Itinerary of Macau - Hong Kong trip

26 November 2008

• 630am flight to Macau from LCCT.
• Reach Macau Airport at 1015am.
• Check-in at Augusters Lodge (RM54 for 1 night).
• Senado Square -> Leal Senado Buiding -> Holy House of Mercy -> Ruins of St. Paul's -> A Ma Temple -> Macau Tower -> Statue of Kum Lam -> Venetian Macau -> Casino Lisboa
• Must eat: Portugese egg tart (Cafe e Nata) / 双皮奶 (义顺) / Pork Burger (大利茶餐廳) / Curry fish ball (恒友) / porridge (黄枝記)

27 November 2008

• Check out.
• Take ferry from Taipa Ferry Terminal to Sheung Wan.
• Check in at Dragon Inn Ah Shan Hostel (RM 151 for 4 nights).
• Central: Li Yuen Street East -> mid level escalators -> Soho -> Victoria Prison -> Lan Kwai Fong
• Tsim Sha Tsui: Avenue of Stars -> Symphony of Lights
• Mongkok: Ladies Market

28 November 2008

• Admiralty: Ocean park
• Wan Chai: Golden Bauhinia Square -> Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center
• The Peak -> Madame Tussauds -> Sky Terrace

29 November 2008

• Lantau Island: Ngong Ping 360 cable car -> Ngong Ping Tea House -> Ngong Ping market -> Giant Buddha -> Po Lin Monastery -> Wisdom path -> City Gate shopping
• Yau Ma Tei: Temple street night market
• Mongkok: Fa Yuen Street

30 November 2008

• Wong Tai Sin
• Take ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal to Macao Ferry Terminal
• Transfer to Macau airport.

Souvenirs from Macao and HK

Macao:

Almond biscuit (凤城利来手信)

Pheonix egg roll with seaweed and shredded pork (咀香园)

Pheonix egg roll (钜记)

Hong Kong:

Poscard (buy 5 free 1)

HK scenery magnets + Panda magnet

Scarves

New Balance Shoes (CityGate Outlets)

Winter melon paste filling wife cake (荣华饼家)

Green Tea paste filling wife cake (荣华饼家)

Golden pork flake rolls (荣华饼家)

黑芝麻蛋卷 (奇华饼家)
金酥 (奇华饼家)

Jagabee Calbee

Poscard from HK...

Day 1 - Macao

26 November 2008 (Wednesday)

We woke up early that day to catch 630am flight to Macao. Tired and sleepy. I couldn't sleep well in the plane due to the uncomfortable flight seat. I should not complain so much since this is budget airline with the budget air fares. =P

WCC's first time photo shooting in the plane. Are you sure? -"- I have taken my first photo in the MAS during the trip to Japan. Second time is in the China Airlines that on the way to Taiwan. Now we are taking photo in the Air Asia!!!

We reached Macao International Airport at 1015am. It was cold. I think less than 20 degree celsius only. I never have any trip during Autumn/Winter period. This definitely my first experience. That's why I only bring jacket which cannot give warm when the weather drops to 7 - 10 degree celsius. -"- However I still feel excited. ;)

We first changed our money to small notes in airport, and then we took a van to our accommodation - Augusters lodge. We paid HK$ 100 for the transport to hostel. It costs us HK$ 12.50 each person since we have 8 person. After discussion, we decided to take this van again to tour around Macao and we have to pay another HK$ 100 each person for the trip.

Old building near to Augusters Lodge:

After checked in, driver brought us to eat famous portuguese egg tart - 玛嘉烈蛋挞. Unfortunately it closes every Wednesday. Therefore we headed to Senado Square. We found another famous dessert in restaurant 义顺- 双皮奶. 4 of us share the dessert together and we ordered original 双皮奶 (cold and hot respectively), 姜汁撞奶 (hot), red bean 双皮奶 + 1 波萝包.

Senado Square is the venue to the most of the public as well as religious festivals in Macao. More photos in Senado Square:

Leal Senado Building

Holy House of Mercy

Next we visited Ruins of St. Paul's. According to history, a violent typhoon hit Macao in 1835 and the church caught fire for the third time leaving its glory a history. You can get a lot of souvenirs here. I bought few pack of Almond biscuits. =)

The friendship landmark of Chinese and Portuguese

A-Ma Temple. It's the oldest temple in Macao. Each year, on the days of the birthday of Mazu and Chinese New Year, many male and female disciples gather here. They burn lots of incense to pay homage and pray for good fortune.

Macao Tower is one of World Federation of Great Towers and it is the 10th tallest tower in the world. At 233 meters, the Macao Tower provides activities like "skyjump" and Bungee jump.

Statue of Kun Lam. We just passed by, but did not stop for photo shooting because rushing time for famous 猪扒包. According to driver, 猪扒包 selling time is between 3 - 4pm. It only sells 1000 everyday. After 4pm (even before 4pm), you can't even find one from that restaurant.

Famous 猪扒包 at 大利茶餐廳. Not sure where is the lacation, but it really tastes good.

Next Venetian Macao. Simon's parents and brother gambled in casino, and 4 of us + Simon wandered around the hotel. The Venetian Macau is a Renaissance Venice-themed luxury hotel and casino resort owned by the Las Vegas Sands corporation.

Before dinner, we tried curry fish ball at 恒友. Most of them said it's normal, not so special as what they expected. But I like its curry. =P

Dinner at 黄枝記, famous of Wantan Mee and porridge. It is situated at Senado Square. E4, LCC and I share 艇仔粥 and 皮蛋瘦肉粥 together. I prefer 皮蛋瘦肉粥 compared to 艇仔粥.

After dinner, we walked to Casino Lisboa. On our way, we found portuguese pavement with different design on the street.

Casino Lisboa, one of famous casino in Macao. It is owned by Stanley Ho.

He was trying to play on the light that located on the floor. ;)

Weather is getting cold at night. It was windy as well. We went back and rest around 11pm and will continue our journey to Hong Kong on the next day morning.

Our room in Macao - 2 double-decker beds:

Goodnight, Macao! =)

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