Trans Siberia Railway

I felt in love. In love and so much passion for this. Thinking about this and the emotions that runs in my veins makes me excited. Look for yourself. Imagine it. Feeling and imagine that you are in it. Spending that 1 month looking through the glass and the small panel of window.

Staring into the night skys on the northern atmosphere. Checking out the endless plains and the greenish hill terrains during the summer skies. Looking to the clear water lakes of the Baikal. Visiting into the real Russia.

YES! I am talking about the Trans Siberia journey. I felt it. It is calling for me. Wonderful it is, being able to imagine and go for this trip. This will be one of the "must-do" before i die thingy!

Check out the picture and the links below. Makes my soft heart melts. *pictures are courtesy of respectable owners*

Imagine the views and the sceneries at the eastern Russia, the "babushka" selling flowers, foods and etc to you, the siberian tiger staring at you, the green grass land and the dry lands of the inner mongols.

Imagine yourself by the edge of the largest fresh water lake in Russia, the Lake Baikal, where endless view in the horizon of flora and fauna in sight. Imagine the fresh water lakes in front of you while you enjoy the freshness of the air that your breath. Look at the view. Breathtaking!

Imagine that you are in Moscow, or simply known as Moskva in Russian, overlooking the Kremlin and the sight of the modern Moscow. Enjoying the russian opera perhaps during the way. Beautiful!

So, anyone interested to join for this breathtaking Trans Siberian journey of a life-time experience?

p.s. visit these respective links to feel more of their journey across the siberia. Marvelous!

1. gorussia

2. emma&simon

3. liu lang han

4. torr from brit

Macau: Gambler's Paradise

Macau is a superb place. A super place destined for gamblers, punters, casino raiders or anyone who wish to associated with cards, chips, dices and fun! Blackjacks, craps, studs, pokers, roulette, slots and dominos are the tables and games that you will associate here. Plentiful of fun, hot and humid weather with summer sky all year round, Portuguese egg tart, Ruin's of St. Paul standing at the hill top and much more to be visited in the wonderful place of Macau!

I was there recently for my holiday trip. Awesome! I visited almost all the casino's in town. I've tried their local cuisines and of course, their famous egg tart while i am there. I visited Ruin's of St.Paul while snapping a few pictures. I was drenching away at day, sweating profusely while walking around there without cab, accompanied by a pair of aviator sunglasses and a Viewty camera at my hand.


To start it off, i continued my journey from Hong Kong: 2 Days via TurboJet at Sheung Wan jetty in Hong Kong. The journey takes me almost an hour to reach the magnificent place, Macau! Surprisingly, not much of a hassle nor i encounter any sea sickness (touch wood!)


Reached to Macau jetty and to my surprised, all the casinos buses and coaches are available there by the entrance of the jetty. Buses to transport any visitors from the jetty to their respective casinos. I mean, any visitors or jay walkers, can take the bus, without fare (free!) to their casinos. Of course, there are certain small local casinos that does not provide this, but larger foreign casinos are a sure bet to these buses. Its free!

But, i took the taxi and went straight to the hotel to check it. I stayed at Western Best Sun Sun Hotel, which is like 20 minutes walk to the Casino Lisbao at the famous casino strip. Please dun ask my why the hotel name sounds funny or how did i ended up there at the hotel. I make a reservation online and that is the cheapest hotel available at the time. HKD 400/night to be exact. Almost the cheapest, IMHO. Try booking at Venetian or Wynn and you will know what i mean. Decent hotel and clean toilet (rather old but clean) is what i wanted anyway.





I went out from the hotel at evening walking to find the famous Ruins of St. Paul. That is my plan and that is the executioning, until i mistakenly walk to a different path leading to another different way. Carrying a map with me, i re-routed myself back to the place, alone and without asking any help or directions from the local! *proud*

I manage to reach there, snapping pictures there and walked up the fort next to it, namely Fortress Armourial Gate that have cannon! Snapping the pictures again from there, while listening to my Zen Stone Plus, blasting nice tunes through my ears. Very nice cannon, indeed! So boring the hill!

I then went down the hill and proceed to go back to hotel via the correct route, passing by all the boutiques and shops. I have yet to have my dinner even at 8pm? Hahahaha! Too busy and too occupied to even actually starting to think about food yet. After a nice cool bath, i went out of the hotel and take a cab to Casino Grand Lisbao, the newer version hotel of the Casino Lisbao, to start my journey to conquer all the casinos in Macao! All the review of the casinos in Macao/Macau will be written at another post though. Too long and too much to write in a single post!

But, basically, i visited all the casinos at the casino strip in the mainland or downtown Macau. All the local and smaller version of the casinos are located there. Casinos such as Lisbao, Rio, Pharoah, Fortuna, President, Golden Dragon and Diamond are the smaller version casino that is available there. Of course, those bigger and grander ones such as StarWorld, Wynn, MGM, Sands and Babylon casinos are located around the same vicinity as well.

Well, i started my journey at 8pm from the 1st casino in Grand Lisbao and ended up in Wynn at around 4am in the morning. I took almost 8 hours browsing and walking in and out of each casino snapping pictures and visiting the tables at each floor to get a feel of each of the casinos. I was excited and i was not tired!

I went to check out some of the pubs and bars by the seaside as well. Bars such as MP3 and Moonwalker located together in a row next to MGM Casino, are famous there with those tourists and foreigners. Phillippines and Viets, she-male and females are aplenty there, dancing and live bands playing at the bars. Mp3 even have pole dancing when i make my pass there! Talk about F.U.N!

I went to a disco around there at 4am. This disco, name D2 is located in AIA building nearby to Grand Lisbao. Walking distance of around 10 minutes to the club. D2 is not particularly huge or very special, but with house/techno music blasting served with Jack on the Rock or the Long Island Ice Tea, anything is great!

With that i ended my day, at morning! With a much needed sleep and rest after waking up for more than 18 hours and a sleep of couple hours the day before? Hahahaha. Wait for my further exploration in Venetian the next day!

p.s. I even managed to ride local in the Macau bus to the jetty to catch Venetian coaches to their superb hotel!

Hong Kong: Day 2

Continued from the previous post HK Day 1.

Here i am 2nd day in HK waking up particularly earlier since i slept at 5am? Hahahaha. I take that nice clean refreshing bath at Mingle Place Hotel, the hotel that i stayed 2 nights in HK with a pleasant experience. I went out and go to Yau Ma Tei by subway. Rather packed i feel, during the day light.

P.S: Surprisingly and to my shocking, the subway system in HK have service till 12.50am at city center? Basically, its a 24/7 city that never sleeps with commuters, Hongkies and basically everyone sleeps late, very late.

I went to this cinema, Broadway Cinema and catch my Dark Knight! WooooooHoooooo! My 1st experience of watching a movie in Hong Kong. I paid a sum of HKD 50 for midday noon session. The movie itself was fantastic! Plus of course, the overall enjoyment and filling up my stomach with popcorn and coke after a long miss-out session of movies in Shanghai, which is, even more expensive! Hahahaha.

I then went to across the strait to Hong Kong island! I went by subway, which is the cheapest option rather than by cab. Costs me HKD12 to cross the sea! Basically my plan is to get myself to Hong Kong Convention Center and some other places to snap some pictures and photos. Shopping itself is ok but not that important as it is not in my lists of things to do.

Here i am, went out of the wrong subway station, and i got off at Admiralty station, which, i walk to the seaside for some photo taking since i was there. Then, i proceed to Hong Kong Convention Center under the blaring sunlight and sweaty afternoon. Basically, the main thing about the Hong Kong Island is people, buildings, people and buildings. To common people, who loves serenity and nature, please do not go to Hong Kong. You will suffocate and have a major kickass stressful trip to Hong Kong. But, i love it, since that i am a people's person and i like to be in major huge kick ass city. It gives me energy, it drives me and simply loving it!

I hang out for a while at Hong Kong Convention Center before i proceed to walk around the island nearby by foot. I decided to skip the subway and walk myself from the bay to Central, which is 2 to 3 stations away. It is rather far (at least 30 minutes by foot) and got myself exposed to the people and buildings yet again. I did managed to get myself into some small boutiques that sells replicas of t-shirts and pants.

By the time i reach to the bottom of Bank of China, the kick-ass building in Hong Kong, i was drenched in my own sweat, i decided to forgo central district for now and i went back to Temple Street in New Territories. It was around 8pm. I was definitely in short of time.

I got myself walking yet again at the area around Temple Street. I reached this famous street that sells some superly expensive and over price souvenir items for tourists. I snap some photos and got myself out of that street in less than 30 minutes? And i proceed to a char chan teng yet again for a meal of Cantonese fast food. Got my nice little 3 pork dish + salted egg and a yin yong ice!

I was rushing. I rushed back to hotel for a quick nice bath at 10pm. I need to get myself out to Lan Kwai Fong! The famous bar area in Central, Hong Kong Island! LKF is basically the hip and happening night area that features all the most happening major kickass pubs and clubs in Hong Kong.

Got myself there after dressing up and reached there at 11.30pm. The last subway train back to TST is at 12.45am and i have approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes to get myself a beer, some liquor and photos snapping. *LKF is a place for expat perhaps? I see mostly expat and a lot of working crowd there!*

I went to Volar Hong Kong and have chilled out drink cum enjoy myself at the bar. I also went to the RACKS Hong Kong. Due to the time that i visited Hong Kong, is on a weekday, the crowd is at minimal but still enough for me to experience that place. The only one place that i did not visited on my trip was Beijing Club in LKF due to private function. Missed out!

I even seen a damn bright yellow Lamborghini parked by the road side next to Beijing Club. Freaking hell! Hongkies are so rich! *Feel like sitting inside the car feeling the steering and pumping the gas!*

I then went off back to TST by subway at 12.45am, reaching there around 1am. I was not satisfied. I decided to check out a club in TST, name Club PP. I look and walk and look around for it. I managed to find this club out at 2.00am and the timing is just nice. To my shock, i found out that there are scores of people queuing up to buy ticket to watch Dark Knight at 3.30am. I found out that there will be another show at 5.30am at Tuesday night? And i mind you, its Tuesday at 3.30am. Hahaha! Suits my lifestyle perfectly.

I went in to this Club PP, which is located next to this cinema and paid a sum of HKD 300 for entrance (i'm a guy and therefore, i have to pay) and got myself a ticket for 2 drinks in the house. Went in and found out that the security was rather strict, which is good, since it is gonna be safer in the club. You do not want to have 1 drunkass taking a sword out from his bag and starts to slash people around in the club, are you? Check them out at www.clubpp.com.hk for more information.

I dance and listens to the pumping of American Hip Hop music and the pumping of the bass all night long. Surprisingly, there are hardly any good dancer around that have the moves, or perhaps i went in at the wrong day! Hahahaha.

I left at 5am and went back to hotel for some much needed rest since i have been awaken for like 20 hours? I was not sleepy nor i was tired. My heart is pumping with energy and adrenaline like a volcano full of hot lava. I am too excited to sleep!

I know that i need to rest because i am going to Macau in the next daylight! WooooooOOOOOooooooHOOOOooooooOOOOO! I know that i am going to another round of sleepless night in Macau with all the casinos and places to visit!

Got myself checkout at 12pm and proceed for a quick lunch around the hotel before taking the subway to Sheung Wan in Hong Kong Island. There lies the jetty ferry to go to Macau in a short 1 hour trip journey to Macau island!

Until then and further reports in Macau, au revoir!