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Macau Slideshow
Macau
Travel Blogs from Macau, China
Move Over, Vegas
Macau: Hong Kong's little sister island, floating offshore from mainland China and possessing equal status as a separate administrative republic promoting one country, two systems. Just as Hong Kong was a former British outpost in the Far East, Macau was ...
Macau
The next day, we decided to go to Macau, which is China's Las Vegas. We were excited because it was another location that 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 ...
Highrolling at Asia's Las Vegas
So we both very happily made our way to Shekou port, where we were processed out of China and caught the quick hydrofoil over to Macau - which is the Las Vegas of Asia, the only place in China where it is legal to gamble. Over the last 25 years many ...
Macau
... there is a lot crammed into this small Chinese province; a long history as a fishing and trading port between Europe and China, fantastic museums, an annual motor race and the only dog racing track in Asia. The Portuguese influence is everywhere in ...
Macau
... ; Em 20 de dezembro de 1999, 2 anos após a entrega de Hong Kong aos chineses pelos britânicos, Macau voltou a pertencer à China, dando fim a 442 anos de domínio português. Em 28 de fevereiro de 2010, Lígia e ...
A Day in Macau
... several transfers and have to spend a night in Sri Lanka airport. But I'll get to that when the time comes. I got the ferry to Macau from the China Ferry Port costing me $148. It wasn't a bad journey, it took roughly an hour. One of the first sights I ...
Another country for a day!
... a bus was a bit of a challenge - we weren't quite sure where we were heading and the signs were all in portugese because Macau is a Portugese colony. We eventually got to the centre and went in the nearest cafe for food. Had some weird veg soup and ...
Senado Square
There is Senado Spuare, is the landmark of Macau, so there are many visitors, we found a good place to take a photo. The middle is a fountain, sometime activities are held here, at night under the lights s ne more beautiful... ...
Gone to the dogs
... by far the cheapest place in town (admittedly the walls don't reach the ceilings but heh its cheap). Macau is a bizarre combination of styles - a mix of China, Hong Kong, Portugal and Vegas. After arriving we walked through the old town and visited ...
Vegas of the East
... the centre of attention and being asked for photos or in other places secret photos. The most fascinating thing about China though was the collision between Communism and Capitalism. In Beijing around the old historical buildings with the huge security ...
Macau
... island about one hour west of Hong Kong by high-speed ferry. It quickly has become a gambling mecca for those from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Several US casinos have built there, including Venetian, MGM Grand and Wynn. I expected more from ...
All change
... hair grips, made 2 little collage things and got her a torch. The reason for the torch was as we lived in Guzhen, China's lighting capital, a town with 3000+ lighting stores and over 10 miles of streets containing lights Sarah made a valid point that you ...
Gorgeous Macau.
... coped. But Macau was wonderful, such a beautiful country. And it was warm! Full of casinos (gambling is illegal in china except in Macau) and lovely bars and restaurants. In a way it was similar to Shanghai with the bright lights and skyscrapers but ...
Updated travel informatiuon
So we will be meeting up in Zhuhai for our bus from Zhuhai to the airport. This will be the good old standby of the 8am meeting. I hope you are all morning people like I am. Remember to pack warm clothes, a flashlight, a space heater, 4 ...
Chinese new year in Macau
... in the huge shopping mall and all the famous Venetian landmarks like St Marks square where opera singers sang out the windows! As Macau is a former portuguese colony it also has alot of history, and we were able to get a visit to the fortress and ...
The Macau Grand Prix and The City of Dreams
... racing buff, but these races were much more exciting than a NASCAR race hands down. Skill and stamina. The F3's at the Macau Grand Prix! After the race, we wandered around Macau and went to the Wyn casino to watch the gambling take place. ...
Macau
... . On peut manger à même le sol sans soucis ! J'ai embarqué sur le ferry à 7H45 pour 1H15 de navigation vers Macau mais malheureusement le temps était très brumeux (encore). Les toilettes du bateau m'on eux aussi parut très futuristes ! Une fois ...
A Former Portuguese colony.
... a brand new Las Vegas Strip here in Macau. Exactly two weeks ago they opened the largest casino on Earth, the Venetian - Macau who's is a replica of the one in Las Vegas, NV. I paid a visit, and kindly made a monthly ...
Oct 10 - 11
... Irish bookies in the last few years the Chinese love their gambling, and the place they go to do most of their gambling is Macau. I got a ferry from Hong Kong to Macau which took about an hour. Its full of huge casinos, but really, really quiet. It ...
Chinese Las Vegas
From Hong Kong, it was only an hour ferry ride to Macau, an island that is making a name for itself as China's Las Vegas. Casinos from Vegas have even opened branches there, and though they supposedly aren't quite as elaborate as in Vegas, they were ...
Macau
... Chinese cities we had toured and the prices of food and goods were also much higher than anywhere else we had seen in China. Macau is famous for gambling and we had read how prices can triple (or more) during peak times (Saturdays and any vacation ...
Border Gate
... ; Dinner 06:00pm Return home First, we arrive in Macau Border Gate at 8:00a.m, then we take the bus on the number of 19 to the first view point. ...
Macau - Sin City East
September 19th 2008 - Macau, China So this was our first official trip outside of HK. And what a trip it was.There had been much discussion and controversy over where we were going to stay. As you can imagine, a group of 14 isn’t going to have many ...
Mysterious Macau
... city and harbor. From here we can see that there is another part of Macau; the new Macau of mega Los Vegas style casinos. Macau is famous for its casinos and they are building some huge ones. Gambling is legal here but not in the rest of China. Arvid ...
Macau
... so many casinos, of course I tried my luck. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost against the "hungry tigers." I just played with 10 Euro alltogether, but that was enough for 1,5 hours. A really nice day in Macau and again some new banknotes for my ...
Casino Time
... more like 3 quarters, is the gambling capital of the East. Some have said it actually turns over more than Vegas...? Went up the Macau tower, 380m odd tall with glass flooring areas at the top, so strange to stand on! There´s also the highest bungee jump ...
Macau
... some of my winnings to celebrate. Popped into a karaoke bar, said not for me thank you, then headed back to Hong Kong Macau (Vegas little brother) Conclusion - Not there long enough but 4/10 Highlight- If you like to gamble - you will enjoy- Getting ...
The Asian Las Vegas
... Die Faehre benoetigt ungefaehr eine Stunde und man wuss wieder das ganze Ein- und Auswanderungsprozedere ueber sich ergehen lassen. Macau wird auch das Las Vegas Chinas genannt, da es sich durch erlaubte Gluecksspiele auszeichnet. An der Waterfront ...
Don't press that button - $5,000 fine
... up that they had to stop and take photos of the ship and each other - so out of character for little-old-asian-ladies. Macau - Opening Soon Veronica and I have been "down with colds" for the last few days. But we dragged outselves to the ferry and ...
China here i come
Didn't really spend much time in Macau but as soon as you land you can tell your in a different world compared to where I'd just been the last two months. One of the first things that hits you when you walk around Macua is that you could ...