Day 3: Day Trip to Macau & HK Central MTR Station
We had booked the 9 a.m. ferry out to Macau, so we had to wake up early to make our way to Sheung Wan Ferry Terminal. The tickets stated that we had to be at the boarding gates 15 mins prior to departure so when we reached the entrance of the ferry terminal (located in the mall) at 8.45 a.m, we were in such a rush to clear the immigration and make our way to our designated gate that we went to the wrong gates where they were like "the ferry is full, please wait for the next one". It was such an epic moment cause we just stared at each other like "now what?" till we were told that we were at the wrong gates. LOL.
While we were planning for our trip, we were pretty worried about Macau because it was a first for all of us and we weren't sure about the transportation and stuff, but! it was pointless worry as it was relatively easy to get around (special thanks to my friend who did all the navigating around HK & Macau 😘)
As many would know, Macau is the land of casinos! From the ferry terminal, there were many free hotel shuttle bus for you to choose from (they requested to see our IDs before allowing us to board, meaning you should at least be of a legal age). We boarded the shuttle to Hotel Lisboa as it was within the area of the Ruins of St.Paul's. The bus brought us direct to the basement entrance (into the casino) so we had to walk through the casino to get to the main entrance. 😅 - what a way to start our Macau leg of the trip.
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| View from the Ferry Terminal |
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| Turbojet ferry |
First stop: Egg Tarts! @ Margaret's Cafe e Nata
Map: Macau, 新馬路馬統領街金利來大廈17B地舖
If there is one thing you need to do when you visit Macau, it is definitely to eat their egg tarts! I got to know about this brand of Egg Tarts from an ex-colleague (blog) and it was really yummy. 😋
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| Just look at the EGG TARTS!!! ♡ |
Map: walk from Edificio Yue Bo Ii, I, 7 號, 3 Tv. de São Paulo, Macau
After satisfying our egg tart cravings, we took a short walk towards the Ruins of St.Paul's - one of Macau's famous tourist spots. The surroundings have such a European feel to it that it doesnt feel like we're actually in Macau.
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| European feel! |
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| Look at the buildings! |
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Shopping street leading us to the Ruins
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After the ruins, we hailed a taxi to bring us to the other side of Macau (Taipa Village)!
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| View of Macau Tower en route to Taipa! ♡ |
Third Stop: Taipa Village
Map: 21 R. Correia da Silva, Macau
We had wanted to eat the Tai Lei Lok Kei pork chop bun (澳门大利来记猪扒包) but unfortunately for us, it was closed that day (our series of epic events)... So, we decided to head to our last stop in Macau - The Venetian Macao.
[update 14/5/2017: according to Google Maps, its permanently closed...😞]
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| Passed by Galaxy Macau Hotel along the way to The Venetian Macao... |
Last Stop: The Venetian Macao Hotel
Map: Estrada da Baia de Nossa Senhora da Esperanca, Macau
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| wow. just wow |
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| This... is the restroom. Can you believe it? |
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| The mall of the hotel (kinda like our Marina Bay Sands) |
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| Sedap Singapore @ the food court |
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| Pork Bun! |
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| Heh. we found the branch anyway. |
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| The other famous egg tart brand in Macau! |
Before we knew it, it was time to take the free Venetian Macao shuttle back to the ferry terminal (our ferry timing was at 4 p.m.).
Special note: the bus had free wifi!
Views en route to the ferry terminal:
Tim Ho Wan @ Central MTR Station
Map: IFC Mall MTR Shop 12A,, Central, Hong Kong
For our last dinner in Hong Kong, we decided to try the famed Tim Ho Wan! Yes, I know Singapore have them, but its always nice to taste the difference between the original and the franchise.
Conclusion: the variety of the original Tim Ho Wan is much lesser than the ones in Singapore, and they taste different too. At the end of the day, it all boils down to personal preference. I liked the HK version of the carrot cakes as you could really taste the radish in it. (: SG's version tend to have a little meat in them so it differ quite a bit in taste.
Victoria Harbour @ Tsim Sha Tsui
Map: Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
To end of the trip, we headed for Victoria Harbour @ Tsim Sha Tsui to enjoy the night harbour view and watched the Symphony of Lights played out by the participating buildings (the symphony begins at 8 p.m. daily, subject to weather conditions).
The view is great, the symphony... mmm... I shall keep my comments to myself. haha.
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