Macau

Macau

Day trip to Macau - it's about 1 hour ferry from HK. I felt it would be NOT SAFE if i wouldn't book a ticket before. , but somehow I just felt lazy (as usual) and decided to go to the terminal on the day to get tickets. Well, we arrived at the terminal at round 11am, and the earliest we could get was 2pm (if take Economy) or 1pm(if pay 100HKD more). Worse yet, coming back ferry was only available for midnight(if take Economy) or 11 pm(if pay 100 HKD more). If it was me and friends, I wouldn't pay for extra for going late and coming back late, but since I was with parents, I opted to pay bit more for bit better schedule.

Return ferry for HK-Macau ended up round 530 HKD (since I had to pay 200 HKD extra), otherwise it would have cost round 300-350 HKD. There was MANY people going to Macau, both HK and tourists. Ferry was full all day (every 15 minutes per operator, and there is a handful of operators) and when we got Macau, it took 1 hr to go through the custom.


Rainy day it was, when we got to the central area of the city, it rained the most. First we headed to the central district, where there is senado square(with famous swirly tiles) and several other things to see. But it rained so much, we just lingered round 10-20 mins there then took a bus to go to TAIPA village.

There is roughly 2 areas in Macau, the main island (where the Macau ferry terminal is located), Taipa, and Coloane.
In Taipa, there is this famously extravaganza Venetian resort (all the other resorts/ casinos are in the main island), and small cute old village where you see the colonial residences.


In Taipa, there is a small short street where people sell some Macau's snacks like beef jerkies and egg snacks, etc. I was looking for a place with the famous egg tart, but couldn't find any. Think it is a big irony!


Taipa마을에 가면은 이렇게 포르투갈 식민지 시대의 집이랑이 남아있다. 어딜갔는지 사람들은 안보이고.
예쁘다면서 알록달록, 노랑 초록색 집들이랑 사진을 찍는데,
홍콩에서 애프터눈티도 그렇고, 또 상해의 와이탄도 그렇고 (유명한 강가의 야경)
다들 식민지 시대의 유산들인데 사실 그런 것들이 예뻐보이고 또 사는 사람들에게도 명소가 되고 그런게
뭐랄까, 죄스런 건 아니지만 이상한 기분이었달까.