Ola Macau and Zhuhai
I was away at Macau and Zhuhai for the 4 days Raya break. Well, the first day wasn’t that fun because the direct AirAsia flight to Macau was full (yeah, late booking!) so we flew to Shenzhen instead and took a ferry to Macau. 3 ala carte rice+meat and 3 drinks costs us RMB255, alittle cuckoo the pricing but what the heck, we were hungry.
Once we reached Macau, we patiently waited for a cab and it was me and my mom hopping into the cab first while the men loaded the luggages. I told the cab driver "President hotel" and he mumbled back something similar which I nodded. I’ve studied Macau map while waiting for the cab so I knew the hotel is just 5-10 minutes away from the ferry terminal and it should cost no more than 40HKD. But then the cab driver took the island bridge and went across to another island, Taipa island and it was then I thought he’s taking us for a ride and at one time, I doubted my map reading skills. But I saw the new Venetian hotel, it was breathtaking, and I saw many other nice casino hotels, so I didn’t bother about the cab driver taking us for a ride. But the taxi meter soon surpassed 90HKD and he stopped us at Westin hotel! I told the cab driver we wanted to go to PRE-SI-DENT Hotel and he replied in cantonese "Yeah, I know u said WAI-SI-TEN" It was then I realised he misunderstood my words and WAI-SI-TEN in cantonese means Westin hotel! I was speechless and was struggling to comprehend what’s President in Cantonese called? Lucky my dad was there to rescue, (now I see the consequences of being a ‘banana’ haha…I should learn my language well). And I should add that the word president in cantonese sounds nothing like PRE-SI-DENT. The taxi ride cost us about 150HKD at the end, what a mistake.
Macau is like a smaller version of Las Vegas, so many casinos but doesn’t attract me at all, I went in to Lisboa casino just to lose 70HKD and then I’ve completed my purpose in Macau. Haha. Boy, I must say the prostitute business is such an open thing there, the girls are everywhere parading themselves and giving away their business cards. They are pretty but after seeing so many of them, on the streets, in the casinos, outside the hotels, I felt alittle uneasy about it. I mean, why would any girls do such thing and be proud of it (well, at least they looked like that from what I see). It further annoyed me when I see men walking behind the prostitutes towards a small hotel/motel. Uncomfortable and speechless…
Zhuhai was shopping paradise, lets not mention how many things I’ve bought over there and a meal with 4 dishes and rice only cost us RMB59. How cheap is that?!
Many more experience but not going to blab everything here. Worth going to both Macau and Zhuhai and in case some of you have no clue where Zhuhai is, it’s part of China and it’s walking distance from Macau to Zhuhai. Até a vista Macau!
