We took PAL flight 352 for Macau last Wednesday, August 19,2009 after two postponements due to work schedule conflict. Finally! The plane was full and the flight was not exactly comfortable. It was really hot in Macau when we arrived and it was a respite getting to the Venetian Hotel. The cue at the check in counter was long but the staff was efficient and friendly. We got a West Side suite on the 23rd flr. We spent late afternoon and evening exploring, reviewing the map and planning for the next 2 days.
We were picked up by the tour guide the following morning. We were only 6 in the group and two were from Mataas na Kahoy, vacationing from their work in Saudi Arabia. The couple Cher and Anthony Dimaculangan are now part of our tour memories and were responsible for taking many of our photos found in this blog and in our online kodak gallery.
This setup was not for us and was set up for a wedding anniversary earlier so we just posed.
Taken outside the Macau Tower with the Grand Lisboa Casino in the background. Both projects are owned by Stanley Ho.
Taken in front of St Paul's Cathedral. The tourist attraction is just the facade of the Cathedral propped up by steel structures at the back to keep it from collapsing. What packaging can do for tourists to come in droves!
At the entrance of a temple a short distance from St' Paul's. Nothing to it yet tour groups are scheduled to go through it.
The gondola ride is realy memorable. In our Silver Anniversary trip 15 years ago, we had the real thing in Venice. Now it's just the make believe ride. Our gondolier was Vittoria whose songs were applauded by the UZI watching the gondolas in the canal. Vittoria was a school teacher at Philippine Normal University and a BSE graduate major in Music. She says the pay is good and she is able to support her daughter back home. She aspires to record some of her songs someday and to make it the music industry. We wished her luck...which she needs as she already has the talent. Hope some talent scout notices her talent.
We went to the ZAIA show Thursday evening. It was an unforgetable 90 minute presentation of high tech visuals and circus. The ticket prices were quite stiff but it was worth it. No cameras were allowed inside so the next best option was to have a photo in front of the poster. More photos of our trip are available at our on line kodak gallery album.
We took PAL flight 352 for Macau last Wednesday, August 19,2009 after two postponements due to work schedule conflict. Finally! The plane was full and the flight was not exactly comfortable. It was really hot in Macau when we arrived and it was a respite getting to the Venetian Hotel. The cue at the check in counter was long but the staff was efficient and friendly. We got a West Side suite on the 23rd flr. We spent late afternoon and evening exploring, reviewing the map and planning for the next 2 days.
We were picked up by the tour guide the following morning. We were only 6 in the group and two were from Mataas na Kahoy, vacationing from their work in Saudi Arabia. The couple Cher and Anthony Dimaculangan are now part of our tour memories and were responsible for taking many of our photos found in this blog and in our online kodak gallery.
This setup was not for us and was set up for a wedding anniversary earlier so we just posed.
Taken outside the Macau Tower with the Grand Lisboa Casino in the background. Both projects are owned by Stanley Ho.
Taken in front of St Paul's Cathedral. The tourist attraction is just the facade of the Cathedral propped up by steel structures at the back to keep it from collapsing. What packaging can do for tourists to come in droves!
At the entrance of a temple a short distance from St' Paul's. Nothing to it yet tour groups are scheduled to go through it.
The gondola ride is realy memorable. In our Silver Anniversary trip 15 years ago, we had the real thing in Venice. Now it's just the make believe ride. Our gondolier was Vittoria whose songs were applauded by the UZI watching the gondolas in the canal. Vittoria was a school teacher at Philippine Normal University and a BSE graduate major in Music. She says the pay is good and she is able to support her daughter back home. She aspires to record some of her songs someday and to make it the music industry. We wished her luck...which she needs as she already has the talent. Hope some talent scout notices her talent.
We went to the ZAIA show Thursday evening. It was an unforgetable 90 minute presentation of high tech visuals and circus. The ticket prices were quite stiff but it was worth it. No cameras were allowed inside so the next best option was to have a photo in front of the poster. More photos of our trip are available at our on line kodak gallery album.
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