In the hospital again!

This is our 3rd day in Vipharam hospital. Since our Macau/Hongkong trip, Sean has an on and off fever. So we finally had him admitted here in the hospital as his fever, colds and cough had been a week already plus the fact that he does not take medicine, does not eat solid food and seldom drinks milk.

Thanks to our Ayudhya Allianz insurance, we will only pay for half the price of the hospital room, so I am calculating around 5,000 baht instead of the total amount that will probably be 40,000 baht.

Our insurance agent, Khun Banphot and Khun Pat have visited Sean and brought a cake. How nice of them!

Right now, we are bored and wish Sean will be discharged tomorrow. Doctor Wicharn also gave him and instructed us of the treatment for Sean's asthma using Seretide. We just hope and pray that it will totally heal his asthma.

Macau Day 2

The second day of our Macau trip was started with a simple breakfast from the inn (cereal, coffee, apple and bread toast). Our friend, Mayden who is working in Sheraton hotel gave us a tour as it was her day off. We went for breakfast at a Filipino resto and brought some Filipino-made goodies. Sean had a blast when he found a toy egg in one of the stores.

We passed by Senado Square once again just to be able to get to the shuttle bus stop that brought us to the City of Dreams. Alighting from the bus, we were met by a big lion, a lion statue that is...and then the usual stuff of picture taking with the mermaids of the city of dreams, entrance to the casino and Soho. We also were able to watched the Bubble show (courtesy of Mayden) that was not really about bubbles but about Dragons.

After the Bubble show, we crossed the road to Sands Cotai and took pictures with the Madagascar cast and the dragon from the movie 'How to Train a Dragon'. Pictures, pictures and more pictures followed. Afterward, some Haagen Dazs ice cream..yey! We had cookies n' cream flavored Haagen Dazs, much to Sean's delight. 

At 3 pm, the Dreamworks parade started. The cast of the Dreamworks pictures animation like Shrek, Fiona, Puss n' Boots, Dragon trainers, Madagascar animals paraded back and forth with the music 'I like to move it, move it! Sean had fun watching the parade that he wanted to be in the middle and dance with them... he was greeted and kissed by Fiona instead.

After the parade we bade goodbye to Mayden and to her husband, Andy (who joined us during the parade) and we rode the shuttle bus again to the stop near Senado square. 

Too tired already but we don't have much time now as we will be going to Hongkong the next day, we decided to go to the Ruins of St. Paul where we lost our way. Instead of turning left to the ruins, we walked straight and was able to get to Fortaleza (the highest peak in Macau), took pictures of the cannons and then went down again to finally find the ruins.

Exhausted now, but still we managed to have dinner at the Filipino resto once again. Sean was dead tired, he fell asleep while we were eating.

Back to the inn and slept like there was no tomorrow for the three of us.

Macau Arrival - Day 1

Macau Airport is located in Taipa, walking distance from the famous Venetian hotel (but you don't need to walk, Hotel shuttle buses are available from the airport). However, we have a hotel booking at 5fooyway Inn at Ponte 16 (very near Sofitel hotel) and they don't have shuttle bus as its a 3 star hotel so we had to take the public bus # 26 which took us to Coloane (opposite direction) and another thing, the bus driver seemed rude or probably he just can't converse in English so he totally ignored us. He just signaled that we were supposed to alight in Villa de Cologne as it was his last stop which was clearly not ours.

Luckily, after a few minutes of waiting, another 26 bus came and we showed our hotel map and he signaled us to sit in the bus as Ponte 16 is also one of his stops. So after an hour ride and so many stops, a 3-minute walk to 5footway inn from the bus stop and there we were greeted by the Singaporean receptionist. A smile, thank God! 

The check in time is at 3 pm and we arrived there at 12 noon so we decided to take lunch first. We went to a Halal restaurant which was a little expensive compared to Bangkok standards. We paid 178 MOP (23 US$) for 2 big bowls of Beef noodles, a big plate of fried rice and a bottle of water. (I was too hungry to take pictures of the fried rice, was not able to finish the noodles though)

 After lunch, we went for a walk going to Senado square but was not able to reach the Ruins of St. Paul as we were too tired and because of the humidity as well. So we decided to get back to the hotel, took a rest and shower.

At around 6 pm, our friend Marie who teaches at Samyuk International School in Macau picked us up for a visit to the Venetian Hotel and Galaxy Macau Hotel.

The hall leading to the casino of Venetian Hotel. (Ages 18 up are allowed to enter)

Gondola ride -- little Venice in itself.

Can you spot the casino players?

Venice-inspired hotel

We went home around 10 pm using the shuttle bus of Galaxy Macau bound to San Ma Lo, then too tired to walk, stepped on bus 33 to stop in front of Sofitel hotel. 

All 3 of us knocked down as soon as we hit the bed!

Departure for Macau via Air Asia

Look mommy, it's the Angry Bird plane!

It all started early morning of Sunday, 06 July 2014. Our flight via Air Asia in Don Muang Bangkok Airport was scheduled at 06:30 am bound for Macau. Checked in with the airline, passed Immigration counter, breakfast at McDonald's then waited at the boarding gate with a few other people. We still had ample time to take photos.

Sean woke up at 3 am..a super excited boy to ride the airplane.

Playful at the airport. Yes, still the active boy he is!

Excited to ride the plane.

At around 06:15 our flight was called for boarding. The flight with Air Asia was a breeze, the pilot was excellent in the take-off and landing of the aircraft. My son was a little 'at-home' inside the plane, he was excited of the ride and was awake the whole time, much to the dismay of the half-awake parents.

Trying to put him back to sleep.

Better not sleep, no...parents don't have that luxury.

The Air Asia cabin aisle

Air Asia menu guide