Day 8

Ok before I tell you about Monday let me share a video with you:

It's Joey Yung and I can't believe that I actually like it. Ms Man told be today that I've been in Hong Kong too long if I start liking cheesy cantopop... it's just so catchy... Haha maybe I need to start listening to Radio One again.

So, on Monday we went to Macau by ferry. But we didn't sit in standard ferry seats- we had our own VIP room with TV and reclining seats. And we were brought a breakfast with muffins and fruit. Macau is another S.A.R of China but luckily we don't need visas to go. It's about an hour away from Hong Kong and used to be owned by the Portugese so all the signs are in Portugese as well as cantonese which is strange! We visited the "old town" first which has a lot of Portugese-style buildings and ruins. We first went to the town square with all the Chinese New Year decorations.

After that we visited the ruins of the old St Paul cathedral.

And then a more modern cathedral, and some more buildings. It's weird how it sort of felt like Rome (but freezing cold) with the architecture and all the scooters...but then you go around the corner and it's a totally different place with gawdy casinos everywhere.

We stopped at a couple of casinos- how can you not in Macau?!- the Grand Lisboa and the Venetian. The Venetian was a grand and as tacky as I thought it would be. The canal was pretty awesome though with gondolas and singers and loads of shops.

What else did we see? Oh! The Macau Tower. They do the world's highest bungee jump there so once I've got some money I'm going to go back and do it! It's so cool.

We had to take normal economy class seats on the way back to Hong Kong but the journey didn't take too long. Once we got back we went for some food at a small local restaurant called Relax For A While, the one I'd been to with Sam before, before heading home for some sleep.