Macau Day 2by Brianin Macauon Posted on September 10, 2015October 15, 2019 Day 2 was spent visiting some of the more popular tourist sites... It started with trying to catch the local bus.... I picked the right number bus however in the wrong direction, so I was made to get off after only 3 or so stops in the wrong direction, and had to get back on when it started going North again (I had to pay again too....) Eventually I made it in the right direction and the first stop was Kun Iam Temple... supposedly one of the top three Buddhist temples in Macau It was quite empty... and honestly did not seem that inspiring... but I'm not an expert here Since I had my fill of the local bus system, I decided to walk back towards the Macau Museum. On the way, I stopped by a local grocery store just to check prices out of curiosity. Of course one of the first things to hit me where these evil gigantic durian! Ugh... Spam is always a good baseline to compare to... the exchange rate at the time was about 7/1USD And I try to picture what it would be like to live here And here... Made it to the museum.... I ended up not actually going into the actual museum because the map didn't seem that interesting. Instead I went to the rooftop or fort area to check out the view The other side of the water there is mainland China. You could probably hit a golf ball from shore to shore it's so close. As mentioned before, it used to be some kind of fort... that is the Grand Lisboa hotel again. Ducked in out of the sun to grab some water from this little café Café on the left Ruins of St. Paul's is right next to the museum so that was the next stop Just another touristy thing to see I suppose... only the front of the building remains Little snack shops near the ruins Pork chop bun, with (surprise) bone-in, and of course, a bubble drink The good thing is, there are so many of these stores around offering free samples, I didn't have to buy any haha... couldn't take back to Japan anyway The evil durian king Probably the second most touristy area, Largo do Senado Cool streets Relaxed in the square for a while, then headed back to the hotel to rest One of the fancier meals on the trip, Portuguese seafood rice at Temptations in the Starworld hotel. Recommended by CNN travel and very delicious. Only downside is that the waiter asked me which of four different types of water I wanted and I didn't know what he was talking about so I told him, just plain, clean tap water was fine hehe At night I walked around the various casino's and major hotels. Couldn't take many pictures so these are what I have from lobby's and what not. People compare Macau to Vegas, and while a couple of the hotels are on par, I think it is far from being like the strip I believe this was in the Wynn One of the nicer hotels To be continued! FacebookTweetPinPrint