of scooters..weirdly though they didn't really have any bikes. didn't managed to catch any. Think h & leo will be sadded if they were to stay at macau lolx!
And their taxis are black & white! Kinda surprised that they actually used these inauspicious colours. way si suggested that it looked more formal, so as to be in par with the casino formal image...mm..i wonder huh..
Our 1st stop: Fisherman's Wharf. According to the website, it's a themed park with rides. Went to taiwan's fisherman's wharf & it was super nice! This was the anticipation I had of macau's version when we were heading there..
..but as the pics showed, it was no where near taiwan! It was soo freaking hot & there's no one! we were like the only persons there.. i wonder where are all the ppl in macau. I wonder if the themed park has the theme of 'deserted island' ~.~"So we got out of the wharf & went walking around th deserted island...Alp! Some snapshots..
Their postbox. So big! I think u can buy stamps there straight & post immediately..
whereas in comparison, the street signs are like soo small~~
the a-ma or guan yin statue~~After that we followed the directions of a lady who works in the drink shop & came to 新马路. Finally some signs of life!
Straight from the postcard! lol!
St. paul's ruins...can make into postcard too!
Night falls & we went to watch the greyhound race. A 1st time experience! The entrance ticket is also uber cheap..
Dunno which breeds the dogs are of. Super long & thin legs. They can be dog models if they choose to retire haha! 
Up next..the fireworks festival! busy busy!! We were lucky to be able to catch the fireworks. It was so super nice!! lots of ppl there..
Nice eh? it has been quite sometime since i caught fireworks..the last time was during ndp haha. Initially wanted to go up the macau tower but there a lot of ppl! So instead..we rushed down to catch a glimpse of the casinos. Afterall we were all dressed up for that!
Caught some interesting sights ard the casino..rows of atm & pawnshops.. haha..just in case the gamblers need to withdraw cash or even to pawn away their valuables...& clothes? lolx!
And that's end of day 1. An activity packed day! terminal - wharf - 新马路 - greyhound race - macau tower - casino - back to room! Had a nice shower & slept on the comfy bed until way si 'kicked' me out of bed........Day 2: went to the famous 妈祖庙..another super hot hot day!
After the temple short tour, initially wanted to go for the go kart but the weather simply turned us off. It was really freaking hot, worse than in s'pore. So instead, we went to shop around at new yaohan, which is presumbly the only shopping centre in macau (imagine that! I can just die staying there man!) And it was home time! Just in time to grab a nice nice hotplate dinner & go for the mooncake festival carnival at victoria park. Photos uploaded on facebook!
After the temple short tour, initially wanted to go for the go kart but the weather simply turned us off. It was really freaking hot, worse than in s'pore. So instead, we went to shop around at new yaohan, which is presumbly the only shopping centre in macau (imagine that! I can just die staying there man!) And it was home time! Just in time to grab a nice nice hotplate dinner & go for the mooncake festival carnival at victoria park. Photos uploaded on facebook!Taken from alice's mouth: It's a Shack-a-liu-liu trip! Next: Ocean's park~~! =)
