onthewingsofweng: Macau escapade part 2

The Ruins of St. Paul is one of the major tourist attractions and a landmark of Macau.

Built from 1582 to 1602 by the Jesuit, the cathedral was the largest Catholic church in Asia at the time.

The cathedral was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon in 1835.

Entrance of the cathedral's ruins.

Cathedral of St. Paul

Inside the ruins of St. Paul. After 5 minutes of roaming inside the ruins, we were told to evacuate the place as the door of the cathedral's ruins will close for the day.

one of the remains of the original pillars

My daughter and I were already exhausted and hungry from endless walking. It seems like we were not yet able to see much of Macau with the passing hours because we don't know where to go. Asking for directions from the locals did not help much because only a handful speak English and if they do, it's jungle English.

One lady that we approached for direction told us to turn right, but her hand pointed to the left. See how effective the sign language is than talking? Well, at least with all the sign language I did in communicating with the locals, we were able to get from point to another.

This is the de Casa family. We met them at St. Agustine's Church. I almost lost hope of continuning the tour and decided to go back early to Hong Kong as I don't know the place and it was so hard to communicate with the locals. There, the head of the family invited us to join them for their next stop, the ruins of St. Pauls.

My heart leapt with joy for this answered prayer as I was really praying to God while inside the St. Anthony's church. My prayer goes like this : Lord God please send us an angel to guide us go around and see more of Macau. I lift my heart to You Lord God, I know You will not abandon us, If not, we will just go back to Hong Kong then. Thy will be done. But Lord God, I really want to see more of Macau, pleaseeeee... In Jesus name, Amen.: