We've been here 1 week today and as odd as it seems, its already feeling a little but like home. But there are SO many things that are different.
People run on a slower pace here. For example, we've been working on getting another set of keys for our apartment for 4 days now. On Monday, it was "tomorrow". On Tuesday, he wasn't there. On Wednesday, he looked at us like he was meeting us for the first time, but said, come back in 1 hour. One hour later, it was 5 more minutes. Finally we got our keys! We went home; they don't work. Today, well go back, stay tuned.
There are no stop lights or stop signs on any of the roads. Did we mention that traffic drives on the opposite side and drivers sit on the right? We've needed to train ourselves to look right, then left while crossing the street; especially since pedestrians do not have the right of way.
Heathers sense of direction grows worse by the moment. She can't go anywhere by herself for fear she'll never find here way back. Remember, Taipa is only 3 square miles. Does left mean left, or does left mean right?
Costs of stuff:
Rent-
Unporportionally high thanks to people moving to Macau to work (humhum). There are not enough places for everyone to live.
>1000 sq feet, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, clean semi furnished apartment $7000-$11000 patacas ($900-$1300 USD)
Food-
Local Chinese joint: 2 sodas, 2 cups of tea (this is in place of water), a big bowl of noodle soup and a plate of rice, meat, and veggies
$32-$50 patacas ($4-$6 USD)
Argentinian grill and pizza:
a caprese salad, a prochutto and jalapeño pizza, 3 tacates, and a meat filled pastry
$360 patacas ($40 USD)
An egg tart- $7-$8 ($1 USD)
A 6 pack of Tsing Tao beer from the grocery store $12 patacas ($1.50 USD)
A bottle of Portuguese or Australian wine $32- $160 patacas
Pastries of all kinds > $8-16 patacas
Transport
Bus: $2.40-$6.40 patacas for anywhere in Macau, Taipa, Cotai strip, and Coloane.
The rough conversion is $1 USD= $8 patacas
A little peak of our apartment pre-cleaning, pre-decorating. This is the before...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7IusB33P-I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
2 comments:
I love the before video and you guys did a good job on the flat! Great view :) You guys are going to make it super rad! I had two burners in my Lamma apt. too. It takes some getting used to, but that's a fun challenge, too! xox
Yay, I was finally able to view the video. I love it :). I know I had already seen it through Skype but I think that was at like 1:00 A.M. so I wasn't able to absorb it as well lol. I can't believe how high up it is and that heather held her arm out the window lol.... This should help you conquer your fear of heights!!! It's very cute and I can't wait to see the after video :) - Jenn
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