After coming out of the airport, we were looking for free shuttle buses to take us from Cotai to the Macau Peninsular. Unfortunately, there weren't any buses, so we just hopped on the Venetian's Shuttle bus. We ended up there and spent about half an hour before taking another of its free shuttle bus to its sister casino in the Peninsular, Macau Sands. From Sands, we took a cab to the hotel my friend booked.
Checked into hotel Ole London, which my friends booked and tumpang-ed my bag there.
Headed out to look for lunch in the neighbouring streets. Walked past Rua De Felicidade (Happiness Street) to have the famous Crab Roe Noodles. The prawn wantons here are huge compared to Malaysia!
After a filling lunch, we went to Senado Square (which was about 300m away) for the sights of this famous place. There are a few historical buildings around this famous square. It is also one of the main shopping areas in Macau. If possible, do pop by here at night for the lights
Walked towards St Paul's Church Ruins, the Iconic place in Macau. Visited the museum there as well. It drizzled while we were there, but thankfully, only for awhile. Its a postcard picture for every tourist in Macau!
The sun came back out after the short drizzle. Next, right beside the ruins is Forteleza de Monte.We made the slow walk uphill in the humid, steamy weather. By the time we reached the peak, most of us were drenched in sweat! However, we were rewarded with a good view of the entire Macau Peninsular
We rested for about 30-40 mintues at the top of the fort as it was very breezy. The top of the fort provided us with great views of this small city state. We could see all around the Macau Peninsula. We went toward St Augustine's Square, which gave us a moment of peace, despite being only 200m from Senado Square. From the top of the fort, it was an easy walk back downhill but it was against the direction which we were going as we had to walk back past the ruins and the Senado square.
As I've mentioned earlier, this square is not well known, hence there arent any visitors that were hanging around this place. Like Senado, this square is also full of heritage buildings, but no tourists! It was great to just wander around this square and take our own sweet time. Rare for a small country like Macau.
From there, we slowly made our way to Sands Casino (about 30 mins walk) and hopped into the Venetian shuttle bus. We went for tea time and dinner at a small town just outside the Venetian. Walked back and hung around the place for some night shots. The outside of the Venetian is very average. However, the interior is wonderful!! Ceiling paintings, mock up of the Venice canal, and nice environment. Its huge! We didnt stay long as we wanted to see the Casinos at the Peninsula Side as well.
Hopped on the free shuttle back to the Ferry terminal, then we changed into a shuttle that was headed towards Casino Lisboa. We took pictures of Casino Lisboa and the other casinos along this old Strip. The lights were mesmerising from all the casinos around that area.
The rest decided to have supper at Senado while i Had to go back to the hotel to grab my bags.
I took a cab towards the ferry terminal and bought myself a ticket to HK island (Costs me HKD 170). Reached HK (the ferry ride is about an hour) at about 11.45pm and SQS met me at the ferry terminal.
We then took a cab back and I took a shower after a long tiring day of walking. Knocked out at about 3am.
Boodyboy, out!!!
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