Day trois

Today we started off going to coffee shop that has free wifi. It is called CuppaCoffee and it is located 1 block from our place. We ended up skyping Kylisha, Erin and AJ as well as Kaidyn, who is at Tom and Pat's. For some reason I keep missing my parents whenever I call and vice versa. I'll get a hold of them soon I'm sure.

After the coffee shop we decided to try our hand at the public transit system and venture to Senado Square and the Red Market which are on the Macau peninsula across the water. We hopped on the right bus and arrived at Senado Square without incident (the way home was not quite as easy). Senado Square is like an outdoor shopping mall/market with stores like Roxy, Levis, Body Shop etc. There were also swap meet type stalls that lined the narrow market streets. This is a very historical area of Macau as there are old Portuguese government buildings as well as churches of the same era. For lunch I had a pork bread which is a seasoned fried pork chop in a bun and Amanda had fries drenched in cheese and sour cream. They were both very good.

From there we headed down one of the narrow streets to the nearby Ruins of St. Paul. This was an old church that was totally destroyed by fire except for the front facade. Just gorgeous.

This day was by far the hottest yet. Blazing sun and it felt like 40 or so degrees. Due to the het we decided to venture back. Here, just like home, the buses run loops. So when we hopped on the same bus, we quickly found out that you can't stay on past the end of the line. The driver told us we had to get off and get on at another stop. We figured it wouldn't be too far away so we got off and ended up getting a little lost trying to find the stop. Due to fact we were in bustling Macau, here there were no English signs in stores or stalls so it was definitely eye opening. Amanda kept a cool head but the combo of heat and being lost definitely did not help my cause. We eventually made it back safely although the bus was full, then packed, then ridiculously packed. It was unlike anything you see back home.

We finished the day with the pool followed by dinner at the Hard Rock and touring the Cotai Strip. The casinos were very nice, but no different than Vegas in being way over the top. Amanda did not feel well from the day's sun so we headed back home and crashed.

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