Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Day 2 - Senado Square - St Paul - Some Fort - Some Lane - Hong Kong

Rise and shine on day 2... left the hotel by 9.00am... target is to eat some portugese egg tarts... got our maps in hand... directions asked... apparently this place is secluded... got some semblance of a direction though the roads dont seem to match... hehe!! but first... take picture with moo moo outside of hotel coz last nite too dark... hehe!! Dont ask why they are there... they just are...


Following instructions we walked... and walked and walked... and walked and walked and walked... damn far la... along the way we passed Senado Square... not sure what is suppose to be so special except that the tiles are quite unique.... Macau is very much paved with tiles especially at the older areas....

And after a really long walk... we arrived at our destination.... Margaret's Cafe @ Nata... famous for its Portugese egg tarts....

But first... let me prelude you with my breakfast sandwich that a very rude aunty made... haiz.. ppl in macau arent very polite.. apparently I was too slow in ordering and was hampering her morning work crowd business.. at 930 in the morning.. ppl in Macau sure worked late... Anyway... I got my egg and curry chicken sandwich which was not too bad but a tad cold for my liking....

Next up.... the portugese egg tarts... the crust was really flaky to the bite and the filing was just nice... for a non portugese egg tart fan I sure enjoyed this one... :) even packed 3 more to go...

Then we started walking towards St Paul's cathedral and came across this peculiar lane which we later found out was supposely a very famous shopping and eating street but we were too early so they were all still closed..... The doors were all red on this lane.... Quite quaint....

Then we headed to St Paul finally... and like the bane of all photographers... the shot taken for ppl is always nicer than the shot taken for you by ppl... so here is elaine with the ruins..... and some pretty lotus at the top of the ruins...

As if that was not enough... she gave me a very sad look when I didnt want to climb the fort with her... so I did... sweating like a pig by the time we got up... eww.. icky....

Cannon shoot me out so I dont have to climb the stairs down back!!! hehe!! Just fooling around... even squeezed myself into a hole in the wall meant for a cannon I presume....

Had a little time to pose.... took so long to get this shot right.. we it still wasnt perfect but okay la... Ask Elaine how many times she took the shot... hehe!!

After so much walking... obviously next destination was lunch!!!! :D We had portugese food.... Chicken curry and pork ribs... yum yum!!! :)

After lunch it was off to the fisherman's wharf which was nothing great so no pictures... then back to the island of Hong Kong... once again I had siu yok for dinner and once again it was so good that pictures were forgotten.... haha!! :D I took a picture of dessert though... some pretty little pink drink....

So after another long day... off we went back to our borrowed condo... So nice of my bro-in-law's friend to loan us his accomodations while he was out... his condo was Habourfront and the view was ichiban!!! haha!! Sitting on the couch... this is my view....
Day 3 coming up real soon.. stay tuned....

2 comments:

mw said...

Macau looks deserted. Was it always like that or was everybody busy in the casinos?

Nihcia said...

everyone is in the Casino... only locals roam the streets...

the most tourist we found were at St Paul's cathedral...