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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

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By terrio
November 5th 2009

Guilin & Macau (Desperately Seeking Beans) Asia

Hello!!! I'm in Macau! Guilin was a nice place, and about 30 degrees, it's good to be warm, I find. I'd taken a soft sleeper, and it was lovely, I bunkered down for the full 30 hour journey with my noodles and oranges and slept for a good 20 of those hours. I think the Chinese people in my cabin thought I was ill, and so brought me hot water every now and again. Train down there arrived four hours late, so I drank some beers, didn't get bit by any mosquitoes (who, if I haven't mentioned, have been voraciously feasting [View Full Entry]

By bluberry kiz
October 10th 2009

Macau & Zhuhai (October 2-4, 2009) Asia » Macau » Macau

the customs building/border crossing towards Macau

Armed with only our "Wikitravel" knowledge of Macau and Zhuhai, Hubby and I went ahead with our "semi" backpacker journey to these 2 places. Good thing he has a few days off from work due to the National Day celebration in China and also due to the Mooncake Festival. Day 1: We hired a private car to take us to Zhuhai which is a city in the mainland that borders with Macau to the south. Our specific target destination in Zhuhai is the Gongbei District because this is where the Macau border crossing is located. The driver picked us up at [View Full Entry]

By NateK
September 16th 2009

Missing Macanese Money Asia » Macau » Macau

Casino
Cool looking Casino that was near my hostel

Aloha Earthlings, I have sat down to write this blog entry three times now. I really hope I get through it this time... I’m not sure what to write anymore. The ‘strangeness’ of my life isn’t strange anymore. I have to think about is interesting, when it used to be painfully obvious. Life as I know it involves eating pig spine, dealing with typhoons, flirting in Cantonese, and putting on long sleeve shirts in 70 degree weather (SO COLD!). Okay... that does sound weird. They tell me the seasons are changing but I don’t believe it. We have gone from really [View Full Entry]

By ShelleyAnn
September 14th 2009

Macau -Naples Lite (And a Bit of Paranoia) Asia » Macau » Macau

Ruins of St Paul

I checked the weather reports last night, and it seems that a Typhoon warning is in effect - We've already seen results of it, and it is only getting worse. Since that is the case, I decided to see Macau a few days early. I think that if it were not for the weather warning, I wouldn't have chosen to go on a Sunday. Too busy. There were many families with suitcases on their way to Macau - sort of like going to the cottage in reverse. I would have definitely chosen mid week. I went to the Hong Kong-Macau ferry [View Full Entry]

By LouMark
August 30th 2009

There and Back Again... Asia » Macau

Hong Kong skyline at night

Lou: Well Mark left you in Hong Kong, where we found it impossible to leave! Meant to stay only 4 days and ended up staying 10. Hong Kong was such a nice break from China - people didn't stare at us, shove us out of the way, steal our seats, hit us in the face with their umbrellas or try to rip us off at every turn, and everyone spoke English! It was also really nice to see some non-Chinese faces, as there are big Indian, Pakistani and West African communities in Hong Kong, being from such a multicultural city back [View Full Entry]

Giant Panda in the Research Base and Breeding Centre, Chengdu, China

Mark in St Mark's Square, The Venetian, Macau

By old swat
August 19th 2009

Hoppalong in China Asia » Macau » Coloane Island

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Celebration in Dali

Hallo there! There is a large chunk of information I out of my bog at this moment, that’s the things we saw and did before we left the car. In all honestly I must confess that I don’t recall most of it without a map and without the pictures I took, which stayed behind when I left my computer in the car. I deemed the computer too heavy to carry along, based on my previous experience a year ago. What I’m writing about Laos leaves out all the glitz and splendor Ann has related in her latest website addition under the [View Full Entry]

By Dave and Rach
August 14th 2009

Macau Asia » Macau » Macau

Ferry from Hong Kong Island to Macau Arrived Macau: Visited Casinos Saw ruins of St Paul's Saw Mount Fortaleza Won $2000 HKD in Grand Lisboa Flight from Macau to Ho Chi Minh Flight from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi Arrived Hanoi: Saw Lake Wandered round the markets Night bus from Hanoi to Sa Pa [View Full Entry]

By LiuMing
August 7th 2009

Coloane island Asia » Macau » Coloane Island

São Francisco Xavier Parish (聖方濟各堂區)
Coloane island

Coloane island, Gwo Lou Waan (過路環) [View Full Entry]

By Glitter G
July 31st 2009

Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau Asia » Macau » Macau

Singapore Eye in the Sky

In October of 2008, Jeanine & I went to Singapore to visit Jeanine's former colleague, Jazz while she was on an expat assignment. After we toured singapore for several days, we all went to Hong Kong together. From Hong Kong, we took a ferry to Macau. It was a lovely trip with some notable hiccups. For example, We had to fly in a day late and we spent the first night in Japan due to a typhoon in Hong Kong, where we were to have a layover. I frantically called American Express to see if there were any other flights to [View Full Entry]

By Cessna152
July 31st 2009

Macau - Warning: Do not read if easily offended! Asia » Macau » Macau

Panorama of the skyline

Only forty kilometres from Hong Kong, Angela and I decided a day trip to Macau would be an interesting diversion, and so we made our way to the dock to catch a high speed ferry. First established as a trading post in the sixteenth century, Macau, or Ultra Marino as it was then called, became a colony of Portugal in 1887, remaining so until 1999 when it was finally handed back to China. Our journey there took one hour and as we sped along, I began to watch the in-sail-entertainment. It was a Japanese television program which pitted man against bear. [View Full Entry]

Angela poses on ruins of Saint Paul's Cathedral

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