Mirador Mansions - Hell

We left the hotel at about 10-11 to find Yumi somewhere cheaper to stay while she was in Macau, she was staying for a while before heading back across the border for China. Although Mandrin isn't the prominent language in Macau, Yumi seemed be able to use it when talking to the locals. All I could do was stand there and smile.

A little hungry we walked into a tiny local restaurant for a bowl of soup. The decor was tatty and the place looked a little run down but the soup was excellent and certainly filled me up. I had beef soup which kind of had meat balls floating in it, I opted for the small bowl and even that was too much. Yumi had beef and seafood soup but was too full to finish the whole bowl. We left the restaurant to see a few sights around Macau, including the square and some very European looking buildings.

I was taking a few tips from my Korean friend when taking photos, she showed me some of her China photos and they were pretty impressive. I wanted to improve my some what mundane shots(Besides more poses)We strolled around Monte Fort, which are barracks that were designed to survive a siege for 2 years. Just beyond the Fort were the Ruins of the church of St Pauls which was impressive even if only the facade is all that remains.

Yumi had to find the embassy in Macau to start the ball rolling for her visa and I was due to catch the ferry to Hong Kong and back to Nathan Road with the dreaded Mirador Manisons and its ten foot genetic freak rats! I wasn't looking forward to the prospect of finding another room there after spending a cheap night in a nice hotel in Macau.

After Yumi had sorted her visa we walked to the ferry port and went our separate ways. Yumi was great fun and I had enjoyed her company whilst in Hong Kong and Macau. She told me she was glad we'd met, I was too as Hong Kong can be a lonely place on your own.....especially in Mirador Mansions.

Back in Hong Kong I spent the evening wandering around the shops in Kowloon and generally soaking up the atmosphere as people shopped away into the night (The shops seem to be open into the early hours). I ventured down to the water front for the last time to get my last look of Hong Kong and the amazing view of the sky scrapers on Hong Kong island. As I leisurely strolled along the water front I was set upon by a middle aged Chinese man, thinking it was another guy trying to sell me a professionally shot photo of Hong Kong I tried to get away.

He then called over a security guard which really confused me as I really didn't know what he wanted other than for me to take his families photo for him. Worried by the presence of a security guard I just stood confused as they chatted in Cantonese. Eventually the security guard explained to me that the Chinese man wanted to get a professional photo of me and his family in front of the Hong Kong sky line. Relieved and amused I agreed, posing with mother and daughter and then with their daughter alone even replicating the daughters peace sign (A much loved pose amongst Asians). The family were from China and for them it was a real novelty to see a westerner and have their photo taken with them, although there are many westerners in Hong Kong I'm not quite sure why they chose me. I found it all very amusing as I checked out the photos and said my thanks before strolling off into the night. I guess I'll be appearing in someone's family photo album very soon! It put me in a good mood for my final night in Hong Kong and made it much easier to face my box room in Mirador Mansions.