We went to Macau yesterday. That was CERTAINLY a different experience. We started too late; it took 1 hr by MTR (rail) and 1 hr by hydrofoil. We left at 11:30, got to ferry (in picture on the left) by 12:30 and Macau at 1:30. We had to be back to Disneyland Hotel for a Birthday dinner for Julie by 6:30, so we only had time to "look around" before we had to retrace our steps - back on the
ferry, back to MTR, back to Hollywood Hotel (on property) to shower and change, and then on to Hollywood Hotel (Also on property) , where Charles was waiting. Whew! Julie's computer has died and she had downloaded all the pics to her computer, so Sandy was kind enough to wait with me this morning at the conference center to download all her pics from yesterday. I took pics with Charles' camera and the card was filled. I didn't get to download those yet. I'll get everything straight when we get back home. I like this so well, I may just keep blogging.
This is looking down one of the "mercado" areas in Macau. The Portugese influence is still extremely previlent in this area. Mercado is the marketplace (for those who don't speak spanish). I actually could maneuver easier than in Hong Kong because of the Hispanic influence. It is very similar to Mexico City in that there were small "kiosk" down extremely small "alleyways" in which to shop.
The architecture is unbelievable. I have always liked this style and found it lovely to view.
As you can see, the picture to the right is of a "Mickey Ds", of which they were abundant or to use a MacKayla phrase, "A Plethera" of McDonalds.
More pictures from Macau -
This is other pics of the marketplace. The upload from this computer takes sooooooooooooo long, even though their technology is probably 5 years ahead of us, it is costing to use this computer so I will not include many more pics. I'll upload some when I get home.
The picture on the left is "meat" that is displayed for sale in one of the "open air" market areas in Macau. I think it was some kind of pork. They had several different "styles".
This was a rickshaw (sp) that could be rented to tour the city. One "tour guide" tried to get us to rent something like this when we were at the ferry location. This one is much more festively decorated. We really didn't know much about the city, so we decided not to do that. It was a good thing for it is very "hilly". The ferry location was quite a distance from the "downtown" area. I'm not sure we could have peddled that far.
It is "way" passed my time limit and I will probably have to pay dearly for this time on the computer, but I needed to add this. I'm off to the park for a turkey leg that I didn't get to have the last time we were there. Charles is "somewhere" there and Julie and Sandy have gone to "Stanley Market" for some last minute presents. We will reunite to go to see the buddha and have dinner together.
We go home tomorrow. I will be sad to leave.
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