Saturday, February 11, 2012

2.4.12 - Macau

On Saturday, we went to Macau. They ferry ride was around an hour long. It was a hydro-planing boat which was really cool. We had to go through customs to get to Macau! We had to go through customs to leave Hong Kong and then go through customs to get into Macau. This meant that in total we went through customs 4 times in one day. Lots of stamps in my passport!!! :D
 We took a tram through Central to get to the pier that the Macau ferries left from. The tram is kinda like a hybrid between a double decker bus and a street car in San Francisco. They are quite rickety and are known as ding-dings in Hong Kong due to the sound they make.
 This is our ferry. Look how fancy! It's like an airplane! Fancy seats, seat back pockets, service, TV, etc.
 The first thing that we did when we got there was to head to Macau Tower. This is one of the views from the 360 Observation deck.
 "Why live on the edge when you can jump off?"
Four of our fellow students decided to bungy jump off the tower. Can I just say that i was SOOOOOOOOO jealous??? This is now DEFINITELY on my list of things to do. It was close to $350 USD without buying the video, photos, etc. For thrill events, this is not absolutely ridiculous, but still expensive... I couldn't justify spending that much of my budget... I still regret not doing it
 The MGM Grand Hotel is Macau.
 Beef and noodles at dim sum
 xiao long bau - soup dumplings
 barbeque pork buns!
 beautiful park!
 some sort of statue...
 Amy in little Miami. Look at all the Palm Trees!
 This reminded me of New Orleans!!!
 There were monks EVERYWHERE
gorgeous flowers
 Flashy! So much like Vegas.
 Look at this monstrosity! Kinda cool lit up...
Catholic Cathedral
 Cool leftover decorations from Chinese New Years
 Me in the plaza


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