Singing in a church? I walked in the church following a song. I was greeted by friendly Koreans. I was amazed. Music’s power is really so strong that it could surpass the boundaries and impress you without your even knowing the language of the lyrics at all! I heard the energy of the song. Multi-cultural church service – another unique scene of Canadian life.
She appeared just at that moment, when I was almost leaving; I heard a beautiful song and this piece of graceful whiteness was dancing right in front of my eyes. This natural but gorgeous dancer was dancing with her bare feet on square ground – a unique scene of Canadian life. Dancer, what’s on your mind? Imagine dancing at a grander stage? Yes, you will.
When the singapore airlines aircraft landed, a Shanghai girl beside me was looking out at the airport, and shouted, “foreign airports are beautiful Yeah!” I thought, oh, it’s the first time she’s abroad. I vaguely saw some green trees and grass. When I got off the airplane and saw the Changi airport, my mood was just like the Shanghai girl’s, “Singapore’s airport is beautiful Yeah!” Changi Airport really deserves the reputation of the world’s best airport!
I then headed straight to the East Coast, and had a seafood dinner at Long Beach.
I visited the night Singapore after dinner.
Singapore is a very beautiful place, very clean and tidy, and many facilities there are designed to focus on security.
The next morning I went to the Bird Park and the harbor front, because I missed Toronto. I boarded the 87th floor and overlooked Singapore.
At noon I ate seafood.
In the afternoon I was strolling the street, drinking coffee, very comfortable. In the evening I went to Sentosa Beach, and ate Japanese food. The best is the last one, the Musical Fountain. “Songs of the Sea” is a show, with live performances of the actors, as well as dramatic effects such as fireworks, fountains, lasers, computer imaging techniques.
I went to the Botanic Garden the third day and ate Japanese-style French lunch. Then I went to see the symbol of Singapore, Merlion.
Finally I ran to the airport, but it’s not the end. Moreover, the final one is always the best. At the airport I decided to find Durian. Durian is ripe at the end of the year, but I was too early for that. By the way visiting the three terminals deepened experience of the amazing beauty of the Singapore airport. Everything comes to her who waits and I finally tasted the durian. It’s like cheese, not the type of love at first sight, but much like the real ideal lover: outsiders smell it stink, but I taste its fragrance. So assuring ah! ! ! Ready to faint, because I really could not find the ideal durian, and this is the only solution to satisfy your appetite:
Durian Cake!!! Durian is prohibited on board.
It felt good when I arrived to Zhuhai Fisher Girl. It took an hour from north to south along the Couples Ways to go to Jiuzhou Port. I fully appreciated the scenery along the way, got enough aerobic exercise, and deeply felt the Green Zhuhai.
Zhuhai and Macau, although across the sea, have different styles. Macau is saturated, while Zhuhai is tiled with open space; Macau is busy, while Zhuhai is quiet; life in Macau is stressed, so Macanese are indifferent, while Zhuhaiese are contented, and have the leisure to pay attention to others; there’s large gap between rich and poor in Macau, while Zhuhaiese are aloof from the world; Macau relies on outside resources, while Zhuhai is vast and sparse with abundant resources; we can see that the cleanliness of Macau depends on strong management, while Zhuhai’s doesn’t, but the tone set for environmental protection in the city plans makes the environment be protected in nature; Macau is a place to make money with high expense, while Zhuhai is a place to live, and as long as there’s enough money, it’s not necessary to be rich to enjoy a wonderful life there.
I was lost at the crossroad of Jiuzhou Port, and a taxi parked beside me. The driver asked me where to go, I said the nearest attractions along the way to Wan Chai. He looked at me and said that a refined woman like me would like Zhuxiandong. Zhuxiandong is a retreat full of bamboo and has the graceful charm of immortal beings. It is full of poetry, accompanied by melodious fairy-like music from speakers hidden in the rock.
There is spring water everywhere in Zhuxiandong. I’m amazed by the design of this tourist destination. The designer carefully designed, with no stink of money. This xanadu has no strong business atmosphere like other tourist attractions, and has few visitors, probably because only people like me will like it there. There’re no vendors of commercial flavor, no atmosphere of praying to Buddha, no trace of industrial mass production, or of modern luxury, and almost everything designed there, even a trash bin was carved in stone. I think it takes advantages of the business income from its natural spring water resource, enough to build up such a unique attraction. That is probably the highest level of life we seek. Already living well off the fat of the land without the purpose of making a fortune people can fully display their talent and leave valuable spiritual wealth.
Traveling in Macau while staying in Zhuhai is economical and you can enjoy the scenery of both sides. There are three ports between Zhuhai and Macau from the north to south: Gongbei, Wan Chai and Hengqin. Gongbei is in the city, more lively, but it is suffering to enter into Macau from Zhuhai via Gongbei in the morning, and you have to wait in long line at the customs; the traffic at Wan Chai is moderate, but the returning ferry from Macau to Zhuhai packs up earlier, and it is a regret to visit Macau missing the night scene; the traffic at Hengqin is sparse, but the terrain is remote. Strolling on Wan Chai Seafood Street in the morning, then entering into Macau via Wan Chai, back to Zhuhai via Gongbei at night is the ideal route.
It’s already afternoon when I arrived in Zhuhai, and then I was planning the trip after a rest. I was told that there was a Chu O night tour around the island in Wan Chai, a plan that happened to not waste the trip, so I went straight to Wan Chai. I already heard the music when approaching to Wan Chai. The tour was broadcasting, named “Portuguese style festival”.
Viewing the night scene of Macau across the river on the boat, while listening to the explanation, I was fascinated by the neon light of the new Grand Lisboa, then decided to visit Macau the next day until the evening, be sure to go close to it.
Survived torturous customs at Gongbei in the morning, I entered into the northern peninsula of Macau. The best way to have fun in Macau is to travel by the free buses of casinos. The casino buses reach out in all directions and you can play in the casinos one by one. But I was patient and did not immediately take the casino bus, instead, I walked among the houses in Macau, to taste life there. This experience was also rewarding to see a world of difference between the surrounding areas outside the city center of Macau and the downtown area I was about to enter in.
It’s getting late, and I then rushed to take the casino bus. Since Venetian’s line was the longest, I went to join in the fun. The trip to Las Vegas came back to me again. Las Vegas was built in a desert. I was approaching to that piece of man-made oasis in the desert; advancing from the northern peninsula of Macau towards the casinos has the same effect. Las Vegas is fake, and Macau is not so apparently fake, since it is after all a sea of islands, although you cannot drink this water. Located in the southern island, Venetian has everything you want there anyway.
I took the bus to the Sands when I left Venetian, because the Sands is in the city center, near Fisherman’s Wharf, where located all the casinos, with Venetian aloof from the world echoing from afar. It was evening when I arrived in Sands, and the lights were lit. The exterior of the Sands is more modern and stylish, and there are dance performances. It had a unique lingering charm when the singer was singing the song “Mama, Do you remember the old straw hat you gave to me”.
A street behind the casino is quite distinctive. I call it “Macau Xintiandi”, because it’s similar to Shanghai’s Xintiandi; the difference is that, relative to the streamy pedistrians in Shanghai Xintiandi, those of Macau’s are sparse. This is actually my taste, and let me leisurely stroll. Because of few people, the space feels relatively spacious.
There are street performances, Portuguese style, right? The Clown caught a beautiful lady beginning to perform.
Last stop is the most dazzling one, that is, the two exceedingly fascinating and charming ladies: Lisboa and Grand Lisboa. Going to meet these two beautiful women, you will certainly have to count the money in your pocket.
The Macau one-day self-guide tour was getting far away from the nobleness. I was still returning to Gongbei Zhuhai, but much less traffic than during the day.
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