Fairytale of Lights

Lights surrounded the whole street from Calçada do Quartel, all the way up to Mt. Carmel Church and down to the Taipa House Museums. Unlike the Christmas version of this event, it didn't reach the Macau Peninsula, only in a specific place in Taipa. It was odd, because Macau doesn't really celebrate Valentines Day; and since it was always close to their CNY, Valentines was usually just a minor event. But because of marketing Macau's diversity and as an international tourist destination, I guess it was just natural to celebrate both events equally.

Also, in the recent years, Macau wanted to boost their culture and heritage sector, and a pretty attraction like this is just what they need to give both locals and tourists a reason to visit their heritage sites!

There were lots of people since the light's show only looks good after the sun sets. It made it very difficult to take nice pictures since each attraction has like crowds blocking the view. We made a mistake not bringing our kit lens and we had to go through the whole night with our 50mm macro lenses, so taking romantic and scenic pictures was just impossible.