took tiger airways to macau international airport...

the view from inside the plane...

bird's eye view...

up high in the sky...

lunch on the plane...

took ard 3 ++ hrs b4 reaching macau...

the view from the airport...

ferris wheel n hotel china...

cw directioion:
-air stewardess n mi
-boarding tiger airways
-buildings in macau

-leavin traces of our footsteps @ macau international airport
-macau immigration-zhu hai immigration (gong bei kou an)

-the crowd

-dad

-the crowd

went to zhu hai immigration by mini van..

Golden Port Hotel which we stayed in...

aft puttin our luggages, we headed to the 地下街(shopping mall opp the immigration)

first dinner (steamrice with chicken mushroom n soup) @ restaurant, KungFu

Day 2

@ Fortune Hotel having Dim Sum for breakfast

Porridge, Pork Rib Rice and Fried Carrot Cake with XO Sauce

day tour ard Zhu Hai

the high-rised buildings in zhu hai...

情侣公园

the park wher most couples choose to date @...

珠海渔女
thers a v romantic story behind it...

相传古代有位仙女被香炉湾美丽的风光迷住了，不愿返回天上，决意下到凡间，尽享这人间美景。

她扮成渔女，织网打鱼，捞蚌采珠，心灵手巧，而且心地善良，常采灵芝草配上珍珠粉为渔民治病，深受渔民的爱戴。

在劳动中，她结识了一位憨厚老实的渔民青年海鹏，两情缱绻，朝夕相依。

不幸的是，耿直的海鹏轻信了一个矮子的谗言，要仙女摘下手镯给他作订情信物，仙女听了泪如泉涌，向海鹏倾诉了自己的身世，原来仙女是南海龙王的女儿...

得月船

nxt stop is 珠海市体育中心

the main focus is the man in red circle..

how did he got up ther w/o a ladder?

nxt stop we went to 极樟山森林公园...

this is t view from the peak...

n the shortest building is Canon factory...

nxt stop we went to a temple situated on a mountain..

we went with the tour guide n leader...

on our way up, thers 龙泉水wher ppl can fill up in bottles n bring back hme...

my aunt n I knocked the big bell w t wooden piece when we were @ t temple...

they believe tt it brings gd fortune if u knock the bell thrice...

its time to fulfil the stomach...

went to 毛家饭店 for lunch...

what we ate were dishes Mr 毛泽东liked...

as shown in 2nd row 1st pic cw direction:

fish head curry, fried veg, hot plate brinjal, fried fishcake, fried pine nut with corn n 东坡肉

aft lunch, we took pics with 毛泽东copper statue

aft a sumptous lunch, we went to t oyster farm...

ther are boards introducin whats oyster...

thers oso a tank showing the diff ages of oysters...

from t 1st yr to t 6th yr...


even the hse is made of oyster shells...

@ t seafood wholesale center

mum, mi n my neighbours

scare of the fishes tt might jump out

some of the seafood, seashells and poultry n even snakes can be found in the wholesale center

aft buying live fishes, scallop, prawns, crabs' eggs, oysters and 尿虾, we head to the fishing port behind the wholesale center for photo taking session

happily, we went to 渔家乐restaurant for dinner

passed the seafood we have bought to t chef to cook

dinner is ready!!

尿虾

枇杷鸭

steamed crabs' eggs

steamed scallops

hot-plate oyster

aft the very fulfilling dinner, we took a stroll @ the dried food wholesale center

dried products sold ther

Day 3

@ the market opp our hotel

we went 水果之家to choose and buy fruits

when i first stepped into the wet market, i almost vomited coz of the awful smell from the poultry..

we went to the necessities store to0...
posing with the broom for t cam to take..

2nd last pics: taking pic with the yellow shirt pri sch boi @ the bean curd pushcart
the last pic: a lil kid cutting the prawns

headed down to 莲花路to shop

@ the store along 莲花路 selling bags @ buy one get one free

went bac to our hotel n checked out from Golden Port Hotel

headed to Macau, Hotel Taipa by cab

the bridge tt link Macau n Zhu Hai

mi with two 牛角面包 in the hotel

aft some rest we headed to Venetian, the largest casino in Macau

the street tt leads to Venetian

local product shop wher nougats are sold

we bought several packets of them

the school

taken with one of the students ther, the principal is juz behind mi

this is the park tt we passed by

from left to right: mum, dad, kathy, aunt

from the park, we could c Venetian

did u noticed tt there are 4 black windows??

i believe its for Feng Shui purposes

conincidentally, we saw a wedding couple havin photo shoot ther

thus, i participated in the photo shoot for awhile t0o..haha..

cam whoring non-stop @ the park

photo taken by dad

the 2 RC members..

Macau 2007 II Asian Indoor Games

No right turn

Finally, we were inside Venetian @ the water fountain area

we entered the wrong entrance which is supposedly for VIPs onli

but we were lucky enough tt ther was a guy with t VIP card(onli allow to bring in 4 person) to bring us in

we entered the entrance with ppl opening the door for us

really felt like VIP..VERY IMPT PPL..haha... =p

when we were inside the shopping mall of Venetian, i took photo with the Red Devils

Gondola @ the Grand Canal

well, if u guys wanna go to Venetian, I advise everyone to go in Nov this yr wher the ohter 2 canals are open (Marco Polo Canal and St Lucas Canal)

I LOVE GOLD!!

the casino from top view

the damn big n nice toilet in GOLD colour

dad n mi having supper @ Red Dragon Noodles

my dad and i realli enjoyed taking night-scenes of Venetian in the middle of the night(ard 1++am)

well, these are the selected photos i have choosen to put up...

the whole view of Venetian fr afar...

The Venetian Macao~Resort~Hotel

water reflection..isnt it nice??

basically, on every trees ther, 2 speakers will be tied to it...
n classical songs are being played...

aft trying our luck @ the jackpots n Russian wheel, we left the place with a lil winning...

@ the guest entrance

in grp of 5, we walked bac to our hotel under the pitched-black sky...

Day 4

had our breakfast @ the eatery near our hotel...

tis was what i had...

macaroni soup, bread with iced milk tea...

we set off by taking bus 33 to Ruins of St Paul's, 大三巴牌坊...

ground painted in wave form patterns

St. Dominic's Church...

are u lost?? juz take a look @ the signboard...

the 5 ladies

tis is t muz go places of interest: Ruins of St Paul's

w0ow..the luggage is flying...

front n back..

tombs...

the description of the place

a v quite area wher the bones of the deads are placed...

eerie~~

climb up to the Ruins...

when i was up ther, i saw a few koreans throwing coins over their shoulders to make wishes...

thus, i followed suit...

i used too much strength n the coin dropped from wher i m to lvl 1..

duno is ani1 hurt?? Haha.. =x

then a korean guy saw it n commented tt im v powerful...

when i heard tt, i laughed...

t silliest thing is tt i didnt even make a wish when i threw tt onli coin on mi...

bird's eye view, t leaf-shaped building is the Casino Grand Lisboa Macau

woman: u r s handsome s this rose im givin u~~
man: o woman, im lovin' it!!

along the street @ Ruins of St Paul's we stopped by @ a pastry store selling almond biscuits...

the biscuits are vvvv tasty...

the process of making almond biscuits...

by putting t fillings into a mould n knocking them out...

photos taken with students...

aiant t boi cute??

@ the bus stop waiting for bus 3 to go to the nxt destination...

n i joked with my mum tt we are taking bus 3 to punggol...haha...

Kuan Yin Statue

capturing moments of joy with the statue

the macau tower from afar

aft tt 4 of us (my parents, kathy n mi) took cab to 黑沙滩 while florence n my aunt went bac to t hotel to gamble...

look!! the sand is black...

we rushed back to t hotel to check out...

took TR903 back to Singapore...

home sweet home...

overall, i found zhu hai n macau are very nice places to have holiday @...

as shoppin n eating are cheap...

for ur info...pls change to RMB if u ever go to zhu hai..

n 港币if u ever go to macau..

Sign Off, Ming Ming (^00^)