A travel in Macau - Day2

05.Sept.2008 It rained hard that night. Thank you Lord the rain stopped in the morning. We left the hotel at 8:30 and we continued our travel in Macau.

Ko Wah hotel

We walked straight to Largo de Senado. This place is better at night- with the entertaining lights and less people of course. But hey, it's still good to take our pictures here!

These are the bunnies im talking about. This City Hall is across Senado.

cutey bunnies in the City Hall

Senado Fountain

busy street in Senado

Macau Business Tourism Centre

One of my concerns with only us travelling is WHO IS GONNA TAKE OUR PICTURES! I like couple pictures more than solo.. Well, we are prepared for that.. Taadadan - A Tripod!

while making the set up

Senado View

After taking enough pictures at Largo de Senado, we searched for Ruins of St.Paul - a 10 minute walk away. Whew, the place is crowded. Many tourists are there! Pagalingan nalang humanap ng angle at timing to have a very good view of the place.

Ruins of St.Paul

overlooking macau

parang Baguio lang

we're on top

love statue down the ruins

The weather is very hot. I guess it's very evident with our oily faces. We got hungry so we ate some street food near the ruins. We ate yummy seafood balls and watermelon juice. 40MOP. (1MOP=P6.00)

yummy seafood balls and watermelon juice (P240 na to!)

We decided to go back to the hotel because it was nearly lunchtime. We already packed our things because our next destinations are near the Macau Ferry Terminal and it's more convenient that we have our backpacks with us than to return to the hotel again.

Jeric left a Jeepney toy which he bought in Kultura Megamall and gave it to the hotel receptionists. We may not undertand each other but our smiles are enough to tell that we are both thankful.

The plan really is to eat something special that lunch. However Jeric was fascinated with the Hello Kitty Collection of McDonals. So OK, McDonals it is! Meals plus the Kitty cost 67MOP.

"I'm Angry" Kitty for Aina

After a heavy lunch, we went to Avenida Lisboa because buses to Macau Tower are there.

Casino Lisboa

Too bad we cant find the correct bus stop with the correct bus number so we took the taxi instead. Taxi fare from Avenia Lisboa to Macau Tower is 30MOP.

Welcome to Macau Tower Convention an Entertainment Centre. Entrance here is 85MOP. There's not much people in here. Sakto lang!

Macau Tower Convention an Entertainment Centre

And of course how can we not play our favorite arcade game- Dance Dance Maniax. Tokens are 10MOP/10pcs.

Then we went to the elevator which took us to the TOP- at 61st floor! The elevator can accomodate up to 30 persons i think.

Finally we are on top. You can see here Taipa Island, Macau Peninsula, and the bridge connecting them. Very nice view. Macau Tower is very well constructed as well. There are many activities to do here, like movies, bungee jump, etc.

Impressive building

Macau view from the window

And this one.. Ang hirap ng shot na to. We want to show that the floor is made of glass! You can really step here and see everything below 61 floors! OMG!

amazing - the floor is made of glass.

After enjoying the view, we decided to go to our next destination - The Grand Prix and Wine Museum. It's only a bus ride away from the tower. Bus fare is 2.50MOP each.

Welcome to Grand Prix and Wine Museum! Entrance is 10MOP each. Btw, receptionists are Pinays!

Grand Prix and Wine Museum

red racing car

blue racing kart


aligned with the race karts

crime scene??

the cars

pinoy racer

Actually, there are many fascinating cars here. Mejo mahirap lang magpicture at natamad na magsetup ng tripod.. And this museum features a Pinoy racer. His picture, car, and story are showcased here. The name is Doy Laurel.

We just went out GrandPrix and transferred to Wine Museum. How wines are made, history, blah blah. Boring so nagkulitan lang kame dito.

no reaction

wine cemetery?

Well, that's it for Macau. We rode a bus to Macau Ferry Terminal. We are now going to HongKong. Turbo Jet ticket costs HK$142 each. (HK$1=P6.00) Just a 1hour ferry ride away.

tickets to HK

Now in HK, we realized that we took the wrong ferry. It took us to Shun Tak terminal (HongKong Island). We should have taken the ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Island). So we took the MTR from Central Station going to Admiralty station (Chai Wan line) then transferred to Tsim Sha Tsui. Fare is HK$8.50. Trains are very fast, as well as the escalators. Impressive!

Eto na ulit ang ligaw moments namen. There are 7 exits! Which one will we choose? Super walkathon. As in. We are so tired ang hungry! haha We dont have the street of the guesthouse we are looking for. Luckily a fine pregnant woman helped us. She called the directory and really gave us clear instructions. Thank you dear!

We stayed in Chung King Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Road, Kowloon Hong Kong. Uhm, OK naman but the environment is not. No comment. Btw, price is HK$560/2nights. Ask Jeric for this if you have questions. I really dont know the rate.

Btw, we bought these shirts at Pambansang Tshirt back in Manila.

wearing the Pambansang Tshirts in the streets of HK

Moving on, he promised that we'll have a good dinner in HK. Yey! We settled for a Japanese resto. We ordered rice meals, tempura, tofu something, california maki and some soda. The bill is HK$200.

chrysanthemum japanese resto

The crews in that resto got fond of us. Jeric's charms. Best in acting again because the waitresses who assisted us cant understand English. After some time we noticed that there 4 waitresses are always around our table watching us. Aliw kayo samen? They also gave me a fork, and some free ice cream!

dinner date in HK

We strolled in Kowloon after having a very heavy dinner. The place is so crowded. There are lots of Indians and Black Americans, and lots of Asians too.

We decided to go back to the guest house, btw the caretaker is a Pinay!

End of day 2.

Watch out for more exciting pictures on day 3..

A travel in Macau - Day1

We availed Cebu Pacific ZERO FARE Promo last May. All we have to pay are the taxes and other fees. Jeric booked Manila-Macau and HongKong-Manila flights. They charged a total of P2000 per one way ticket.. We prefer not to get a package for this trip.. And I quote Jeric "Be a traveller and not just a tourist."

It will be my first time to travel outside the country. And it's Jeric and I's first time to travel na kameng dalawa lang ang magkasama.

So for those who are asking what's on, well, NOTHING SPECIAL. We're not celebrating anything. Let's just say nagpa-practice kame sa lifestyle sa kameng dalawa lang ang magkasama. Tingan nameng kung di kame magpatayan after some days. (--,)

04.Sept.2008 We checked in at NAIA Terminal 3 - the new airport. More Spacious, and less crowded because only PAL and Cebu Pacific are using it this time. We paid the Philippine Travel Tax amounting to P1620 and P750 for the terminal fee. Ang mahal!

The flight departed on the scheduled time. There's no free food but cabin crews are selling some cup noodles, 3 in 1 coffee, etc. After 2 hours, the plane landed in Macau International Airport in Taipa Island, Macau.

Welcome to the Sin city of Macau. Las Vegas' counterpart in terms of gambling and casinos. Macau is a mixture of Chinese and Portugese cultures. Three islands of Macau are Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island, and Coloane Island.

After checking out of the airport, we went to the taxi station. Locals of Macau cant speak English. Scary! What are we gonna do now? The driver refused to take us to Venetian Hotel, our first destination. (Venetian Hotel is in Taipa Island also, just very near the airport.) We decided not to go to Venetian anymore. We hired a taxi that will take us to the other island, which is Macau Peninsula. We chose to stay in Rua de Felicidade area because it's near Largo de Senado, Ruins of St.Paul and Avenida de Lisboa. Taxi fare costs us 70 MOP. (1MOP = P5.50)

Upon unboarding we quickly searched for the street. OMG, we are lost again. We cant find anyone who cant speak English so it's better to walk and walk. Buti nalang all we brought are backpacks so it's easier to carry.

lost in Macau

Finally we met someone on the street who is Pinoy. We knew there are Pinoys in that store because a picture of Manny Pacquiao is placed on the glass window! =) That Pinoy gave us a very clear direction. Salamat po!

We checked in at Ko Wah hotel. Rate is 300 MOP/night. Again, receptionists cant understand English. Good thing Jeric is best in charades!

The place is clean, homey, and has a nice view across our room. I recommend this place.

Ko Wah Hotel

After resting for a few minutes we went down the hotel to eat. But it's almost 11.30pm so most of the food shops are already close. We chose experience instead the street food of Macau and bond with the locals. Again, we have to point and point what we wanted to eat. A lot of acting skills helped us. We ordered noodles and dimsum. The so so food cost 32MOP.

the so so street food

This dinner date experience is memorable. Aside from we are eating on the street, kelangan akong subuan ng food ni Jeric because there is no spoon and fork availabe, and im not as good as him in using chopsticks. Yes, PDA it is! but what can we do, Im so hungry na at di pa ko makakain ng maayos. I know the locals are looking at us- scene stealers kame!

We decided to stroll Macau after. We walked our way to Largo de Senado - just across Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. Hhmm, it's a bigger, fancier, cleaner, and safer version of Binondo! This patio is a good place to unwind after a long day of work. I also like the street lights. One more thing that caught my eyes is their City Hall which has a pink bunny designs on the building. Cutey!

Macau by Night

Then we went to Avenida de Lisboa where Casinos are found. Everything's new in our eyes so everything we see is a view. We're liking macau!

We got tired, and it's getting late na din. Ooppsie, somebody deleted all the pictures from our camera. So no pictures for Day1. But still we survived our first day in Macau! Yey!