Another day trip we made was to the island Macau, which was a Portuguese settlement. It has since turned into the Asian Las Vegas, and I mean these casinos are enormous!! And they line the ocean, but we steered clear of those and tried to hit the historic areas. It was quite a different experience then we'd seen so far.
We are waiting for the boat. It seriously looked like we were on an airplane and they had to check our passports and everything.
Dustin excited about our little trip and the awesome boat ride ahead of us. I have to admit that I hadn't yet given up on the pink dolphins and kept an eye out, but I guess it just wasn't my day.
Here is the boarder into China!!
So we got on the right bus to head to the city center where all the historic areas are, but we got on the bus going the wrong direction and they made us get off at the end of the line, so we decided to walk across the peninsula. We found all sorts of fun things, and hiked a lot, and got really sweaty....
Here we are finally getting a bit more on course....A cannon.
Dustin feels manly with cannons.
At the top of one of the hills we climbed and trying to figure out where we were going. Our map wasn't the greatest.
We found nice parks all over the city and I thought the bush teddy bears were cute.
We finally made it to the lighthouse!! I was a bit excited!! We sure did get a workout though!
Such a pretty view.
It was so interesting to see the European architecture in Asia.
Dustin again with the manly cannon.
Dustin trying to jump off quickly because a security guard came around the corner.
So we still didn't now exactly how to get to the city center where the church ruins were and so Dustin walked up to the security guard and busted out his Mandarin. You should have seen the face this guy gave him!! It was like, first I have no clue what you are saying, remember this is a Portuguese settlement, and then he seemed to do a double take because Mandarin was the last thing he expected to come out of a white boys mouth. But he was actually very helpful and we were off!!
I really liked the architecture.
This bush was a dragon and the body snaked around next to the walkway. It was super awesome.
These are the ruins of St Paul in Macau. This front facade is all that stands, with come of the crypt and foundation excavated around it. It was built in the 1500s and the rest was destroyed by a fire in 1835. It was crazy to see that the whole facade was preserved but nothing else.
Here is the back of the facade and what is now holding up the structure.
This was right next to St Pauls, I was excited to see the juxtaposition of the European ruins and the Asian.
These are some of the buildings that were in the shopping center if you walked just down from the ruins.
A palm tree just to remind you that we're not in Europe.
And the lotus flowers to show some Asian flare.
It was a nice trip, but we were tired and ready to go home after this. After it took us awhile to find a place to eat that wasn't a food stand or deep fried. Thank goodness for all the granola bars we brought with us!!
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