Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.To be updated
July 10th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau So I am finally updating my travel blog!!
ok so strating from the very beginning, we arrived in Hong Kong airport at around 5pm on wednesday 9th July and then we went straight onto the ferry to mac ... 4 photos[full story]
July 22nd 2008Asia » Macau » Macau
So, as planned I'm continuing in my catch up quest to get this up to date with my travels. Since the last blog I've been traveling round the North Island of New Zealand which has been amazing so ... 16 photos[full story]
July 15th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau So I got to Macau for a day...although it is a place that you could easily spend two or three, and that isn't includeding the time you might spend in the casinos! It is definitely the Las Vegas of the ... [full story]
July 15th 2008Asia » Macau Zondag hebben we de ferry genomen vanuit Shenzhen naar Macao. Macao was een portugese kolonie in China, vergelijkbaar met Hong Kong van de Engelsen. Macao staat nu vooral bekend om zijn vele casino's ... [full story]
July 6th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau As we begin the tale of how we ended up here at this particular moment, let us first set the scene for ‘here’ and ‘the moment’. Currently Andrew and Tori are sitting in thei ... 66 photos[full story]
July 3rd 2008Asia » Macau » Macau A short ferry ride from Hong Kong is the town of Macau. Along with Hong Kong, Macau is the other Special Administrative Region within China and with that status comes all the other goodies. You must ... 12 photos[full story]
June 12th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau Macau is really great! There is loads of Portugese arcitecture and churches and then at night you can visit the Las Vegas style casinos! We had loads of fun making 2 pounds last 2 evenings in the sl ... [full story]
June 2nd 2008Asia » Macau » Macau I decided today to hit Macau, which is a territory just about 45 miles outside of Hong Kong. It used to be controlled by the Portuguese as a colony, but now it is back in the hands of the Chinese. ... 7 photos[full story]
June 5th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau In Hong Kong we for once had accommodation booked already - to satisfy tighter visa requirements brought on by the proximity of the Beijing Olympics. Cleverly I had written down directions but not the ... 7 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Asia » Macau » Macau Macau
We travelled to Macau by Hydrofoil from HK which took about an hour and a half. To get tickets (HK$148) you need to go to the China Ferry Terminal on Canton Rd in Kowloon where they take cash ... [full story]
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