Off To Macau
After lunch, my cousin and I walked through this beautiful building: It immediately led us to a few elevators. Once we exited the elevator, our confusion grew because it brought us to an escalator to a shopping mall. Without hesitation my cousin and I went up the escalator and was greeted by a woman shouting “ferry to Macau?” as she gestured us to follow her. Before we knew it we were rushed to a counter where a man held tickets to our next adventure.
Despite the dreariness of the grey sky, we were still able to get onto the ferry. While enjoying our ride, I tried to look outside and saw rain drops splatting on the window. The dark choppy water surrounded our little ferry boat. The wind slowly pushed against us, which led us to rock back and forth. I felt a little anxiety waiting for us to reach land, but it wasn’t going to ruin my day. After about an hour sailing through the South China Sea, we were greeted by a little bit of sunshine poking through the clouds with the sight of Macau in front of us.
As soon as we got off the ferry, my cousin and I knew exactly where we would go first: The Macau Tower. Shortly after leaving the terminal doors, we jumped into line for a cab. “Macau Tower,” I said while pointing at the map and the driver immediately took off. Driving through Macau, the streets were filled with lights, casinos, and resorts. The atmosphere seemed familiar, it felt like Las Vegas’s distant little brother.
Nearing the tower, we could see people bungee jumping off of it. This was the exact reason why my cousin and I headed to the tower in the first place: To jump off. My cousin looked at me nervously and said, “oh shit” as I gave her the look of uncertainty.
I’m not going to lie, but once we entered The Macau Tower, I changed my mind in a heart beat. My cousin convinced me to do the jump with her, aside from my slight terror, the price of the jump caused me to back out. Instead I went to the top of the tower and enjoyed the view.
I stood on the top of the tower with a 360 degree view of this city I still have yet to explore. As the sun started fade, these fluffy charcoal clouds started to move in. My hair blowing in my face, I stared out the window with my big brown eyes, took a deep breath and couldn’t help the nostalgia of something incredible about to happen overcome my body.
I might have not jumped that day, but Macau, I’m coming back for you.
I imagine this will be me when I eventually get to dubai and bungee jump!
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I didn’t do the jump because I’ll be doing a low budget RTW dolor trip for a few years and I compared what the price of the jump would get me else where. So if you have the budget for it, absolutely do it!
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The view isn’t as good upside down anyways
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And I believe the jump in Dubai is higher!
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Sounds exciting!
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Thank you for stopping by! 🙂
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Did you try the Macau pork chop bun (piggy bun)? They’re delicious! You should definitely check out Tai Lei Loi Kei (大利來記).
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I did not! Is it similar to the pork steam buns in China? Now I really have to go back, but I did try the jerky around the Portuguese district. Super yummy!
Thank you for stopping by! 🙂
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Thanks for the visit! Love that you have a diary of all your adventures :)!!! Enjoy Macau x
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Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
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I did a jump in Queenstown New Zealand in -4 weather… Will always stay wit me hehe
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I did a jump in Peru and loved it. So disappointed I didn’t jump in Macau.
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Great blog and really interesting take on travel (and FOOD!). Have you been to Lebanon yet? You will definitely get both- the food and the travel experience, lots of interesting site seeing places (plus the sea) (and the sun for 90 % of the year!). Will keep an eye on your blog for more interesting posts.
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I have not! I’d like to go! I think it would be so much food. I love Mediterranean food, so it would be an experience! Thank you for stopping by! 🙂
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Yes it will be sooo much food…Specially if you’re lucky enough to have lunch at a Grandma’s house on a Sunday. She won’t let you go before she makes sure you’re stuffed like a potato. But it is a good thing before the food is good (and they say mediterranean food is healthy ^^)..
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I would love to learn recipes from someone’s grandma. That’s where the heart and the culture is. 🙂
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True!
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Hey, thanks for liking my post in my blog. I also visited Macau way back 2012. Here is my post, http://bit.ly/chineseescapade . You might want to check it out. Macau is really a nice place Mix of Chinese & Portuguese culture. Food are the best and the place is cozy. Anyway, thanks again! More power to all us who blog!
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I’ll check it out. Thank you for stopping by! I really loved Macau when I went!
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Thanks for catching up with me between your travels. You write so well. And I enjoy your destinations — your blog really is very interesting!
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I hope you really enjoy it enough to continue to read it. I’ll have lots to write about soon. I finally depart for my RTW trip soon. Thank you for stopping by!
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