Hong Kong Day 3 - Macau!

On the 3rd day, we started off bright and early. We made our way down to the Ocean Terminal at Tsim Sha Tsui to ride the ferry to Macau.

It’s a long walk to the ferry terminal from the MTR station but the road signs were surprisingly clear. The early morning’s fresh air was invigorating as we past the many shops yet to be opened for the brisk shopping crowd.

view from the ferry terminal and within the ferry

The return ferry tickets to Macau cost us HKD306 inclusive of tax. Upon arrival, we took a bus to San Ma Lo. The bus stop is on the left of exiting the Macau Ferry Terminal. An elderly local woman urged us to take an alternative bus no.15 (costing about HKD5/pax) instead of no.10 as she said the route was the same.

After about a 30min ride, we finally recognized the wave-like cobble stoned path of San Ma Lo, where the looming General Post Office sat. Unfortunately, it started to pour and we took shelter from the rain at Sasa, where we bled money again. Hur hur.

The General Post Office in San Ma Lo

In BOF, Ji Hoo played the guitar and sang here!

Toiletries are even cheaper in Macau. We saved about HKD5-10 for each item. How can I ever buy things in Singapore again?! URGH... *pulls hair*

Because the rain persisted, we had little alternative but to have breakfast at Macdonald’s. Their breakfast menu included macaroni soup! These people really love their Macaroni! Though by the time we decided to eat there, it was past 11am and they had started to churn out their lunch and dinner menus.

We had their set meals. Their cups even had the Hello Kitty designs because of an ongoing offer with Hello Kitty’s 35th Year celebrations. Weeeeee..! My kind of people!

I had the grilled chicken burger happy meal

Once the rain subsided, we walked down the cobbled path to the St Dominic’s church. Following a group of tourists, we entered the imposing church and marveled at the baroque architecture. The solemn atmosphere within contradicted the bubbling mix of tourists outside.

We also toured the museum within, learning a little more of the history nestled within the walls. Some of the religious exhibits are quite scary, while others are so beautifully lifelike.

angelic faces




Religious artefacts used in ceremonies.
See the intricate embroidery on the tapestry?

We then took a short walk up to the Ruins of St Paul, the die-die-must-photograph spot in the whole of Macau. Along our way, Stick Insect got harassed by Bak Kuah (beef and pork jerky) sellers touting their wares. We also tried the famous Portuguese egg tarts from Pastelaria Koi Kei (approx HKD6).

the majestic Ruins of St Paul
BOF was filmed here!

doing a Britney?!
if i sat like that, i'd be arrested

We saw the statue of the girl and her dog on the left with her unmistakable ‘chao keng’ pose as the Ruins of St Paul started to loom into view.

Another short walk up brought us to the Macau Museum (entry HKD15) where we cam-whored a little and viewed the interesting exhibits inside.

minature exhibits





(Left) wedding clothes for Star Wars fanatics or Princess Lela wanabes


a wedding procession

The roof top offered a commanding view of the Macau Peninsula, where we walked by the cannons silently pointing out into the new buildings at Mount Fortress.

Boys over flowers was filmed here too!

After which, we roamed the surrounding areas and desperately tried to navigate to a bus stop to get to The Venetian.

real human bones inside!

Na Tcha Temple

lovely San Ma Lo

St Anthony's church


we ate this chunky fries drowning in sauce! it came with a yakult smoothie which was HEAVENLY. Yum Yum..

We got lost along the way and had to retrace our steps back to our original bus stop, where we took the bus to Taipa. We passed the infinitely long and skinny bridge connecting the 2 islands together and got lost again. Finally, we took a cab to The Venetian after missing the stop at Taipa Village.

We explored The Venetian’s extensive structure and were in awe at the amount of effort they put in to decorate the place. The splendor within was amazing. In essence, it’s very much like Genting, only grander.

glitzy Venetian


ceiling art

BOF was filmed here also!

The Gondola shoppes also had a singing doll costing SGD60 which I so wanted to buy. They had a dog and a monkey version, whose mouth would quiver as it belted out opera classics. SOOOOO cute! But since my pockets were dangerously thin, I had to pass.

We ate Fatburger, an American fast food chain and tried their Macanese fare of porridge and rice roll set.

Then we took the free shuttle bus to the City Of Dreams. A new and upmarket casino along The Strip. At the entrance, a digital huge screen featuring a topless (yes, her boobies are in plain view) flitted left and right with some fishes, mesmerizing the crowd of ‘ti ko pehs’ (dirty old men). All of which furiously snapped pictures of the lithe topless mermaid with their handphone cameras.

ti ko peh eye candy

Why no hunky mermen?! Why no naked Edward Cullen?! Why no dancing naked KHJ?!

The place was to expensive to shop and since the only available tickets for the Dragone Show was due at 7pm, we decided to head back early to Hong Kong.

view from the City Of Dreams

final scenes before departing Macau

We decided to return to Mongkok, where we searched and successfully found ‘Mongkok Man’, this weirdo I saw the last time I came.

Mongkok Man 2008
asking passerbys to be his girlfriend

As usual, he was up to rubbish. Haha. He’s something like our Steven Lim. This time, he’ll sing if you put money into his box.

And of course we did!

Mongkok Man 2009
Singing this time round

We snacked at Hui Lao Shan (Xu Liu Shan). The braised chicken wings are damn lip smacking good. Stick Insect salivates just looking at them!

damn good!

Then we had dinner at this great place - Kai Kee Restaurant, where the main courses came with huuuge servings, complete with soup and drinks. The best part is that most sets cost under HKD40 with noting over HKD100. Business is brisk and service is good. We highly recommend this place!

3 fantastic days down in Hong Kong! 2 more exciting days to come! Woohoo..!!