2009 Hong Kong and Macau Trip

Got to travel to Hong Kong and Macau! I love Hong Kong because they have a great transportation system. Just get a map and you wouldn't get lost. So far they have one of the best airports in the world. I wasn't able to make an itinerary for this trip because our family is used to Hong Kong so we just decided on what to do when we got there. We haven't gone to Disneyland and Macau, so that was basically what we planned. Go to those places and go shopping the rest of our trip. 

Macau Day Tour from Hong Kong

Macau's St. Paul Ruins

Got to travel to Macau! We were in Hong Kong for 5 days so we decided to visit Macau for a day. It's very cheap and convenient to travel from Hong Kong to Macau by a ferry boat.  Others say that a day is already enough to explore Macau but at the end of my trip, I personally think that it isn't really enough. If you want to visit most of Macau's top tourist destinations, 2 to 3 days is more than enough. One of the places that you should visit and have a photo taken is Macau's Ruins of St. Paul. This church is one of the most iconic and well known places in Macau. Lots of tourists take a photo of this church, so I suggest that you should be here early.

Fisherman's Wharf, Macau

Roman Inspired Area

Got to travel to Fisherman's Wharf, Macau! This is one of the places in Macau you couldn't miss. This is the first theme park of Macau, while walking around you wouldn't feel that you are in Macau. Some of the buildings are European inspired, some are Chinese inspired and Middle East inspired and even Roman inspired buildings. I enjoyed walking around and taking pictures of different sceneries. And it's all free. They have lots of other attractions in the area but we weren't really able to see the whole Fisherman's Wharf because we only had  a day in Macau so we had to be quick. 

Las Vegas Hotels in Macau

MGM Grand Hotel Lion Statue

Got to travel to Macau and see some famous Vegas hotels! We were only on a day trip in Macau so we were able to go to just 4 hotels. What I loved about hotel hopping in Macau is that they have free shuttle services between these 5 star hotels. So they really offer convenient transportations for tourists who wants to see and visit there big hotels. First we went to MGM Grand Hotel. We didn't go inside anymore, just passed by and took some pictures. 

Venetian Hotel in Macau

Venetian Hotel View While Inside the Bus

Got to travel to The Venetian Hotel and Resort in Macau! What I hated about my visit there? I lost HK$500 in 10 minutes! There casino's minimum bet are very high. Anyway, the place is big. You can really feel you're in Venice. The sealing at the center are realistically painted looking like clouds. There are many performers scattered in the shopping areas inside. We weren't able to ride the gondola, but I will sure try it next time. There shopping area is big and luckily they have a sale when we were there.

Hong Kong Disneyland, My First Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland Entrance

Got to travel to Hong Kong Disneyland! This is my first visit to a disneyland theme park so I was very excited. Who doesn't love disney characters right? I grew up seeing so many disney characters and I haven't seen a live mickey mouse before. And I was excited for the fireworks as well, which they say was spectacular. We didn't bought tickets online in advance so we had to fall in line to buy tickets. I suggest buy tickets online! took us 30 minutes or more and we were early by the way.