Daytime Sightseeing in Macau

Saturday morning, on our last day in Macau, we ventured to an area on the south island called Taipa Village. Again, had a lot of Portuguese influence, and had been around for many many years. The unique part was that all these billion dollar casino resorts are popping up all around this village, and so you have this old buildings, and right behind them are these huge high rises and gaudy exteriors.

I had to have Daniel take this picture of me next to their city park benches- they are a tiny people! lol

There were many temples in this area of the city, and we weren't sure what religion it was- turns out that there are many religions on the island; Taoist, Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, and the temples and churches are in all areas of the city as they would be in a modern western city. The temples we most noticed were the Taoist temples because they had their doors open, and were burning this big incense coils that created a beautiful cloud of smoke, and created what I would call a "holy" smell. The temples have large holes in the roof to let out the smoke- and one in particular had so much smoke leaving it, the building looked like it was on fire!

I am so glad that Daniel was here this week because I would never have ventured out to find all these cool villages, and sites! He even stumbled upon a Michelen stared restaurant that was even recommended by the Louis Vuitton travel guide! We had lunch there on Saturday and it was aaaaamazing. I had the best steak in a very long time, and wine before 1pm- great time! Saturday night, Daniel and I packed up our things- and found ourselves in the lobby of the hotel before we knew it- saying our goodbyes. He was flying out of Macau back to Columbus, and I was taking the ferry over to Hong Kong to fly to Singapore. What a great week, both professionally for me (the store opened to great reviews, on time, and staff smiling and trained), but also having Daniel there with me. It definitely made this 18 days trip much more bearable having him here for 1/2 of it. :-)