Up early to go to the American International School with Sarah. The faces of the kids were familiar after skyping, we settled into writing and assisted when needed. They were very happy to have visitors. We watched them go swimming in the school's swimming pool then Sarah took us for a tour around. We gave the children our gifts then set off to the Kowloon Tong station to go back to Central. Took a taxi to the ferry terminal and set of to Macau. We finally boarded the jet ferry after Andrew went through customs, ready to board when he realized that he had left his ticket at the departure station where he had been filling in his form. So up stairs, running back through customs and then down again, we were last on board but we made it. The journey was a bit rough but we survived, glad for an hour to rest in the air-conditioning.
Macau is famous for its fishing fleets and its casinos. The casinos are elaborate and huge, they dominate the landscape. We walked to the centre of the city from the terminal then checked the maps. We decided to investigate the old Portuguese precincts. These were very European and Catholic, some very interesting buildings.
From there we walked to the Maritime Museum which told of Macau's fishing history. Nearby was a very ancient temple. The A-Ma temple was built in 550AD http://lostdetails.typepad.com/photos/macau/index.html
this shows some interesting photos. This was the only Chinese style building we saw after hours of walking and looking around. We bought some Portuguese Egg Tarts to take back for Sarah they were delicious! Then we took a taxi back to the ferry. This time we were awake and had a window seat, the views were worth it.
After a little rest we went to the Waygu Bar and met many of Sarah's Hong Kong family. We had a great night, lots of fun.
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Well here goes another try. Sunday and more lovely rain over night. Happy Birthday for last week. Your exploration sounds great. Must be so good seeing Sarah and getting a glimpse into her new life. Keep well and I hope your feet hold out. Merrilyn
ReplyDeleteHere goes again.. The two of you certainly are sending us fantastic descriptions of your experiences.. It must have been great to be with Sarah at the school and the night markets sound fun.Food also! Raining Here! Look after your feet.
ReplyDeletewow Leslee you are keen going to school on your holidays - sounds great - guess you can't help yourself
ReplyDeletei am looking forward to the holidays - i am now an accomplished ( she says tongue in cheek ) movie maker - it only took me about 200 hours to create 2, 5 minute movies - but i am very skilled in everything that can possibly go wrong and i learnt some new swear words along with my multi media skills - cheers