New Year Eve: The Venetian, Macau

Woke up early in the morning again, this time headed to a ferry terminal to take a ferry to Macau. Took the 9.30 am ferry. Arrived in Macau about 1 hour later. Thereafter there's the Venetian shuttle bus to the Hotel. It's kind of convenient now as there is a shuttle bus instead of having to find a transport ourselves. Again dumped our luggage there. There's really lots of people in the hotel that it feels like a shopping mall instead of a six-star hotel. Being hungry already, we have to hurry down to the famous Portuguese restaurant in Hac Sa 黑沙. This restaurant is immensely popular that if you are just slightly late, most probably you won't get a seat. We arrived on time and luckily there was still a table for us as the place is almost full. A few minutes later we would have to wait for a seat. The last time I was here, we ordered roasted ribs that was really good. This time I decided to go for their top dish which was roasted pig.

Very tasty. You get the crispy skin of the roast pig plus the succulent meat to satisfy your hungry for some pork meat. Highly recommend for those coming to Macau.

Yum yum.

Oh yes, did I forget to tell you that the Portuguese Egg Tart is a must have whenever you are near Hac Sa? Lowry's Bakery. Remember that. Went for egg tarts again as I never fail to have a craving for it whenever I'm in Macau.

After a good lunch, took bus 26A to 新马路 which where the 大三巴 is. Took a few christmas pictures there.

I got a fed up of people taking lousy shots of us so I decided to bring a tripod. It's a must for every overseas trip. For a clear shot, it's worth it.

In front of the church


This time managed to go inside to look at what artifacts in the church. Pretty uninteresting. There's even a crypt which I mistook it for the toilet! That's not the best place for you to take a piss.....


Outside 大三巴

Took bus 26A back to the Venetian to check in, as the venetian is sitting almost right in the middle of Cota Strip, it's quite convenient to take the public bus to the famous places. Oh and there seem to be no traffic lights for pedestrian crossing. It's just a zebra crossing, so it's either you cross or get banged by a car in China. Proceeded with checked in but the queue was long. Then some staff directed us to another checking counter which was across the GOD DAMN few football fields wide distance in the hotel. My girlfriend was really pissed, plus the counter told her that they did not have the room we booked. Lp gave them a good scolding till they finally got one room for us. This is the true face of a tigeress. Lp - 1, Venetian - 0. Come on, a six star hotel cannot even give us a decent service is not a six star hotel at all. It's more of a budget hotel service.


The hall


The hotel hall ceiling

Finally got our room so we could have a short rest. The room was really BIG.

The toilet with 2 personal sinks for each person


Nice bath tub!


Our Bed


The second lower floor


Lp's favorite spot


It's very spacious. There's even 2 televisions in the room. One at the bed, the other at the living space. There's also internet connection and a fax machine for working personnels.


After a short rest, walked out again to have dinner in Taipa 氹仔 area. Had Crab congee and fried frog legs.

Taste good. Especially there's the crab egg mixed in the congee


Frog legs. Nothing special other than it is deep fried.

After dinner, back to the Venetian for some shopping in the indoor shopping mall. The fake sky looks kind of nice. But still it's too fake. Oh the Gondola was nice as the boaters did really sing and they sang really well.

The Gondola, girls may gush at some cute ang mo guys


The fake sky


There was some festival going on for the countdown to New Year, but we were too tired to join in the festival. A nice warm bubble bath on New Year's Day was what we had. Ahhh so relaxing.....