My Holidays - Part 3(Zhuhai and Macau)

We took a ferry trip from Shenzen -Shekou (蛇口）to Zhuhai (珠海). The entire trip is about 1 hour, transportation in China is quite expensive, costs us RMB95 for single trip, imagine it's only 1 hour journey. I think we can get cheaper price in Malaysia.

Environment in Zhuhai is more organized and clean i would say, while waiting my friend to meet up, we had a little shopping at Gongbei shopping mall (拱北地下商場）, this is the most happening place in Zhuhai, and it's the nearest link to Macau, both places are separated by few minutes walk crossing the Barrier Gate .

My friend took us to a Chinese Restaurant to have Dim Sum for light lunch at Gongbei, we had great roasted pigeon (乳鴿), and it's cheaper compare to Hong Kong. There is not much activity can be done than shoppping in Zhuhai, so we shopped whole day, hee.... hubby dared not complain...

The next morning, we said goodbye to Zhuhai after breakfast , it's only 10 mins journey to Macau from my friend's house.We took a ferry ride Wanzai (Zhuhai) to Macau by Yuet Tung Shipping via Macau Inner Harbour Terminal. Arrived about 10am at Macau, and the streets are still quiet.

Macau is a fascinating place to just walk around as the place is packed with churches, temples, fortresses and other old buildings bearing an interesting mix of Portuguese and Chinese characteristics. You can easily access to Ruins of St. Paul's, St. Dominic's Church
along Rua de São Paulo （新馬路）. oh Ya, there are still widely use Portuguese language in Macau.

Ruins of St. Paul's

St. Dominic's Church

Of course we did not miss the theme of Macao - Casino Lisboa. How to descibe this place? I would say it is stood up on it's own in the city.Too bad we missed the night scene, but i'm sure i'm going to make another trip to Macau, to visit Vanetian City. :) It is too rush with this half day tour in Macau, so we did not explore into Taipa Island....

There are variety of games , including baccarat, blackjack, roulette, boule, "big and small", hundreds of the most glittering array of slot machines anywhere, I also see game tables called " fish, prawn ,crab", but do not know how to play this.We did not try our luck of fortune, maybe next time...

Oh Ya, if you are backpackers, a tip for you ....You may deposit your luggage at lower ground floor of Grand Lisboa Casino, it provides 24 hours luggage deposit service to guests.

Grand Lisboa Casino

About food, so shame to tell that we did not really try the famous food in Macau, we were too full after the Dim Sum breakfast at Zhuhai. Along the way from Rua de São Paulo 新馬路 to Ruins of St. Paul's, there are a lot of food stalls selling Pork Chop bun, famous Portuguese specialty "Pastéis de Nata", little egg tarts, almond cookies...and dried meat. You will have a chance to taste free food from shop to shop. The shopkeepers all stand in front of the shop, one hand holding a pair of scissors, the other hand holding a piece of dried meat, offering free testing to all the tourists passing by. If you want a free lunch to fill up your stomach, this really do... :)

We had a very light lunch in a fastfood restaurant, the pork chop bun tasted really bad...I can't recall the name of the restaurant, but is located is a 1 level up on the ground shops. Not much comment i can give on food, as we did not have much.

Take a ferry trip from Macau Inner Harbour Terminal to Shekou (蛇口）before nightfall, reached home about 9 something.We need to rest early as Poo Daddy need to work on the next day, and i have my own explore in Shenzen, yeah!

To be continued.....