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Tupas in 澳門 and 香港 ♥

Posted by itsmekikay at 6:33 PM

The Macau/HK trip was my first time abroad with my brother Fourth and cousins. Going places is definitely way more fun with family and relatives--especially with cousins whom you grew up with. It's so unfortunate though that my brother and I only got to spend three full days with them... we had to leave right away for work and school. Although it was a very short vacay... it was definitely an action/adventure-packed weekend.


The night we first arrived in Macau, we just dropped off our stuff in my cousin's place and went strolling around the busy and colorful city right away. We were all giddy and excited (read us noisy and rowdy) like typical tourists. What made it more fun was the company of my cousins.


We then dined in around the Fisherman's Wharf area for the Bisperas of Jem's birthday. Spicy sea food plus some meaty meal was heaven. We were home past midnight. Since it was gonna be a really short vacay for me and Fourth, we all had to wake up early -- to make the most out of our stay there.

Spent the entire morning touring around San Malo.



As I'd expected, the streets were pretty crowded; it was so surreal. I felt like I was in some Chinese movie or something. What made it more grand was when we finally got to the end of the narrow streets of San Malo -- Saint Paul's Ruins awaited us. It was such a sight to behold!



Surprisingly enough, even with the moseying in the morning, we still had the energy to climb up the summit of the Macau Peninsula.


My crazy cousin Jem (our tour guide) didn't warn us about what we were getting ourselves into. Let me rephrase that. She didn't warn us about what SHE was getting us into. It was a real climb, which reminded me of my Pulag climb! (And there we thought that it was just going to be another easy mosey.) It was really just fortunate for Jem that the A-Ma Temple at the summit was majestic--she eventually got spared from all the foreseeable whining. Anyway, according to Wikipedia, it "is one of the oldest and most famous Taoist temples in Macau."


The temple was really beautiful with some Chinese traditional music in the background making it more uncanny. When I was there standing at the center of the temple, it wasn't difficult to imagine Jacky Chan or Jet Li flying over my head with daggers and some red Chinese silk drapery like those seen in Chinese action movies.


After marveling at the majestic and culture-filled temple, it was such a relief to know that there were shuttles that we could take that'd take us down the foot of the hill. hehehe


As if we weren't tired enough... when we arrived home we were told to rest for only a few hours, we still had to celebrate Jem's birthday! As if my feet weren't hurting enough already, we dressed up, wore killer heels, and went bar hopping and partying around town. The city was grand at night. The city lights were fabulous and so were we!




Next Stop: Disneyland! Two countries in three days! Awesome, right?!?




Best Disneyland experience ever. I have been to Disneyland USA in LA but this time it's more fun, awesome and memorable... simply because I was with my brother and my cousins. We were on fire! It seemed as if we were transported years back when we'd all get together in one of our living rooms and do some Disney movie marathon! We realized that although we all seem to have "grown" up, we're still those same kids who used to hangout in our Lolo and Lola's bedroom watching cartoons and having fun bullying each other.

Sigh.

It was all so nostalgic. While strolling around Disneyland, we'd reminisce about those days of ol'.

The night ended perfectly with the impressive and splendid fireworks display. My Tita and I were both teary-eyed. It was so surreal being there with everyone... well, almost but not quite.



I wish I could tell you more... but I've gotta start writing my dissertation. (lol)


Anyway, we are all definitely going back... and there's definitely gonna be more of us! Yay! xox

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