On WEDNESDAY we took a one hour ferry to the island of Macau. The ride was very choppy! Macau is half historical ruins, churches and museums and half wannabe Vegas. I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone who plans on visiting Hong Kong. The ferry was expensive and you have to bring your passport and go through customs. Transportation was not as accessible as Hong Kong and we were lost for the first hour we were on the island. We did eventually figure out where the Senate Square was, which was the starting point of a walking tour I wanted to do. The travel book a friend loaned us had a detailed walking tour that led us to various churches, gardens, ruins and an old fort. Here are some pictures. You can see the Portugese influence in the architecture. All the churches were catholic and you could go right in and take pictures, quite beautiful actually.
A side street off to the side of senate square.
This is a picture of the churches we went into. Really beautiful. All the churches were painted pastel colours with white trim. They were maintained remarkably well. The kids actually really liked visiting the churches. I think they were comforted by the familiarity. They understood what the statues were and the beliefs that were associated.
This was the last stop on the walking tour. The ruins of St.Paul.
We spent all day on Macau and then took the ferry home. We were exhausted.
