Country Info
- Macao
- Capital
- Pataca (MOP)
- Currency
- 453,733
- Population
- MO
- Country Code
Travel Blogs from Macau, Macau
more urban jungle
... rimasti con pochi spiccioli abbiamo deciso di rischiarci il rimanente al gioco d'azzardo in un casino.... altra grande specialita' a Macau. Ci e' andata male ovviamente e perdendo la vertiginosa somma di 20 euro.... : ) abbiamo annnegato il dispiacere in ...
Sic Bo or Bust
... table because I was white. After all the fun and losing what I had gained the night before, we head back to the airport. Bye Bye Macau. This was a good time and full of surprises. Not nearly as crazy as Vegas, but very ...
The Ultimate RUSH!
16.09.09 Macau. Macau Tiesin etta se on niin huono ajatus. Tiesin, tiesin, tiesin! Mutta minka sita itselleen voi.. Eiko sinullekkin tule yleensa sellainen olo kun kiipeat korkeaan torniin etta taaltahan olisi kiva tai ...
Macau
... Chinese take on that one, visited Macau Tower, and walked back to the ferry via some of the new casino hotels. Like HK, Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China. Portugal handed it back just as Britain handed HK back, and now Macau is a centre ...
Macau
Another Day, Another Colony
... now one of their 'Special Administrative Regions'. Once you leave the ferry and drive past the strip of casinos, Macau being Asia's gambling capital, you reach the main square, off which lead narrow lanes of traditional colonial houses, in ...
Getting Gritty in Macau
First off - the bus driver was actually singing and whistling this evening - perhaps he has Mondays off? Went to Macau today to see the sights. I just checked the weather there - it is currently 9:30 pm and it's 84 degrees but "feels like" 95. I literally ...
Macao
Macao oli talla kertaa nopeasti (alle tunnissa) nahty. Kone laskeutui klo 18.30. Jonotimme todella pitkaan passintarkastukseen, jossa juuri meidan jonon kohdalle sattui poikkeuksellisen virkaintoinen tyyppi, joka teki niin huolellista tyota, etta... Oli ...
the Senado Square
And next viewpoint is the Senado Square. We feel like living in a building in Portugal! We think the fountain is very gorgeous. Along the road there are many famous shops. The Senado square was full of tourists in the holiday. We can see many of tourists ...
Macau!
Geinterviewed voor de televise van Hong Kong, Gewandeld door de portugeze/chineze straten Het nachtleven geproefd van "de orientaalse las Vegas" Heerlijk Cantonees eten Heerlijk weer Kortom een prachtige mengelmoes van de westerse en Orientaalse ...
A taste of home in the chinas
... ; then we headed to the pier to get on a boat! im being short cuz not much time to type. Got on the boat headed for macau for the night. When we got there we went to an african hut bar, but we were the only peepes there. then headed to ...
A day-trip to Macau
in a nutshell: we went to Macau for the day. ------------------ Continuing our tour of the Portugese colonies as well as the British ones, we took the ferry across to the Special Administrative Region of Macau. It's being turned into a kind of Las ...
Macau
Macau Macau is the "Vegas of Asia" and is ok if you never have been to Vegas. If you have been to Las Vegas many times and you are comparing, that is not likely fair as Vegas has had years on Macau at least in terms of development of mega ...
It's too late to think of a clever title...
... of English being spoken. Then I took myself off to Sheung Wan and purchased a Superior Class ticket on the ferry to Macau, because I'm worth it. I was with TurboJet, for no particular reason, and we took off almost straight away. With my posh ticket, I ...
Farewell Package
... courtyards! All the street names and signs were in Portuguese and doubled in Chinese and only sometimes again in English. Macau has three official languages - Mandarin, Portuguese, and English. I could hear the Portuguese influence in the Chinese guide's ...
Macau & Hong kong
... great shopping & Casino's but behind all this front is a very poor country with lots of people living in poverty. I spent 2days in Macau which was enough time to see everything & then i took a boat to Hong Kong. I stayed on Hong kong Island very close ...
First slight drama
... around the room others were not so lucky and the minimum bet on most tables was £30+ so a lot was being lost. Most people seemed happy enough to do it though. We went to bed very pleased to have gone to Macau and excited about our next adventure in ...
Macau
... by the English as a new and better port, after the second Opium War and the honouring of the 99 year lease of the Island , Macau started to drop off as a major port However there are still gorgeous Historic building and nice city lights at ...
Casino Royale
We had heard some amazing things about Macau, an island just a short ferry ride outside of HK. The main thing we'd heard was that it was like the Vegas of Asia...this didn't make us excited at all! We had some business to attend to first though before we ...
One Afternoon in Macau
... that I simply HAD to check out as soon as possible on this China trip ... the Portuguese persuasion in Macau. I didn't have much time. Just an afternoon really. I booked the first flight from Beijing on Saturday morning and ...
Viva Las Chegas -by Prabhjyot
... was a refreshing change from the mainland and made us feel like we were in the Mediterranean. Sukriti and I visited the Macau museum to learn more about its diverse history, like little kids we enjoyed its interactive games such as ...
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
... being vague or using incorrect terms. Pretty much I'm trying to say that it was an interesting mash-up, Portugal + China = Macau :) We walked around a lot, sight seeing and looking at several buildings (which I really like doing). We saw ...
First trip to Macau
... economic regulations. For this reason, it is considered the Vegas of China. Besides all the casinos, like the Venetian and MGM, Macau is full of beautiful architecture because it was established in the 1500's by the Portuguese. When you go to Macau you ...
Serious Gambling
... stop to Rua da Felicidade and someone had told us there were lots of cheap hotels there as there aren't really any hostels in Macau. We soon found a place called Sanva hotel which was in the lonely planet and was only 120mops a night (about £10) which ...
Little Portugal
... it had a nice Mediterranean feel. A mix of whitewashed buildings with very colourful simple looking buildings, and intricately tiled pavements. Macau has some very delicious local specialties which we sampled....it would be rude not to! The beef jerky and ...
Macau (a one-day walk-around)
Poor Macau never gets much attention, as it stands so useless next to Hong Kong. 'Don't bother going to Macau unless you are going to gamble' ------ Bullshit! Macau has so much to see. A really interesting mix of Cantonese and ...
Maaaaaacao
Bref passage par Macao, le pays-ville où cultures portugaises, anglaises et chinoises tentent de se comprendre à travers le jeu. Amateurs de poker et autres roulettes, les casinos sont démesurés et avec "oasis hong kong" puis le jetfoil, tout ...
Macau
... we could get a new passport stamp and add to the list of quasi-countries that we've visited. We don't understand if Macau is a sovereign nation or administrative unit of the People's Republic of China, but we got away with another passport stamp which ...