I love walking in a sudden crowded place, I love seeing people bargaining in the market, I love seeing people betting in the gambling table, I love seeing "auntie auntie" argue for who first embarking to a ship, I love seeing and smelling the new nicely done cake in the bakery. etc etc.
I am neither one of that I mentioned above, I just love seeing them somewhere else ONLY for holiday thou. Well, I think enough with the crap. *excuse my language*
I went to Macau last April only for a day trip. For Indonesian and some more other countries, you are free to enter Macau & Hong Kong without visa. *yay*
I took a ferry from Hong Kong to Macau that cost me HKD 172 for (USD 22) for one way trip, anyway mine was slightly more expensive because I took a ferry on weekend.
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| Arrival card for foreigners |
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| View in the sea. Bye HK |
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| The ticket looks like this |
Upon arrival in ferry terminal, I decided to book a hotel in nearby tour and travel counter. I booked a hotel for that day in Sheraton hotel for HKD 1,000 or equal to USD 129 (Believe me it was a steal, normal rate was HKD 3,000 ++)
After buying the vouchers and all, I took a bus outside the ferry terminal that go directly to the hotel. (Thanks to casinos in Macau, we can have a free ride to the destination that has casino on it). They were giving a free souvenir to the customers from fan to beautiful gold coins when I was finding my bus that located almost at the end of the bus queue line. The trip took me around 20 minutes from Taipa ferry terminal to Sheraton that located in Cotai Central. While sat on the bus, I took quite a lot of pics of Macau.
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| MGM |
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| The person fishing catch my attention |
I arrived in the hotel and gone like wow! The hotel is nicely decorated and it makes me do not want to go home anymore. They have two big casinos on it. The betting range was HKD 300 (USD 38) above.
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| Plate dancing inside the hotel |
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| Garden inside the hotel |
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| Its not a statue, it is someone act like one |
I checked in and waited for my luggage to be brought to the room. It was kinda long thou but still with that fancy room, I could wait forever. LOL joking! Of course I do not want to wait that long, I want my trip to be started and I am famished like hell! I want to eat, I want to eat!! Hey Mr Bellboy, come faster please! And finally here he comes with my luggage and I went straight away to the city by taking a cab that cost me around 60 pataca (USD 8).
I was then arrived in Macau City area, I directly went to the famous Ruin of St Paul. I went straightly to the top of the building and touched it. I do not know why I touched it but I did. It was so crowded that time but I managed to get a picture of it.
On my way back, I took a stroll around the city and found so many egg tarts stall and had like a dozen of it all by myself LOL tried grilled beef and so on. Walked out from the crowd, I found myself at Lisboa hotel and casino and finding a taxi was super hard to go to grab a dinner in a newly built Galaxy hotel and casino!
Finally I tried using a bus that surprisingly cheap! Cost me around HKD 4 (USD 0.5) only and the trip was kinda long and full of stops. I finally there stopped at the other side of the road and took the bridge and walk inside of the Galaxy. Galaxy was BEAUTIFUL! Each and every part of it was beautiful. So sorry Venetian, I think Galaxy just beat you so bad! FYI, Venetian was one of the most beautiful hotel in that area.
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| Galaxy view in the afternoon |
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| Galaxy view at night from far |
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| Galaxy interior ceiling |
For your comparison, I will put venetian.
After take a round trip in Galaxy, I decided to have again Japanese food restaurant because of my limitation of eating (I do not take pork) as I mentioned in my trip to Bangkok previously.
I did not know that time gone so fast, after dinner I straightly found a cab to go back and try casino in my hotel. It was almost 12 when I finally done and walked to my beautiful room.
I checked out almost 12 in the next day and went to Venetian to have breakfast in Lord Stow and gifts.
For me, Macau is a total paradise!! Freaking awesomely delicious egg tart (that cost me around 8 pataca per piece) that you can buy in Lord Stow. Remember, only in Lord Stow! Oh my God, I have never tasted that delicious egg tart in my whole life. I am definitely coming back for it. Lord Stow, you are the best~!
Ahhh! I remember to talk about gondola in Venetian that is expensive to ride around USD 27 per person. I do not think it is worth it, I personally rather take gondola in Venezia *of course*
Still for me, I will come back for Macau for my only regret that I do not have time to visit Macau Tower that time. I *hopefully* will see you anytime soon Macau!
Lots of love,
Erna
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