We spent a day in Macau on Sunday. Here are some photos I took.
Things to do in Macau
of course make your way through bakery lined streets to go to Ruínas de São Paulo, a church that was built from 1582 to 1602. Now only the façade remains.
Walk up to the fort (Fortaleza do Monte) behind the ruins of St Paul.
Eat lovely Bacalhau with scrambled eggs at a Portuguese restaurant called Boa Mesa (Travessa de S. Domingos 16ª), they have good espresso, too. UPDATE - unfortunately they closed down
Eat as many Pastéis De Nata as you can along the way. I really like NE NE pastelaria in Taipa (92B, Rua Correia Da Silva, Na Taipa, Vila de Taipa). They make delicious mini egg tarts.
Visit the Lou Lim Ieoc Garden (Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida)
Go to the Venetian Casino for half an hour to see what everybody else likes to do in Macau.
Grab a taxi and go to Taipa Village, get a Serradura, which is Macanese Ice-cream with cookie crumbles or a beer at the main square and walk around the village a bit. There is a nice lake and some old restored houses at Avenida da Praia. The lake was once part of the South China Sea before the land reclamation and the houses belonged to rich Maccanese families, now they are museums and galleries.
Yesterday I saw Bob Dylan play in Hong Kong. Last time I saw him was around 10 years ago in Berlin. That show was OK, but nothing great, so I had very low expectations for yesterday's show. But... it was amazing. His band is killer, he was in a good mood, his voice sounded good. His harmonica playing was awesome, too. And on top of that he played some of my favourite songs, like Tangled up in Blue! Unlike last time when I saw his concert I could actually recognize the songs pretty well. I like the whole style they played, raggedy blues/rock/country whatever. It was cool. Surprisingly the sound was good as well. I was standing in the front center though, so we probably had the best sound in the whole venue!
What a great concert!
1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Honest With Me
6. Simple Twist Of Fate
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Jolene
10. Desolation Row
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Spirit On The Water
13. My Wife's Home Town
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Forever Young
