Ahhh, Happy Feet

After doing so much walking for the past couple of days, our feet were tired and sore. So we decided it was time for some foot reflexology. We went to Happy Feet, recommended in several guide books, and got a 50 minute foot massage. AHHH. It was so relaxing. And they had little model feet tpo look at so you could see what pressure point they were rubbing. One spot felt incredibly good, and amazingly when I looked at the model, it was the spot for the knee - and my knees had been in pain from all of the stairs! Amazing.

Feeling like new women, we headed out to Western Market for shopping. We managed to do some damage there!

Then, across the street to the ferry terminal to Macau. We got to the ticket counter and found that getting there was not an issue, but the first available return was 11:45 - about an hour later than we'd been planning. We decided to buy the ticket, and try to standby for an earlier ferry back.

Macau was very different in appearance from Hong Kong - much more European. There were moments when I thought I was in Lisbon! In some areas, the streets and sidewalk were paved in tiles, with designs laid in to the tile.

We walked around for a bit, taking in the sights, including the cathedral of St. Paul - only the facade is left after a typhoon destroyed the building.

Dinner was at a Macanese/Portuguese restaurant. The guidebook had mentioned the baked duck rice and African chicken as the specialties, so we ordered one of each. Yum! The African chicken was smothered in a sauce that was similar to Indian curry, and the rice had shredded duck under a layer of saffron rice. It was good that we had such a late ferry, as it gave us a lot of time to drink wine and eat a little food at a time! For dessert, we had serraduro - a mousse with crumbled cookies - for dessert. Yum!!!

Arriving at the ferry terminal, we realized standing by for an earlier ferry was not an option - there had to be a couple hundered people waiting to get on the two ferries before ours. Not a big deal, since we only had to wait 30 minutes. Once on board, we both fell asleep, making the trip back to Hong Kong a quick one.