Gonna sleep after this- so tired, but I have a feeling I'm gonna be really tired tomorrow, too, because I'm going to Hong Kong's Disneyland. Can't wait. I'm pretty excited, even though I heard it was really really small. It's still Disneyland. This post is mostly about what I did in Macau today. The stay at Hotel Golden Dragon was pretty good. It was 4 stars, and although it wasn't the fanciest, it was very comfortable. Macau is actually pretty small. It's even smaller than Hong Kong, so there wasn't really all THAT much to see. The main thing was that plaza I blogged about just a while ago (last blog, I believe), historic landmarks and exploring other hotels.
It's really crazy, because in Macau, there are hotels everywhere. And there are these free shuttles that can take you to almost whichever hotel you want. And they all link back to the ferry terminal, which is kinda like our airport. So after waking up, we went down to one of the hotel's restaurants where there was a buffet breakfast. That was pretty good. There was a lot of variety, and the food wasn't bad either. We all ate a lot, so again, no real lunch, but that was totally fine with all of us. For the whole morning, all we did was explore hotels. That might sound weird, but that's actually one of the main parts about Macau. One can just waltz up to a hotel, enter and take pictures and stuff. And get this- there are malls within the hotel! Is that crazy or what? Well, there are only malls for the 6 star hotels, but still, crazy. You know how the hotels we have only have a few small little boutiques? Well, in Macau, the 6 star hotels all have a lot of small little boutiques of designer stores. I don't think I've seen that many displays from Prada, Doir, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Armani, etc. etc. Seriously, it was crazy. I would list more, but there are just too many. Oh yeah, and did I mention there are casinos in every single hotel? Kinda reminds me of Las Vegas, even though I've never been there, from what I gather, Macau is very similar to Vegas.
Then in the afternoon, we went back to that plaza. There, like the day before, we had a snack of curry fish balls, Portuguese egg tarts, pork chop buns and that ice cream dessert. Yum! Then, we walked and shopped a bit more before going for dinner which was at this Portuguese restaurant close to the plaza. The food was very good, and I noticed that Portuguese food had a lot of different kinds of sauces. That was the first time I ever had Portuguese food, and I really enjoyed it.
After dinner, we went back to the terminal, while my dad and both aunts got the luggage at the hotel. When we met up, we got the tickets and lined up for the boat ride back. And let me tell you, the boat ride is like no other. First of all, it's about 3 times fast than our ferries, and secondly, it's a lot more turbulent (I was close to falling over many times) and the boat has seats for everyone. Not like our ferries, where we can park the car on several levels and then go up to the main deck. No, it's just 2 levels, and both are for sitting. (Not that many people have cars anyways, so car parking is totally not needed.) And we arrived at the terminal, we did all that passport stuff, and then got a taxi to my aunt's home. Where I am currently staying.
Goodnight!
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