Macau & Hong Kong Trip (9 - 12 Oct 2008) - Day 1

Overnight at KL LCCT on 8 Oct 2008 after last flight from Penang at 2230.

Woke up 4 something in the morning, saw this guy like expressing himself to Uncle McDonald - I'm LOVIN' IT!



Reached Leal Sonado - crowded place with not-so-good-weather. The sunlight was harsh and I couldn't find any visible cloud with blue sky



After checked in hotel, we went nearby to have our first lunch at Macau.



We are heading to Ruins of the Church of St. Paul


Local hawker. Look at the imaginative spinning "cannon" with fire under it. I imagine the small cannon ball will spit out at anytime :-P Oh another imagination - buffalo mixer, remember? it looks exactly like it. Oh my god :-)


You will never find this in Malaysia for unique road sign :-)


The directions sign is helpful - with walking distance you can reach the destination. The planned walking tour is about 4km, so it took about 1-2 hours to finish :-)


One of the door of St. Dominic Church


Inside St. Dominic Church






Take a moment to rest - I was still shooting around :-)


Me & my wife portrait


Bought a cup of milk tea to sooth the thirst


Saw this kung fu stance photographer have low horse stance to shoot photo initially, informed my wife to capture this :-P


Ruins of the Church of St. Paul - stunning building structure indeed!




Beside the Church of St. Paul - locates the 100+ years Chinese small temple - Ne Za Temple (大三巴哪吒廟)





澳门大炮台 (Fortaleza do Monte) - 中國現存最古老的西式炮台建築群之一部分
澳门大炮台建于明神宗年间（公元1617年），原为耶稣会大三巴教堂（即大三巴牌坊的前身）的祭天台，保护耶稣会在澳门的产业，后被澳葡政府转为军事防御设施的大炮台城堡。大炮台的建筑历时10年，1626年才完成。大炮台与妈阁炮台和东望洋炮台组成一道坚固的外围军事防线，以防范海盗之用。

经历了300年的沧桑历史，终于在1966年解禁，成为向公众开放的旅游景区。大炮台后来改建为澳门气象局，于1996年澳门气象局迁至氹仔。1998年，大炮台的中央建成澳门博物馆。~ from Internet





Bell that rang before...


Macau Museum


Garden beside Macau Museum


Me & My love one


Cannon mark


Wheel


Candle lights in St. Augustine Church


Outside St. Augustine Church


Beside St. Augustine Church - there's Bishop's House


We took bus again to head to Venetian Casino. Venetian Casino is the biggest casino in the world - 3 times larger than Las Vegas Casino - oh my god! Inside casino, photography is strictly prohibited - we only able to shoot the Venetian "City" :-)




Street Performer attracted my attention to go for photo shooting - too bad - most of the pictures were quite blurred - I didn't intend to use flash - only push up higher ISO.


I had pork burger as dinner while my wife had Portugese Curry Chicken - no spicy at all.




The steam milk was the best in terms of aroma and taste :-) Love it indeed!


According to local Macau people - the Casino business is too competitive until they have their own shuttle buses to fetch you there and back in fixed route. After Venetian Casino, we took the free of charge bus back to Barrier Gate.

Based on historical information - This Macau Gate build of granite stones traditionally marked the border between this former colonial possession of Portugal and China. Erected in 1870 to thwart the impeding Chinese nationalistic upsurge from inflowing to Macau.