Macao where both my souls felt like home

Macao where both my souls felt like home

Does it reminds you to an other famoust city?  It should!

Today I visited Macao, I think this was the pick of my trip. This place is a mix between latin culture and Chinese, thanks to the Portuguese influence, so I felt back home and back in Mainland China in the same moment. The old houses small corridors were romantic and nice to explore. Here I easily found a local food place where no one spoke English.:) Ok they did have a translated menu, but at the end of the day I picked something similar to my neighbor. Do not ask me what was it, but it was quite good.

I had a plan to eat in a famoust restaurant back at Hong Kong the so called Tim Ho Wan at the IFC center, but I think I am OK for today . Maybe I will get a dessert there, I will see.

What else I found here, Macao is full with vendors of traditional Chinese medicine. I felt pity for the sharks, and for those who drink a tea made out of worms or see horse. This island is also famous of its soft ginger candy. Last year in mainland I ate their hard version, so it was a must to try its soft alternative.

It was fun to get lost here and just try to feel the direction... I love this feeling, although I got lost too many times that made my trip longer than I planned. Never mind, in return, I got HK view by night from the ferry.

Of course if you visit this island you should also visit the casinos. It is a must! So I went to the one that imitates Venice. It was funny to see a local gondoliere singing an Italian remade love song. It had nothing to do with the original version…
but at least he was funny.

Why I need to come back here? I wished to purchase a Macao Starbucks mug, (do not ask me why I am collecting them! I do not even like their coffee :p) but since none of my credit card worked (again) I took only the Hong Kong one, also because that looked much better. :)

And one more thing... I am not sure if it exists at all, but I wanted to have a dinner in an old place like James Bond visited. I got the feeling of that scene by walking trough this Island, but one day if I return here I would like to find it actually.

Ps: it is good to skip one thing in each trip to have an excuse to return. I always do that!