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Macau Slideshow
Macau
Travel Blogs from Macau, China
Portuginese!
Macau was something of a surprise. After three months in China at the beginning of the year, I had a fairly good idea of what to expect from a Chinese city. Macau was nothing like that. For a start, it's clean. Not just clean, but really clean. I think ...
Macau - Portuguese colonial town and Eastern Vegas
... stay in Hong Kong we decided to make a day trip to the former portuguese colony (and now chinese special administrative zone) Macau. Of course we chose a Chinese public holiday so the ferry and town were packed. That had it's good side, too, ...
Macau
During mid-week you can pick up heavily discounted hotel rates in Macau (at the weekend they shoot back up and are often tripled) so we managed to enjoy a bit of luxury, a 4* Hotel, which was excellent - and included ...
MACAO
After another bumpy ride at the back of a sleeper bus we got dropped off at Zhuhai, border town of China and Macau. Zuhai was very clean. We hired a cab to get to the border crossing. We thought we were at the wrong place when he stopped in the ...
pit stop in Macau
... sweet dried beef and pork which Chris quite liked), ‘hung yan bang’ (almond biscuits) peanut and sesame brittle and Macau’s famous egg custard tarts, which we had just enough time to sample before heading back to catch the ferry back to ...
Macau tur/retur
... pc'er, synes vi at det var tid til at komme lidt videre(selvom vi gerne ville blive) og vi skrev derfor til Suraj på Macau, over couchsurfing, om vi ikke måtte bo et par nætter hos ham. Couchsurfing er et online community hvor folk fra hele verden ...
Mothers Day and Macau
... of the richest cities in the world.[7] Macau was both the first and last European colony in China.[8][9] Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16th century and subsequently administered the region until the handover on December ...
A day of luxury
... achieved that goal. It has bigger casinos than Vegas. After a quick 1 hour turbo ferry crossing from Hong Kong we arrived in Macau ferry terminal and were struck by how many free casino shuttle busses were waiting to take us to any casino we wanted. This ...
Welcome to Las Vegas!...well, Asia's Vegas...
... ". So we just paid and left. Down the street was Pizza Hut...looked brand new and was packed with people. Pizza Hut in Macau and China is like fine dining at home. A big Chandelier hung in the center of the restaurant...haha. So we went for some pizza. ...
The unexpected Macao!
... luso, o Sumol, o bacalhau com grão; A esperança de ver alguém familiar, mesmo que completamente estranho. Os portugueses em Macau são, agora, uma pequena minoria. À volta de 3.000 num universo de mais de meio milhão de habitantes; Queria também ...
Touring Macao
... estava apertado mais ainda deu para espreitar o mercado vermelho. Estava tudo praticamente fechado uma vez que é feriado hoje em Macau... e na China. Trata-se do dia da China. Foi uma excelente tarde de passeio. Muito obrigado pela simpatia mais uma ...
old town macau
... its a good one! The Monte Fort is free is definitely worth a visit. The guy at Augusters really talked up the Macau museum, but we didn't feel like spending the money. Instead we walked across town to take the Teleferico up to Guia Fort. ...
Hong Kong -> Macau -> Canton
... I caught a myriad of buses and collected my backpack from the ferry terminal and found myself at the border crossing into China. I found myself surprised that compared to jumping off the edge of a 700 foot building, finally crossing into actual ...
Sorry sir, your flight was cancelled...
...2 months ago. We tried to call you but you weren't there. Thanks Tiger Airways, but unfortunately I was busy traveling around the World so couldn't take the call. That's why I booked online and gave an e-mail address! They said I could have gone to ...
What happens in Macau, stays in Macau
HE SAID: Macau definitely resembles Vegas. One difference is that the hotels are more spread out and not on one street. Some hotels are actually on other islands. Some familiar names are the Wynn, Venetian, and then a few others such ...
A day in Macau...or a city in Europe?
... . This used to mark the border between the Portuguese and the Chinese territory and recently used to be the border crossing between Macau and China. As it was after 6pm we decided to get a taxi back to the port and had a quick look around ...
Sheung Wan, Macau
... time to go overseas again. Well to Macau anyway. $140 HK dollars and an hour and twenty minutes later I arrived in Macau from Kowloon. Lots of paperwork and passport control again and yes, more stamps in the passport. Much different to Hong Kong ...
L Europe (ou Las Vegas!) en plein coeur de l Asie!
... meme les coquerelles a mains nues pendant la nuit... A l aube, on s est sauve pour des lieux plus agreables! Macau, ancienne colonie portugaise, s est avere une belle surprise. L architecture portugaise est superbe, mais la beaute de cette ville est ...
Macau
... owned by the casino moguls. The next day we visited two small islands connected to the Macanese peninsular but part of Macau nonetheless, named Coloane and Taipa respectively. Coloane was the island located furtherest away and was a quaint, sleepy little ...
Full of Portuguese Pirates
... Swedish winner. I have 2 months remaining. After renewing my completely full passport and arranging return visas, I am off to Macau, mainland China by ferry. A city 65 km West of Hong Kong across the mouth of the Pearl River. A mixture of ...
A Portuguese Flavor
... . This is the life! Soon it was time to head back to the harbor and catch our ferry back to Hong Kong. Although Macau misses the glitter/glamour and sophistication of Hong Kong, we both agreed that today had been our best day yet. Macau was definitely ...
No sleep
... and laws and therefore we have to go through customs to get into them, luckily we didnt need a visa to get into Macau but we have our China visa ready for crossing the border next. We caught the ferry from Hong Kong at midday, horrid day - colder ...
macau
came here for a day trip from HK, cool larl place. gonna be asia las vegas in a few years. same crack as hong kong now, not int mood to be typin ...
A new adventure....Hong Kong :)
... some thoroughly enjoyable exploring in the heart of the former Portugese colony. Much like Hong Kong and its history with the British Crown, Macau was ceeded to the Portugese and used by them as a trading base, only to be returned to Chinese rule in ...
A pleasant surprise!!
... we could get a free shuttle bus from and greatfully when we walked out the door there it was, waiting for us!! From the ferry Macau looked like a toy town made out of lego or the set for a film ( the casino area I think)! Around our hotel though ...
