18th –
29th January Shanghai, macau, Shenzhen
Went to work the
next day, looks like I was a bit drunk last night, sore head and stomach etc.
not much need for me to be there, but then they gave me a birthday cake a
champagne, how sweet!
Met up with Fei on the Saturday and went to a
jewellery collection opening, its romantic for upcoming valentines day, the
necklaces put together spell love and the rings and earrings look like side
profiles of people kissing, its sweet. The boutique itself was cool, with
international designers, some really nice bags and jewellery. The company was
called TOAK Two of a Kind, with the collection called OOAK one of a kind. Was a
nice day. Its been sooo cold in shanghai, its went down to -6 during the day!
People in the north have been throwing water and its been freezing mid air.
澳门
Got my flight to
Shenzhen on Sunday night,Still cold in
Shenzhen but at least in the positives, his house was freezing, we got the boat
over to macau, an hour long journey around 1.30pm. we got a bus to JW.Marrriot, its
beside the Galaxy hotel and casino. The casinos and buildings look amazing, the
sky was clear but cold, the pool would have been amazing if it wasn’t so
freezing.
We hit the historic area, with two UNESCO sites, a temple and st pauls ruins, with only the front remaining due to a 3rd severe fire in the 1800s. you could still see some scorch marks, and over the centuries it hasn’t really changed. You could see how they had worked it into Chinese culture, with the use of some scultpures and even writings taken from Chinese belief and style. Was interesting to see how they make it work to fit in and become acceptable to the local society. Underneath was a crypt and some religious icons, you could see the different layers of ground level through floor cut outs, always find this interesting to see.
We first went up a crazily steep hill to the fort, Monte Forte, originally built in the 1600s the canons were pointed towards the sea, none to china, to show amicability and for protection.
We went towards a nice little temple, shaking the incense and appreciating the quiet lull as it was away from the main square and steps, steps which over the centuries has seen so many different people and events. Found a really cool art design shop, people having sculpted the most amazing candles, one had done human body parts, there was graphic tshirts and crochet lace jewelery.
When we EVENTUALLY found the Unesco temple it was closed – A-Ma temple. Really hard to get a taxi back to the hotel, had some Ribena, yes Ribena, soooo good! Cant wait to have some at home.
local community park encouraging art with kids via graffiti - interesting!
RUINS OF ST PAULS
Went to a whisky
bar for some celebratory champagne and also got a really
nice passion fruit cocktail.
We spent the next
day in the galaxy complex, it was cold and drizzly outside. some more
gambling again, this time loosing. Lady luck comes and goes. Went to a
Portuguese macanese restaurant, great sangria and I had a really nice
Portuguese potato soup. Browsed the designer shops, I dislike Versace and im
loving dolce and gabanna.
Missed the boat
back due to horrendous traffic, unlike a train in china you cannot refund a
ticket. We went into the which is a huge casino 赌场 Grand Lisboa. They
are all so fancy inside, no photos but I still got a couple sneaky ones
Back in Shenzhen
had a lie in, hot pot and a foot massage,before getting the plane
