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Published: September 7th 2007
The Galaxy casino Macau
This one had a bit of old world charmWe just completed a visa run across the Chinese border at Macau. This time we only stopped for a couple of hours- enough to see the some of Macau's casinos and to spot the sea.
Macau has 95% Chinese inhabitants, 2 % Portuguese and 3% Macanese- a mix of both. I spent much of the short trip trying to spot the Macanese part of society without success- or maybe I saw them and didn't know it.
Another fact is that Macau's territory is only 27.3 km squared, given to the Portuguese some time soon after the 16th Century for services rendered- they helped clear the rampant piracy from the area!
As Macau is only 2 hours away by bus, it's convenient for all things visa related, but Hong Kong is not that much further and is always calling- hope we get time to make a visit.
In other news, we have moved to another apartment- spacoius and clean.
We've also bought two bicycles to get about on in our time off. Went road tested these last weekend and found a duck/fish farm in one- the Chinese- interprising as ever!
I keep imagining our
family and loved ones all travelling like us- and actually with us- but then if everyone left their home countries things would change quite rapidly- no-one working and paying taxes to keep the West a peg above the East. The mind boggles. What really stops people from travelling- fear of change?; love of routine? Or is it patriotism to help and bolster our home countries' economies. I'm sure that there are a thousand reasons for this, none of which I currently subscribe to, because, as we are proving, little by little, travel can actually be a self sustaining activity, paying for it's self- I hope that this does'nt turn out to be an overinflated statement, but I think it's true and possible.
So back home, I suspect Big Brother is dominating the TV as it does every Summer. We get a repreive from Big Broither based news/gossip. Meanwhile I'll leave you with a few pics from our lives in the last week.
lelde/
Nu sveiki visiem atkal jau. Ja, otrdien bijam atkal aizdevushies uz Makau neliela vizite. Uz dot bridi man jau pase ir 3 Kjinas vizas, bet driz vien - pec menesha - atkal jau bus jadodas,
An old building
On our bike ride. The owner came out to give me the usual inspection.I remember this, because unerved I jumped on my bike a little to quickly with painful results! lai dabutu vel vienu oficialu papireli ielimetu mana personu apliecinonosha dokumenta! Es pieljauju, ka tas ari bus pedejais uz kadu laiku.😊 Makau tiesham atgadina Azijas Lasvegasu- kazino blivuma, lieluma un ari klimata zinja. Mes pastaigajamies pa vienu tadu uznjemumu okeana krasta, kur tika atskanjota spanieshu vai portugalieshu muzika un bija saceltas visadas sveshus laikus un vietas atdarinoshas celtnes, piemeram, SG amfiteatris etc. Muzika man jau nu ljoti patikas! 😊 Eh ka bus jaizshauj lidz Spanijai vai Portugalei kadu dienu!
Lai gan stradajam ilgas stundas, tomer viens neatsverams pluss shjim darbam uz doto bridi (ka man vienmer to ir gribejies) ir tas, ka nav jaceljas agri. Modinataju gan es lieku uz plks.9.00, bet, ja nav duka celties taja stunda, tad mierigi susuljoju talak!😊) Kas nekaish, ne? 😊
Ja, Treshdien parcelamies uz musu jauno mitekli, kas ir nedaud zplashaks un ari advancetaks, ka ari dislokets otraja stava. Man gan nebija nekas preti pret kapeleshanu, jo faktiski ta bija musu vieniga daudz maz aktiva fiziska aktivitate... Bet nu nekas...
Varat aizmirst manu tel.nr., jo sakot no ritdienas mums bus jauna karte. Nezinu vai shama bus pieejamaka arzemju kontakteshanas vajadzibam, bet nu ceresim😊
Juhuu - nedeljas nogale, lai gan sesdienas mes parasti stradajam (nav
Spot the photographer
This is the side of the sands casino- a real monster! spiesta lieta gan), lai iesaktu stundu sagatavoshanu procesu nakamajai nedeljai, tapatam ta diena liekas ka tada brivdiena. Un man patik brivdienas! Pieljauju, ka neesmu vieniga ipatne😊
Laiks sheit joprojam, protams, ljoti silts/karsts. Nu ta, laikam nekas vairak ststams nav uz doto bridi. Brizhiem ta savadi gan paliek, kad ta padomaju, ka esmu elle rata Kjina un macu cilvekiem anglju valodu. Es visa shi procesa rezultata droshvien vairak samacishos neka mani studenti 😊 Interesanti cik es punktus dabutu, ja izpilditu IELTS testu. Labi, ka mani darba deveji to nepieprasa uz doto bridi, jo baigi jau negribetos izblameties 😊
Labi, buchas!
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caroline
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we are all on journeys.... I always thought it odd that some have absolutely no inkling to travel at all.... Its a state of being, once you'v taken that step and the ball is rolling...thanks for the wee insight into Macau. You're being well looked after indeed with such a swish appartment. Indeed may your beings be well....