Day 1 @ Macau - Senado Square

Date: 28/1/2009 – 31/1/2009
Duration: 4 days 3 nights
Travel agency: No, this was backpacking trip
Passengers: Whole family, 6 people
Airline: MAS, economy seat
Accommodation: Augusters Lodge
Weather: Winter, 10° - 19°
Total traveling expenses: Approx. RM1600/person

Third day of CNY (Lin Chor Saam), we separated all luggage into two cars and then headed off from Ipoh to KLIA at 4am. All of us were sleepy and it took lots of concentrate when driving along the highway. But I couldn’t sleep at all because I was excited with it, ok? Haha....

Our flight departure time was 11am, so we were there around 9.30am and finished check-in procedure. Then we had the rough breakfast at airport since we still have time. Commonly, their foods were expensive. Like I ordered a cup of hot chocolate (exactly was Milo) it costs 10 bucks. The drink was watery. Fine, I better wait for my formal breakfast in aeroplane afterward.

I understood that cheap flight fare with narrow space of seat was definitely making your knee suffered. Therefore, I don’t want complaint about it but I preferred Qatar Airline as it much comfortable than MAS. Haha...

Talking about our flight meal, it doesn’t have any surprise. So just forget it. The journey from KLIA to Macau international airport was 3 hours and 45 minutes.

As I mentioned above, this was backpacking trip. All the things were planned by my sister and me. My sister would be in charge of flight and hostel booking. My responsibility was planning the itinerary and bus route. Backpacking trip was new to us but everything still running smooth.

When you checking out the Macau map, you would thought that Macau was quite a big place. It seems that very far distance from one place to another place by looking at the map. Actually there’s a small land. You could reach some of the sightseeing easily by walking.

We checked out from airport then went out took bus (AP1) to Macau-HK Ferry Terminal. Bus fare was MOP 3.30/ person. Luggage would extra charge. Afterward, we took shutter bus to Grand Lisboa Hotel. For your information, you could take all the shutter bus for free which provided by the hotel even you’re not their resident. This was the tips for going some other places without paying money.

We arrived Grand Lisboa Hotel and then followed the map that given by Augusters Lodge to check-in our room. From Grand Lisboa Hotel to Augusters Lodge was only 10-15 minutes. If you’re interested to see how the hostel interior looks like please click here.


Senado Square. Along here you can feel the CNY atmosphere.


Senado Square has many shops and restaurants. Here's considered the crowded place. Damn sad that I forgot to snap the night view of this street.


The weather was 14° if not mistaken. So everyone was wearing winter dress.


Wong Ji Gei restaurant. We found it at Senado Square. This restaurant was recommended by many people and magazine. That’s why lot of people waiting for the seat. This wasn’t our dinner; it’s just our food exploration. Hehe..


Once you sit down, they will serve you a cup of tea. For the Macau and Hong Kong version, this isn’t for you to drink. In fact, this is used for cleaning your meal set. So don’t think that is free drink.


We ordered Wan Tan Mee. I don’t like the mee because it was dry and hard. I prefer Malaysia one. The Wan Tan was contains of fresh prawn. It was quite nice.


This was the soup one.


We ordered Tank Zai Joke (艇仔粥, porridge). It tastes ok.


Last food we ordered was Pork Chop Bread (猪扒包). I quite like it.



Overall their food was ok ok only. I don’t know why all the magazine and internet said this was highly recommended restaurant in Macau.