This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. So Day 6 we were supposed to fly back to KL at 10.45am. So we took an early cab from the hotel to the airport. The morning was very misty and we arrived in the hotel very early. After waiting around for the shops to open, we had breakfast at the McDonald’s. They serve macaroni soup in McD’s here. So then we checked in our luggage and propped ourselves in the waiting lounge and waited. they have charging stations and limited free wifi there. As we approached boarding time, we noticed none of the morning flights…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. Day 5 greeted us with light showers. Not heavy like in Malaysia, anyway its a good thing we’ve done most of the outdoors stuff over the earlier days. Today’s plan is to go across the city to try this dim sum place called Lung Wah Teahouse. If you’re an avid fan of Hong Kong TV serials and movies, you’d no doubt have seen this place before. Most recently it was featured in the Chow Yuen Fatt movie ‘From Vegas to Macau II’. Had to take a bus up north of the city and get off once…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. After our walkabout in Coloane, we took the same bus back to Cotai. It was time to visit Taipa village. Taipa is just on the other side of the Venetian Hotel. So we took a shortcut through the Venetian, at the same time took a quick look around. The Venetian is truly impressive. Before coming to Macau, I have heard about this mega resort / casino / hotel / 16th wonder of the world, but to see it, wow. You have to see it with your own eyes to appreciate it. This ceiling fresco is leading…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. Day 4 in Macau, and we are going to Coloane and Taipa. These are two small islands south of the main peninsula. The straits between the two islands have been reclaimed and is called Cotai (Coloane + Taipa = Cotai, get it?). It is now home to a strip of luxury casinos like The Venetian, Sands, City of Dreams, Galaxy, etc. First we took the free shuttle bus from the ferry terminal to Sands Cotai (same one we took 2 days ago, but this time to the Sands Cotai instead of Sands Macau). From Sands we…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. So after some serious shopping, we reached the end of the Sham Sui Po. It was 2.30 pm, and time for another meal at the famous Tim Ho Wan. We’ve tried the KL branch (in 1 Utama) of the Michelin-starred restaurant, but there’s nothing like eating at the original. There are a few other branches in HK, but this is where it all began. The shop is pretty small, much like most dim sum places around here. Since it was off peak, we didn’t have to line up for a table. Since we had just eaten…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. On our third day, as the weather forecast predicted a rainy day in Macau but clear in HK. That was the plan, but actually it hardly rained on the days it was predicted to do so. Which worked out very well for us. Back in 2007, we had come to HK for a family holiday, and had done all the popular tourists spots, like Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Ocean Park, the Peak, etc. We even spent a night in Disneyland. So basically, our agenda for today was very simple: 1. Eat brunch at Australian Dairy Co.; 2.…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. After dinner, our very long day was not over yet. Since Restaurante Escada is very near Senado Square, we took walk there even though we had earlier planned to come on a later day. But as we kept saying, throughout the trip, “everywhere is near in Macau”. Most people come to Senado Square and the ruins of St. Paul in the day time for the photo ops, but coming here during the night has some benefits. For one, it isn’t crowded. During the summer you can’t even squeeze through the throngs. Secondly, the lighting is quite…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. After a long first day out and about in Macau, we went back to the hotel in the afternoon for a rest. In the early evening, we went out again for dinner. For tonight’s dinner, we planned to eat at Escada, a fine dining restaurant service authentic Macanese-Portuguese cuisine. It was drizzling very lightly, but light enough for us to walk all the way from our hotel. On the way we stopped by to buy some Portuguese egg tarts from Margaret’s Cafe e Nata, but by the time we found the well hidden shop, it was…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. After lunch of noodles and rice, we walked on further up the road. The next stop on the agenda was Guia Fortress, but before that was a visit to a famous dessert shop in Macau. Lai Kei is a ice cream parlour located in a old row of shoplots on a very narrow main road. If you walk along the road, its hard not to miss it, as the signs are prominent in English, Chinese and Portuguese. The menu is chockful with different types of old style ice creams. I think in the 60’s ice cream…

This is part of an ongoing series. To start at the beginning, click here. Day 2 is our first full day in Macau, so we were up bright and early. So after our quick brekkie of coffee and buns, we were outdoors again. It was a crisp and cold morning. Peak hour traffic before 9am is quite sparse and relaxed – there hardly is any traffic jam. First item on our itinerary was the Fisherman’s Wharf. In order to get there, we took a free shuttle from Star World to the Ferry Terminal, and there we boarded another free shuttle to Sands Macau. There are two Sands Casino here, one…