Day 5 in Hong Kong

Day 5 - Macau

Lets just say Macau was totally different from Hong Kong :)

It reminds me of a quaint cosy village rather than a city on its own.

We had taken the 9.30am ferry, and the whole ferry ride was about 50 mins.

First stop was to The Venetian Resort & Hotel!

The thing about Macau is that you can actually hop on free shuttle buses (:

The Venetian Resort was so grand with all of its old Victorian charm.

Would really love to stay here some day in the near future :))

Upon reaching, the first thing we bought was food!

Koi Kei egg tart that was found at Level 1 of the hotel (:

It was piping hot, and tasted really yummy!

I had a hard time finding something nice for my grandma,

and was really happy to have found this shop!

It's a gemstone store, and the prices were reasonably priced.

Different gemstones symbolize different things :)

Bought 3 clear crystals bracelets after spending a long time in the shop.

After we were done with the Venetian Resort,

we tried to head to Senado Square directly.

But alas, there isn't any direct bus at all.

So we took the free shuttle back to where we came from.

Then we took this Bus 3 to Senado Square.

It was a lovely place!

First, we headed for lunch (starving by then) lol.

Jiaxin managed to find the place she ate at previously.

It was a small cafe alright, but the food was traditional macau food :)

I order the famous Pork Chop Bun & iced milk tea.

The Pork Chop was way too oily for my liking actually.

And it came as a surprise to me that the bun was so crispy!

It was kind of tough to bite into it.

And it was a messy affair with all the flakes and crumbs with every bite. lol!

The milk tea was really nice though, thick and milky!

With lunch done, we headed out to shop! :D

Nah, actually we were trying to get to the St Paul's Ruins.

The thing about Macau is that the street names are all in Portuguese.

And they are such annoyingly long and similar names,

which make it hard to decipher as well.

We passed by many Koi Kei outlets!

And finally we reached the St Paul's ruins :D

I had expected more.. but it was just a pillar.

The rest of the ruins were gone.

But nevermind, the pillar is quite grand looking on its own too :P

St Paul's ruins was the only touristy place we went.

It was crazy shopping thereafter. hehe :P

There was a Naraya outlet in Macau! *surprise surprise

And the bonus was that it having a storewide 20% sale.

I grabbed sooo much loots! :D

Also got my Koi Kei food souvenirs as well.

Was luggin back boxes of the Orange Peel cakes, and this white sesame peanut candies.

Should have bought more of the white sesame peanut candies.

They were wildly popular with the relatives. lol!

Goodbye Macau, you were fantastic!! :D

P/S - the ferry ride back was really bumpy :(
We should have known that was the precursor of something bigger.

Yes, I mean the typhoon Nesat that was about to reach HK.