Macau.

It was Chung Yeung Festival public holiday last Friday and I decided that I will venture into the mysterious land that is known as Macau.

(OK so perhaps Macau isn’t exactly that mysterious compared to places like, say, North Korea, but since I’ve never been there before in my life, it does appear mysterious to me)

Macau isn’t a big place, and I think if you have 2 days you probably could finish touring the entire 27 square kilometers of it.

Ruinas de São Paulo – the most definitive landmark of Macau. It’s really quite amazing to think that about everything of this former cathedral had collapsed, and the part that remains intact after all these years is its front.

One of my favourite pictures of this little getaway – the Macau Tower and one of the many bridges in Macau.

The Casino Lisboa – apparently one of the oldest casinos in Macau. The crazy thing is that there are casinos almost everywhere in Macau, and yet both me and my sister did not make it to any one of them. Strange but true. Though sometimes I wonder – where do they find that many people to gamble, or should I say, entertain themselves (in Macau all the casinos are known as 娛樂場, or “entertainment centres” in Chinese), in the casinos?

Of course besides the casinos, food is also another trademark of Macau. Many people claim that you have not been to Macau if you haven’t tried some of the food in the city.

One of them is of course the Portugese eggtart:

Of course I would have no idea if these egg tarts really originated from Portugal, but I don’t think that many people would be arguing about this anyway.

And then the next one is the pork chop bun:

I didn’t try this pork chop bun at the shop that’s famous for it, but this little pretender tasted not too bad as well, so I guess most of the pork chop buns in Macau are probably good.

It was a really short getaway, so I think I might go there again soon. It’s not exactly expensive to go there from Hong Kong, and perhaps next time I really should try to go into the casinos to take a look – though I’m pretty sure phototaking would not be allowed inside there!