Travel Log: Under the Pale Grey Sky (Day 4)

Previous Day: Hong Kong Disneyland

Destination: Hong Kong & Macao

Duration: 9 Days 8 Night (Nov 24~Dec 02, 2018)

Day 4: A Transit Day to Macao with more Foodsssss

We bought the Ferry ticket to Macao from Klook departing from China Ferry Terminal. The terminal was around 15 mins walk away from Alohas Hostel but we were terribly confused. The terminal did not look like a ‘terminal’ and in fact is located inside a shopping mall (中港城). We kept asking around on the terminal location even though we were right outside that terminal building! We could see a lot of tourists were confused as well. We wasted a lot of time on this.. :(

Looking for the Terminal.... It's actually just inside that 中港城!!!

The security pointed us to walk inside the car park to use the lift to get to the terminal. Once we were inside, we realised that we should’ve just walked into the shopping mall instead like an hour ago which would bring us to the same location. *facepalm* We went to the counter to exchange our Klook voucher to the actual ticket before rushing to the gate for our departure. The Klook return tickets costed around RM413 for 2A1C with 10% off promo code.

Ended up walking into the car park area!!!

To get to the lift to get INSIDE the MALL!!! Seriously!

Exchanging our Klook Ticket for Ferry tickets...

Getting through immigration immediately... 

Our Gate was at the end!!!

The View from the Gate...

Our TurboJet

The ride took around an hour and lil one got seasick and I was feeling uncomfortable even after eating some seasickness pill. We finally stepped off the TurboJet and walked to the bus terminal to get free ride to Hotel Lisboa (It's opposite the terminal). Those hotels with gambling services always have free shuttle to cater the tourists (gamblers) from the pier. After reaching Hotel Lisboa, we took a 15mins walk to Hotel Metropole which was located near Senado Square.

Getting into our Ride...

Seasick!!!

We are almost there!

Free Shuttle!!!

Fancy Hotels!

We finally managed to get to Hotel Metropole without getting lost and we were famished albeit still reeling from seasickness! We quickly googled some recommended restaurants around the area and chose one of the nearest since we had no energy to venture far for a meal.

Lil one posing during Check-in

Our Room!!!

Free Mineral Water.. LOL!!!

Bathroom

No Bathtub though

Some Toiletries..

We ended up at Chan Kong Kei Restaurant (陳光記飯店) which was famed for their roasted items. The restaurant was quite small and cramped full of patrons. We were stuck at a corner table and ordered the roasted duck rice, BBQ pork & roasted pork rice along with a wonton rice spaghetti. For us the roasted items were just alright whereas the wonton soup was just passable as it had a chemical taste like all the wonton noodle in HK. Lil one seemed to be fond of their BBQ pork though. :p

It's time for a late lunch!!!

Looks Promising!

Menu!!!

Roasted Duck Rice, BBQ Pork & Roasted Pork Rice, Wonton Rice Spaghetti...

Rain was pouring after we finished our meal and hb was determined to get to one of the famous bakeries around the corner. We walked through one of the small alley and there was when the smell hit us! The aroma of freshly baked Portuguese tart!!! It seemed like we actually stumbled upon Margaret's Cafe e Nata by accident. People were eating the egg tarts by standing at the alley with their umbrella – that was how alluring the egg tart was! We quickly queued and managed to get 6 piping hot egg tarts for ourselves and we were quite lucky to get a table at the alley to avoid the rain. Each of us wolfed down 2 egg tarts eventhough we just finished our late lunch! Lil one even adamantly pointed out after looking at us finishing 2 egg tarts each whilst she was still on her 1st: “The remaining 1 egg tart is mine! Don’t eat my egg tart!”

Look at the Crowds!!!

Our 1st Portuguese Egg Tart Experience in Macao!

Oh my!!!! This looks amazing!!!

Finishing 6 egg tarts right outside the shop!!!

After much delay, we finally got to our original destination of Elysee bakery – famed for their authentic French pastries. We grabbed some Palmiers & Pain au Chocolat on the go in case lil one wanted some snack later. The rain kept pouring heavily thus we’d decided to get back to the hotel for some R&R.

The Famous Elysee Bakery...

French Pastries anyone?

A lot of Eateries in the Alley which we never had the chance to try...

The seasickness pill earlier seemed to catch up with me and totally knocked me out in the hotel whereas hb & lil one continued their journey at night under the rain to the Ruins of St Paul! They quickly found out that the street was full of eateries and proceeded to buy tons of foodssss back to the hotel! Gosh!!! We had the curry fishball, more wontons & one of the famous pork chop bun from Sing Lei Cha Chaan Teng (勝利茶餐室). Not to mention they bought back another 6pcs of Portuguese egg tart from Koi Kee (鉅記餅家)!!! *facepalm*

Lil one accompanying Daddy when Mommy is out sick....

Senado Square in the rain...

Barely anyone there due to the rain...

Care for some Pork Chop Bun?

Koi Kee is EVERYWHERE!!!

No one at Ruins of St Paul!!!

A View from Ruins of St Paul...

Getting more Foodsssss!!!

My favourite was definitely the curry fish ball from some unknown stall. The pork chop bun was quite dry, super oily & hard to bite whereas the wonton was just passable. The egg tart from Koi Kee was certainly not up to par to Margaret’s!!! Thus this ended our 1^st day in Macao where we all fell into a food coma after all the heavy meals. =P 

Supper? See how Oily that Pork Chop Bun is!

More Egg Tarts!

Definitely nowhere near as good as Margaret's...

Next Day: A Long Walking Day in Macao

Travel Log: Under the Pale Grey Sky (Day 3)

Previous Day: A Freezing Day at Lantau Island

Destination: Hong Kong & Macao

Duration: 9 Days 8 Night (Nov 24~Dec 02, 2018)

Day 3: A Day in HK Disneyland

After having luncheon meat bun as breakfast, we took MRT to get to Disneyland to utilize our Buy 2 free 2 Klook Disneyland tickets! Yay! We also bought some meal combo ticket from Klook with discounted price. As usual, the train to Disneyland was furnished with Mickey Mouse window & handles to bring out your inner child! 

The Famous Mickey Mouse Window

Mickey Mouse Handles

Sammy & his ancestor!

Since our Klook tickets consisted of 4 adult tickets, we were looking for people to share the tickets at the entrance. Thankfully we were not caught by the police for illegal soliciting! A couple agreed to share the ticket with us and basically they bought 1 child ticket for lil one and paid us another HKD500. So we all got a good deal as a normal HK Disneyland ticket cost HKD619. The couple paid ~HKD960 for 2 Adults whereas we only paid ~HKD700 for 2 adults & 1 kid.

Arriving at Disneyland..

Looking for potential 'clients'!

The Klook QR code enabled us to enter Disneyland without an actual ticket but we had to exchange the Klook meal voucher at the counter for actual ticket. Our 1^st stop was at Iron Man experience with cheeky 4D ride. Why was there no Loki? He is a Disney Prince too!!! *pout*

Finally getting inside...

Giant Christmas Tree!!!

At the Main street... Note the Castle is under renovation...

Lost Children!

1st Iron Man experience...

Hello Iron Man!!!

Our Ride...

Waiting to get in...

Lil one & hb then went on the Hyperspace Mountain ride when I was enjoying popcorn outside. Thankfully I didn’t try the ride as both mentioned it was scary and too much spins… we then went in for a Disney Storytelling shows with lots of famous Disney characters with a scary story of Olaf falling apart... OMG! =P

Looking Brave huh...

Not anymore...

Storytelling Show with Olaf falling apart... Scary huh?

SmallWorld ride was another ride we got on which reminded me of Chucky! Imagine the lil dolls came alive and started chasing you with knife! *Imagination overloaded* We also rode the Cinderella Carousel and managed to get the fast pass for Winnie the pooh before getting our lunch at the foodcourt. The foodcourt queue was long so we needed to eat them in a very rushed manner to get on our Winnie the Pooh fast pass ride. We ordered mix grill and a kid’s meal using our meal voucher and the food were alright.

It's a Scary Smallworld!

Let's go through the Chucky experience!

OMG! So many potential Chucky!!!

Or like lil says: 恐佈的法囯娃娃!!!

We survive the ride!!!

Very nice Castle though!

King Arthur!!! NOT!

At the Foodcourt

So CUTE!!!

Our Food Tickets

Menu

Mix Grill

Kid's Meal

Winnie the Pooh Ride

Heard this has the longest queue of all attractions...

We also visited Fairy Tale Forest before going to the Parade. It was a typical Disneyland Parade with lots of dancing & cute Disney characters. After the Parade we rushed to the Lion King show – definitely the best show in the whole day here.

Lil one & her Jumbo...

At Fairytale Forest

Parade Time!

Buzz Light year!!!

My Favourite Dr Evil Porkchop!

Yet another show...

Lion King!

With lots of Fake Animals.. =P

We walked around the area after the show and took our time to take pictures. The sky was getting dark so we had some rides at Mystic Manor and some other attraction before the Christmas parade again in the main street. It was really a tired day full of entertainment. 

Wanted

Mystic Manor - heard this is the only one in the world

Oh dear... Toy Story again!

The Control Car!

Inside the Mystic Manor

Night time now...

Light Show at Main Street

Mickey & Minnie Christmas Special...

The Light-up Christmas Tree

A view from the top...

Night Parade

A long long day...

Sammy & Mickey

We were so tired until we did not have any energy to go dinner so we ended up with 7-11 food and our beloved Breadtalk buns. The fried rice was actually not bad with lots of salted fish chunks!

Dinner...

Next Day: A Transit Day in Macao with Foodssss