MACAU
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i really like macau, it is almost the same as HK, but it is less busy, a lighter atmosphere. i think that spending 3d/2n in macau is enough - as you really can't do anything there anyway, aside from touring and playing in the casino.

on our first day, we just stayed in the venetian - we were stuck there since there was a typhoon/ storm signal no. 8 -- we saw trees falling down, barricades being carried around, and that sort of wind carrying things around - it was a bit scary, but it was good, i felt safe and secure.


cho's favorite noodle - with luncheon meat and fried egg.


i love roast duck and char siew rice - their brown sauce made it all the more special.


i ordered snickers flavored gelato - this was my favorite chocolate made as an ice cream, while cho ordered strawberry. his was better, i must say. it costs HKD 25 per scoop, and this was inside the venetian.


you could stay in the venetian for 2 nights straight, without getting bored, it is super big with almost 395 retail shops for you to splurge.


we arrived late at out hotel since we can't leave the venetian - we were there around 1AM, still we had to take reroutes, since we cannot take the bridge. i love our hotel - we stayed in THE EMPEROR HOTEL.


it has a nice flatscreen tv, and i watched channel news asia all night.


the next day, we woke up early to go to senado sqaure - and i went inside this church to pray.


st. paul ruin's burned last 1600's, and i learned this story from leo that i will share - when the church was burning - the villagers all came to gossip and see what was happening, and during that exact same time when everyone was at the church, a catasthrope happened at the village, it was flooded and everything was wiped out. it was said that GOD wanted to save his people, even sacrificing His church being burned.


around that area, i fell in love with maxim's egg tart. i knew that maxim had the best pastries in HK, and that was like 16 years ago - so i can't believe that they still serve the best eggtart i have tried in MACAU.


we had lunch at this portugese restaurant - and it felt like we were lost in translation. they were asking us if we want RICEY, or rice in our language, or PATETI (spaghetti) in our language, it was ok since we all had a good laugh.


we went inside the macau tower, unfortunately we couldn't go up since there was a storm. the government is really crazu catutious, even though it wasn't raining anymore.


i love the bigness of the couch, and the color of the wooden table.

we also went to the fishersman's wharf, and different casino-hotels like wynn, lisboa, etc to look see. we loved macau. :)