Remarkable Macau - Asia's Little Vegas!

Who wouldn't want to go to Asia's little Vegas? Who doesn't want to visit the famous Venetian Hotel? Who doesn't want to experience the life in MACAU?

When I went to Hongkong last OCtober 2009, I grabbed the opportunity to visit MACAU. From Mongkok, we took a ferry and arrived safely. As we arrived in the terminal, I asked a Filipino looking gentleman as to where we can hail a cab but to our surprise, he asked us where were heading to because there are just buses we can ride to for free. Hala! With no second thoughts, we said VENETIAN hotel and he pointed out where the bus is. We hurrily rode the bus and felt like a class A tourist. hahaa. I was really amazed with the structures and how clean the city is. The tall buildings, nice concrete roads and foreigners everywhere.

Finally, we arrived at Venetian Hotel and mann! we were starving. So we looked around to see the boutiques inside and checked where we can eat. 3rd floor area- that's where we finally get to see different choices of food. The hotel's food centre. There are a lot of choices! I felt like eating Japanese food at that time so I ordered one and to my dismay, the food sucks! It's too sweet.


After eating, we then went around the hotel to check around. It's really uber nice inside the hotel. The ceiling, the design..one can really feel that he/she is strolling around the streets of venice. Aside from taking pictures and filling our ignorance with photos, I get to try playing in the hotel's casino. Beginner's luck is true I might say coz I won! yaaayy! But of course, you won't expect me to win millions because I didn't bet for high stakes. I can still recall Jon being reprimanded by one of the securities for taking pictures. hahaha
So what do you expect? Pictures everywhere! heheh :)

With Jon with me..who wouldn't miss a thing (he even took a picture of the restrooms).

After conquering the Venetian hotel, we then went to check other hotels nearby. We managed to walk under the heat of the sun just to take pictures and see what MACAU is. We went inside this hotel/mall but I totally forgot the name and it was nice too but was not as totally good as the Venetian hotel. Tired of hotel hopping, we decided to visit the Ruins of St.Paul. Now, the problem is..we don't know where to go. I asked one local how to get into the place and if it's just a walking distance. To my surprise, he said it's in another island. Macau is also divided into islands just like Hongkong.













 So we headed back to the Venetian, took the free bus and luckily, the bus stopped at Hotel Elizabeth which is a walking distance to the Ruins of St.Paul. And geez.. I could still remember that I waiting for the WALK sign to LIGHT when some of the locals where just crossing the street -jaywalking. hahah and the best part..traffic enforcers where just across the street. That's a good one.



While heading to the Ruins of St. Paul, We passed by some nice structure which resembles the Spanish era. Then my thoughts came in. Macau was once a Portuguese territory thus explains the structures. We also passed by a road with a lot of vendors and where you can buy souvenir items. So I grabbed the chance to buy some.

After a long time of walking and sight seeing.. finally! We arrived at our destination.. The Ruins of St.Paul. I thought I had enough of walking already when you have to climb stairs to reach the top. I wonder how many calories where burned for that day. But then.. memories are all worth it.

Here are some of my keepsakes...

After a long and tiring day of walking and sight-seeing..we then headed back to the terminal to return back to HongKong. It was a nice experience. I wanna go back and try the bungy jumping next time. :)