Macau Trip 2012 - Ma Zu Temple (媽祖廟)
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| Macau International Airport |
Since my flight was around 6.30am I had to be at the airport by 4a.m for check in purposes. This means I only had about 2 hours of sleep that night and it was only during the afternoon the day before I came back from Penang @_@. Anyway the flight arrived right on time at the Macau International Airport and a cooling air greeted us as the skies indicated that its about the pour anytime soon.
As soon as we emerged from the arrival hall our tour guide met up with us and soon we were on our way to some western food restaurant for lunch. Throughout the journey he began to brief us all about Macau and how small the whole country is. Basically there's only a few reasons people outside of China mainland come to Macau. Firstly its no other than its grand and luxurious casinos and second being a stop over point from Hong Kong. After the not so hearty meal (fried dory fish + rice +red wine) we proceeded to our first tourist spot of the day, Ma Zu Temple! It started to drizzle as soon as we stepped out of the bus. The weather forecast was indeed spot on.
Along the way to the temple there were many wall murals which are pretty unique and cartoonish. Street photographers will definitely love these.
As soon as we emerged from the arrival hall our tour guide met up with us and soon we were on our way to some western food restaurant for lunch. Throughout the journey he began to brief us all about Macau and how small the whole country is. Basically there's only a few reasons people outside of China mainland come to Macau. Firstly its no other than its grand and luxurious casinos and second being a stop over point from Hong Kong. After the not so hearty meal (fried dory fish + rice +red wine) we proceeded to our first tourist spot of the day, Ma Zu Temple! It started to drizzle as soon as we stepped out of the bus. The weather forecast was indeed spot on.
Along the way to the temple there were many wall murals which are pretty unique and cartoonish. Street photographers will definitely love these.
The temple is like no other temple, with its own unique architecture. Macau residents are mainly Christians or those who worship this god/ Guan Yin, I won't actually label them as Buddhists though. Hence, the significance of this temple. However at this time my feet was still hurting so I didn't really bother to explore around, especially those that involved stairs :/
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| Devotees and tourists alike |
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| Wishing bells are everywhere |
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