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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Macau + Shenzhen + Hong Kong Trip Report

Arghh.. finally finish loading up all the pictures! Its equally tiring as walking non-stop during the trip! Haha.. Anyw, have some patience scrolling down.. its ALOT... heehee.. Enjoy!


*******DAY 1 > SIN - MACAU via HK********

Woke up at 3.30am last wed, 14th Jan, by the way, i slept at 12am! Shuhan stay over my place, easier for us the next day. We reached airport before 5am and check-in our luggages easily as there was no queue at all..mayb we were too early. Haha..

Hmmm... power shushu she brought a cabin size luggage! Sure anot.. enough meh??? Dun need to buy things ah? Haha...


Oi.. haven reach, alr cold?


Beautiful...


Laze around waiting for our flight.. Sleepy!


Shushu getting breakfast


We were put on Value Air instead... slightly spacious than Jetstar but seats not as comfy as Jetstar's...


Omg! Is tat snow??? Guess is the water droplets got frozen.. haha...


Here we are at HK airport... went straight to the Ferry Counter to get our tickets to Macau.
Again gotta laze around airport to wait for our transit. Its a bliss tat our buggages are taken care of by the Ferry staffs, we do not have to cross HK custom & collect buggages, we simply buy Ferry tickets and wait. CooL!


Had some snacks while waiting...


This the ferry we took. Turbojet.


Check out Macau map! Macau here we come!

Sailing time around an hour.. we do nothing but sleep! Haha... mak siap big time!


Yeah!!! We reached! Woo.. Macau Grand Prix 09...

Found the Venetian Shuttle Bus across the Ferry Terminal.


All hotels provide free shuttle to n fro hotel, ferry terminal & airport.


Woooo... we can feel the coldness!

See... shushu's hand became ah ma's hand le! Haha... we were like inside a fridge whole day!


Some scenery taken along the way to hotel.. Venetian located at Taipa, so some distance from the Ferry Terminal...
Huge Guang Yin Statue


One of the bridge connecting the islands...


Macau Tower

MGM Grand!

Wynn


Tada! Venetian!

Are we at Macau or Venice? Haha...


Queue for shuttle

Everything Venetian even the barricades... logos are seen everywhere lik the glass doors, flower pods..etc...


Parking lot


Check in Lobby
The hotel is so big that we are given a map! Haha...

Nice arrangement


Open sesame!


We were overwelmed! Superb!


Complimentary beverages


The bathroom tat is bigger than my own bedroom!


Individual cubicle for Toilet

Dressing table inside bathroom.


Guess wat is it?

Extra toilet roll.. pengz.... so nicely wrapped!


Amenities


Hungry! Head down to the foodcourt after miting up Shuhan's Sis.

Dun be mistaken, we are still inside Venetian Mall.. The sky is fake! Haha..


My lunch... Salty!


More interiors at Venetian..


The casino level.. easily access..


Taxi stand..super grand.. they have few lanes for the cabs to drop or pick...


All cabs in black n white


Took cab to Senado Square


Nicely decorated with CNY displays


St Dominic's Church


A super old carpentary shop..


Street selling all the foodie goodies... shop attendants keep forcing us try bak kua.. haha..


Ruins of St Paul's


View from Ruins of St Paul's


Back of Ruins of St Paul's, stairs to go up...

Aunties Uncles gardening


To Fortress Armonrial


View of Macau


Museum of Macau

Street signs are all in white & blue tiles.. nice...



猪扒包


Turbo machine to roast "gao luc" 栗子


Went casino hopping in the evening..All of them are within walking distance..
All casinos light up.. so fancy wor!
真的是大开眼界!

Old Lisboa

Grand Lisboa
This building is so special! All hotels there is like 越 Blink 越 好!


The most "normal" - Wynn
The interior is so beautiful! Grand and artistic!


MGM Grand
Not many ppl in the casino compared to Venetian..


Went back hotel to take our Gondola Ride


We had a one for one Gondola ride, inside our hotel package


"River" inside the mall

Wow.. he reali can sing! Clap clap! He told us they were employed based on their singing, then they will teach them how to operate the gondola..


Hee... we are lucky to have a 帅哥 to row the boat! Haha...


Bought this for souvenier


Went to eat famous crab porridge for dinner...


Special fish and sotong balls...


*******DAY 2 > MACAU - SHENZHEN********

View of the hotel from our room


Golf course downstairs.. dunno y background looks lik superimposed!

Me, Shuhan and 姐姐



We opt for Lunch instead of Breakfast, without any money to top up! Cool!
Buffet lunch at Bamboo Restaurant.


Lets eat!

Shushu so happy to eat her fav bao... hahaha..


Huge spread of food! Salads, Sushi Sashimi, Fresh Mussels & Prawns, Roasted Duck and Chicken, Indian Selections....and more! So much for abt S$30! Worth e money!


Oishi!!!


On the way to Taipa Museum, short walk from Venetian.. Well its super cold! The sunlight looks sunny but its totally useless! Haha...


Dun move! 打抢!


Real flowers! Beautiful!


Fishes???? They are not moving at all! Too cold to swim i tink! Haha...


Didnt go inside museum.. took some pix outside..


Lalala....


Gong xi gong xi! Haha..


Funny street name.. Chicken feather garden?


Thats all for Macau..
I like the place! Its clean, air is fresh, food is nice, ppl are friendly.. There is everything for everyone, from nice portuguese historical buildings to fancy blink blink casinos.. Nice place to visit and relax...


Took ferry to Shekou, Shenzhen. Load our luggages at 姐姐's apartment..
View from the apartment..

Spacious..


Dinner at 6000 Flavor Restaurant


Thick menu! Huge variety!


Cute name of a dish


Superb soup...
Boiled with pig bone till milky white..


Ordered some sides to go with the soup..
The toufu taste like tou huey!


Kong Ba Bao


Aloe Vera



La mien shi fu...
He will pull the noodle infront of who ever ordered La mien! The way he dance with the noodle is so funny!



Shenzhen cab.. Yes, they will change the cover everyday! Haha.. Cute!


海上世界
Cruise converted to hotel


Already 10pm when we went back sis's apartment.. saw this manicure shop downstairs her apartment, try our luck to see if they still open.. Wow..they are closing actully but they purposely OT for us! Great service and product use was Orly.. Had our feet soak in milk some more... Wooo.. shoik..after 2days of walking...


Sis first time pedicure...

Look at the amount of her dead skin being peeled off! Satisfied!


I chose red with gold rush! Haha.. CNY mah...


Sis bought us each a warmer pack.. have to be charged so that it will be hot..


Shushu is not exaggerated with her thick puffy jacket and gloves to sleep! Its super cold at her sis place! Cos she will moving back sg real soon, cant get a heater. The house is colder then outside! Haha...


*******DAY 3 > SHENZHEN********

Bought some breakfast on the street to eat on the bus... Bao is shushu's fav..


葱油饼


Public Bus


Bus conductor

China streets decorated with lanterns on every lamp posts


Bus stop


Overhead bridge with slope in the middle for cyclist


Here we are at 华侨城
A place made up of 3 theme parks


Walk up the hill! Tiring!


Finally a Tram to go up the hill


Within minutes, we have reached the top!



Eww... no support! Scary!

Glass flooring


We better stay here! Haha...


Its still developing.. lotsa theme park rides to come by this few years..


Took train to another theme park



European Theme



The pigeons are real!


Contridicting background! Snow + xmas trees + cherry blossom?


Fake snow made of sand



Lunch at KFC


Free Postpet toys




Little chapel


Innovative!



The anyhow-march soldiers.. Haha.. kalefey.. bo bian la..


Reali looks like i'm in Europe!




This time round, we try out Shekou's crab porridge.. v different fr Macau's.. this one is teochew style taste and has more ingredients, crab + prawn..


*******DAY 4 > HONG KONG********

After Shenzhen & HK custom. Waiting for bus to HK. The connection between 2 customs is so convenient! All under one roof! Juz a few steps away we are at HK le! Haha.. but due to its a weekend, the queue is super long, however, the clearance is fast suprisingly..



This ppl are all waiting for different buses to different places in HK... Some bus goes airport, some Kowloon.. We opt for the one stops at Sai Wan Ho, which is few MTR stops away from our hostel Yesinn located at Fortress Hill.



HK New territories cab in green


Transfer to taxi when we reach Sai Wan Ho.. Check in at Yesinn reception and the recep brought us to this apartment down across the street...


They had converted one of the unit into rooms for rental... The rest of the units are occupied by the locals.. We had to key in passcode at the main lobby & our unit inorder to get in.. Security wise is quite safe.. And i see ppl who stays in the block is like "normal" families, not complicated at all.


Hair dryer available outside our room along the corridor..its shared among all the travellers.


We do not have to go back to the reception at another building for check out. Simply leave e keys inside the box will do... Easy! As we alr paid for the room in advance when check in. They actually place mineral water for whoever wanna buy, gotta be honest and drop $5 into the box.


Saw this porridge shop and decided to give it a try as we are too hungry to go search for food, though we were like eating porridge every now n then.. haha...


We ordered Fried noodles and beehoon with porridge and soymilk... Haha...like eat breakfast neh..


Claypot Italian Style Cheong Fun.. Not too bad.. something new.. exactly like pasta sauce..


Super nice You Tiao and Jian Dui


Quickly took MTR to Central and walk our way to the Tram Station... We are going to The Peak!
Some distance from MTR to Tram station.. but we found our way easily as there's road sign everywhere! Cool!


All the bank buildings at Central


Great for pedestrains..


Peak Tram Station


Bought the combo tickets for Tram, Peak & Madame Tussards, dun need to queue up for the combo tickets, its at the left hand side booth.


Its so steep! Slant dao....


The Peak


We are lucky of the good weather.. Great view..


Shushu waiting for the ang mo to leave! So that we can take a good pix!
Eh excuse me, Shiam leh...


Haha.. that ang mo man actually volunteer to take one for us.. Thanks dude!
Sis didnt join us up there cos she has been there too many times! Haha...


Our stupid "pointing" pose again.. hahha...


Bruce lee outside Madame Tussards..


First to see once inside.. Jay Chou!!! 吊!


Fan cee of Jay.. Haha..


Jay v skinny hor?


Aaron!


Kelly in her wedding gown


Andy.. juz nice to hug!


甜蜜蜜。。。
eh y no Jacky Chueng ah?


Joey


Twins


Miriam


Hmm... see wat?


Able to spot me?


Smelly armpit? Super tall Yao Ming..


Ronaldino.. so real!


Eh hem... Listen to me!


Shushu acc Mr Hu Jin Tao to visit HK wor.. Haha..


Heehee.. Mr Lee, tie slant le, help u adjust..


Mit up sis at Tsim Sha Tsui to watch the Symphony of Lights, everyday 8pm.
2nd time watch le.. v different tis round cos its cold!! Shoik!


Our room.. we are lucky that they gave us a quad room instead of triple cos no other rooms available... As compared to my colleagues who had stayed there, its big le! Although we hardly got space to walk about after we buy so much stuffs! Haha.. Its clean and pillow is comfortable!


来啊!下驻啊... 买定你手啊!
My bet: Aesop shampoo and bath sachets
Place my bet with my bath sachets as shushu n sis run out of them!



Shushu super happy to buy this automatic dice shaker at a shop near Temple Street..


Bathroom.. Clean.
But we were too unlucky for our last nite that water heater has some prob.. no hot water at all! Faint.. heng is last nite man... haha...



*******DAY 5 > HONG KONG********

So noisy early in the morning when we wake up..
Oh its somebody's wedding day at the corner unit of our level.. haha..
Their wedding car downstairs.. at back also muz place flower.. cute..



Took the tram at the tram stop juz infront of our hostel


Yeah, first time on it! Only HK$2 per trip! Cheap! Only pay when we alight..
Lotsa of maids on tram as it was a sunday..


Kawaii Pink Peach John Tram


Buildings like IFC, Oriental Hotel etc we pass by...


Pillippino maids all over! They gathering place at Central.
We saw indonesian ones at Causeway Bay..


Wow..roads are blocked up for them to gather.. so cool.. police van around to control the crowd..


Dim sum for breakfast at a restaurant at Sheung Wan


IFC at Hong Kong Station.. Nice CNY Deco! Fishy Fishy...


At IFC purposely for this super Agnes b shop lo... Hehee...


A mega agnes b shop includes Flower shop, Restaurant, Cafe, Clothing, Accs.. WOWOW....


Went straight to get Agnes b chocolates, the staff quickly gave us some to try.. its not cut into pieces but whole chocolate for us! And while we hang around there so long as we had difficulty how much to buy, she keep giving us samples to try! Well, worth our money as we alr eat half the amount we bought ya... haha...


So heavy! We decided to leave it them at their counter as we are goin Lantau Island.. went back in the evening to collect back... Great service! But too bad we had no time to try out the cakes and coffee.. hmm.. next round ten!


Took MTR to Tung Chung.. Decided to take the cable car up to the Giant Buddha..


Ticket for the cable car


Great weather.. not so cold today le...


Total travel time on cable car: 20mins! Long wor...


One mountain after another still haven reach wor...


Ah can see the giant buddha le!


Gotta walk pass this village to reach the bottom part of the giant buddha staircase


Tired!


High Five!


Magnificent...


Ah..pointing pose again..


Sunset - almost.. haha
We went shopping at City Gate Outlets.. Shushu bought alot wor! Haha.. got skirt la, dress la, shoes la.. Buy buy buy!


Mit up Feon for dinner at Mongkok.. Had my fav Ice Red Bean. hmm last time drink one nicer.. still can remb! Haha...


Fish ball kway teow.. nice! Crunchness of fish ball is so different.. not bad something new..


Here's our stuffs! How to bring back???!!! Alamak...



*******DAY 6 > HONG KONG - SINGAPORE********

Early morning come back le.. had our quick breakfast at HK airport..


Ajisan ramen

Popeye Breakfast


2 dirty sleepy fellow on plane.. haha.. cos no hot water cant bath! Only "dry clean" ourselves.. haha...


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战例品

Miu miu purse at 70% off.. thanks feon!

Some clothing from SZ & HK


Singlets for distribution.. haha..it becomes a muz buy item at HK le...
So many ppl ask me help them buy this!


Some accs from Mongkok


Of cos agnes b chocolates.....

Look at the amount of bags given! No wonder heavy la.. haha... Great packaging..


Another Toy Watch at 40% off Lane Crawford IFC


A souvenier from IFC with certain amount spent

Thanks folks for reading! Finally finished! Haha.. load until so tired!

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Wubing said...

Cindy, how much the rent at Venetician ? I was there too but didnt stay there hehe.

Helder Fráguas said...

Great post!
Macau is such a wonderful place. Like they say in Portuguese, “não há outra mais leal” (there is no other more loyal).
Helder Fraguas