Hong Kong -- Thai dinner and Night Market

Our walk first took us by this really cool fountain.

The reflections of the Christmas lights gave it an extra special glow!

Then we found a flock of flamingos!!

Then we found the Jewelry District!!

And then we found dinner... 

Som Tam

(green papaya salad)

Spring Rolls

Pad Thai

And then we found the Night Market!! 

 We found some GREAT bumper stickers!!!

"YOU TALK LIKE ANGEL WALK LIKE MODEL

BUT YOUR BODY LOOK LIKE BUFFALO"

"I LIKE THE WAY YOU WALK I LIKE THE WAY

YOU TALK CAUSE YOUR IMAGE LIKE A FROG"

"YOU STRONG LIKE RAMBO LOOK LIKE HERO

BUT YOUR BRAIN JUST LIKE POTATO" 

And found some of the cutest little thumb drives!!

I picked up a few of those; unfortunately, they didn't seem to work well. 

We found "CalvenKiein" underwear...

We even found Chick-fil-A!!!

Just the t-shirt, though... no food.

We also found Jesus in Hong Kong!!

Hong Kong -- Macau -- Chapel and back to Hong Kong

Our last visit of the day....

...was to the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha.

According to the Macau tourism website, the chapel was founded in 1622 by the crew of a ship that narrowly escaped being captured by the Dutch and then served as a point of pilgrimage for sailors about to embark on a dangerous voyage.

This was the only glimpse we had inside the chapel, as it was all locked up.

However, the views and sights from the area around the chapel were pretty fascinating...

The Macau Tower

Flags of Macau and China flying on a neighboring rooftop

Views of the casinos and other buildings in 'downtown' Macau

Bentleys in the neighbor's 'garage'!!

Then it was back to the ferry and time to say our good-byes and thanks to our guide.

Our return trip snack-- chicken salad roll, water, and a yogurty/custardy type of dessert.

Lovely views of Christmas lights coming back into the the Hong Kong ferry terminal.

Then we began our evening walk in search of dinner and some markets...

Hong Kong -- Macau -- Ruins of St. Paul's and Macau Temple

We had our first glimpse of the Ruins of St. Paul's from the museum fortress....

...then we walked down to the ruins.

This façade is all that remains of the 17th century St. Paul's College

and the Church of St. Paul (the apostle).

Looking down to the plaza below the ruins.

A glimpse of housing just down the road from the ruins.

After that visit, we met back up with our tour guide and headed to the temple legend to be the name-sake of Macau and one of the oldest there, being built in 1488.

The entrance to the temple grounds

I'd never seen cones of incense like this which burn from the bottom up.

Prayer charms

A flame for lighting incense sticks which can be placed in a number of places.

This was an interesting temple, as it was made up of a number of prayer and worship sites on a hillside.

Looking down towards the main gate of the temple.

From up on the hillside, you could see more construction....

across the river in big China!

"Macao welcomes you, please keep the city clean!"

(written in four different languages)

From here, we headed to our last stop of the day...

...the Chapel of Our Lady Penha sitting atop that hill.