Trip to Macau, Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong (Nov/Dec 2008) - Part 3

We were subsequently brought to the Wynn Casino, which is not too far a distance from here. Besides taking a quick look around the casino, we enjoyed a 15 minutes show at the centre court of the casino building.

We subsequently proceeded to the Mazhu Temple or better known as the ‘A-Ma Temple’. This temple existed before the city of Macau came into being and is an exemplary representation of the Chinese culture inspired by Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and multiple folk beliefs.



The main highlights of our trip to Macau are of course the visit to the reknown ‘Venetian Macau Resort’. This 5-stars hotel is huge! There are lots of lots of shopping in this spacious complex and branded boutiques are aplenty here, you name you got it. But the most notable feature is of course, the sky-look-alike ceiling of the building. Indeed a jaw-dropping experience, so hard to describe until you see it for yourself. No wonder it is dubbed the building that never sleeps because there is never a night in here. A must experience location when you next visit Macau, never mind even if you do not gamble.

As for local delicacies in Macau, we tried the infamous Portuguese Egg Tarts. Absolutely fantastic but too bad, we can bring them back to Malaysia to share with you guys. However, we brought back some Almond cookies.

Before the night ends, we crossed over the Chinese border and stayed overnight at the Guangdong Regency Hotel in the city of Zhuhai. A tiring first day, I quickly dozed off the moment coming into contact with the bed.

Zhuhai overlooks Hong Kong over the sea and borders with Macau on land. Occupying an area of 7,653 sq km, among which 1,687 sq km are land area, it has coastal line of 691 km and has 146 islands, thus winning the name of ‘City of one hundred islands’. Its population is over 1.4 million. We started our day 2 with a breakfast at the upper floor of the hotel’s revolving restaurant. Too bad, we understood that it is only revolving in the afternoon and evening, what a timing! Nevertheless, I took some snapshots giving a bird’s eyes view of the Zhuhai city.