Well another day is over and it turned out to be a fantastic one. After another early start (there were lights on at around 5.00am!) we headed out mid morning to catch the ferry to Macau. The trip across takes about an hour and is usually reasonably smooth. Today we had the odd rough spot, but nothing too serious.
We headed into the Venetian hotel (ok - and casino - are we ruining them for life?) to pick up our Cirque du Soleil tickets, and then got a bit of the local culture by heading into 'Old Macau' for the afternoon. Offers of Offal Curry or Brain Ball Soup for lunch were surprisingly turned down... and much to my horror we took the easy route and ended up in McDonalds. The boys were corrupted by Andrew...although he probably would have gone with the Offal Curry given a choice of anything we had seen. It smelled seriously good, and there was a long queue at the store which is always a good sign.
We then headed up to the Ruins of the Cathedral of St Paul and then up to the old Fort. The museum trip yesterday must have been a hit coz they asked to go into the Macau Museum that has been built up on the fort. It was not bad - especially as today was a 'no charge' day. Museums on this side of the world really are much better than I remember the NZ ones being. I tried to save your viewing time by instigating a 'no photo unless you know what it is' rule - it may have reduced slightly the number of photos that will return home - but not by much! Common description will be 'another old thing' :-)
We introduced them to dehydrated BBQ pork - Jordan liked it while Braden was convinced it smelt bad, and walked the busiest street we have had them on since they arrived. I am not sure they have ever seen a space so packed with bodies. We lost no-one and no-thing all day - we seem to be over the putting the camera down and walking away phase - so all was good...
4.40pm saw us entering the Cirque du Soleil theatre and awe took over. The theatre is custom made for Cirque, and really is spectacular. The show was great. Jordan sat beside Andrew and they stoically sat through the show in amazed silence. Braden sat beside me and I got the show with a running commentary. Those two sure do have different personalities :-). The trampoline finale took first prize as 'favorite act', closely followed by the recurring clowns and the trapeze artists. Well worth the effort to get to if you are ever in a city with a Cirque show.
Poor old Jordan exited the theatre with a bit of a tooth ache - that slightly wiggly one that wants to come out was giving him some trouble. All credit to him - he continued to smile and laugh at Andrews silly jokes, but was not feeling like eating, and was a bit dizzy on it - probably overtired in addition to the sore tooth. He and I left Andrew and Braden finishing their dinner and went to find a pharmacy. A nice does of Pamol did the trick and he bounced back enough to munch on a late night Croissant snack while waiting for the ferry back to HK.
I can now confirm for anyone who does not know that Jordan snores, and Braden sleeps with his mouth wide open like a guppy :-). There was a bit of sleeping went on in the Ferry and the last taxi leg home, but both managed to make it up the stairs, got their teeth cleaned and were asleep within 2 minutes of their heads hitting the pillow. Long may it last - jet lag is no fun!
A couple of photos to prove they were there - I'll get them to update their blogs in the morning before church
We headed into the Venetian hotel (ok - and casino - are we ruining them for life?) to pick up our Cirque du Soleil tickets, and then got a bit of the local culture by heading into 'Old Macau' for the afternoon. Offers of Offal Curry or Brain Ball Soup for lunch were surprisingly turned down... and much to my horror we took the easy route and ended up in McDonalds. The boys were corrupted by Andrew...although he probably would have gone with the Offal Curry given a choice of anything we had seen. It smelled seriously good, and there was a long queue at the store which is always a good sign.
We then headed up to the Ruins of the Cathedral of St Paul and then up to the old Fort. The museum trip yesterday must have been a hit coz they asked to go into the Macau Museum that has been built up on the fort. It was not bad - especially as today was a 'no charge' day. Museums on this side of the world really are much better than I remember the NZ ones being. I tried to save your viewing time by instigating a 'no photo unless you know what it is' rule - it may have reduced slightly the number of photos that will return home - but not by much! Common description will be 'another old thing' :-)
We introduced them to dehydrated BBQ pork - Jordan liked it while Braden was convinced it smelt bad, and walked the busiest street we have had them on since they arrived. I am not sure they have ever seen a space so packed with bodies. We lost no-one and no-thing all day - we seem to be over the putting the camera down and walking away phase - so all was good...
4.40pm saw us entering the Cirque du Soleil theatre and awe took over. The theatre is custom made for Cirque, and really is spectacular. The show was great. Jordan sat beside Andrew and they stoically sat through the show in amazed silence. Braden sat beside me and I got the show with a running commentary. Those two sure do have different personalities :-). The trampoline finale took first prize as 'favorite act', closely followed by the recurring clowns and the trapeze artists. Well worth the effort to get to if you are ever in a city with a Cirque show.
Poor old Jordan exited the theatre with a bit of a tooth ache - that slightly wiggly one that wants to come out was giving him some trouble. All credit to him - he continued to smile and laugh at Andrews silly jokes, but was not feeling like eating, and was a bit dizzy on it - probably overtired in addition to the sore tooth. He and I left Andrew and Braden finishing their dinner and went to find a pharmacy. A nice does of Pamol did the trick and he bounced back enough to munch on a late night Croissant snack while waiting for the ferry back to HK.
I can now confirm for anyone who does not know that Jordan snores, and Braden sleeps with his mouth wide open like a guppy :-). There was a bit of sleeping went on in the Ferry and the last taxi leg home, but both managed to make it up the stairs, got their teeth cleaned and were asleep within 2 minutes of their heads hitting the pillow. Long may it last - jet lag is no fun!
A couple of photos to prove they were there - I'll get them to update their blogs in the morning before church
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| Looking good beside the ruins of St Pauls |
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| Waiting at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the Fort |
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| Spectacular first act of Cirque - before we put our cameras down coz you miss too much of what is going on when trying to take pictures! |
Thats it for tonight....
Sonia
Oh dear, we thought we cured Jordan of snoring when he had his tonsils & adenoids removed (we don't hear him at home as he sleeps downstairs!) but clearly he is not cured. Hope you can sleep through it. Cirque du Soleil sounds amazing. Hope Jordan has no further dizzy spells :) Sandra
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