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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 sweet_sentiments
February 9th 2006

Holy Cow, Macau! Asia » Macau

Macau Tower

macau for a $1? holy cow, macau! when i travel i don't just go to that place to visit the tourist spots.......... or just to capture everything that caught my eye on camera................... it isn't just admiring the place.........it isn't just collecting coins or ref magnets ................ it's experiencing the culture, rubbing elbows with the locals, getting lost and finding your way AND! most importantly, tasting the food! macanese food is characterized by the spiciness of portuguese cuisine, the dominant use of paprika, curry powder and the like...quite an interesting combinat [View Full Entry]

By TravellingKate
January 20th 2006

A day in Macau Asia » Macau

Portuguese architecture in Macau

We decided to take a day trip from Hong Kong to Macau, it's recommended in the guidebooks as one of Chinas highlights and it meant that we'd get another stamp in our passports ;) Unfortunately the day we went it suddenly turned very cold and we weren't really very prepared for it so it was a chilly walk around the island! There were some pleasant sights and it's a fairly nice place to visit and amble around but having been built up as a highlight I think we were expecting more from Macau and so at the end of our day [View Full Entry]

By dizzytravel
December 12th 2005

Indo-Portuguese Asia » Macau

Macau, China: Nov. 27-29 We travelled overnight on a bus full of beds (In all my travels, I had never encountered such a bus before). It was much more bearable than the 10 hour torment I had envisioned. We arrived at 5 am in Shenzhen and took the next couple hours to figure out how to get to the Port as we had no guide book and it is near impossible to get around China otherwise as next to no one speaks english and everything is written in Chinese but we persevered, got on a bus and hoped that at [View Full Entry]

By storm
December 2nd 2005

Touch Down Asia » Macau

MIA

Well can't complain much cos cheap tickets ... but one thing that I would like to point out is the air stewardess was so diligent in cleaning the toilet ... so it was clean n spanking all the time. :) At last, I get to breath fresh air!! I had to practically run as it was so cold - BRRR. Imigration was a breeze... but everything was closed. Cos it's like 0300 :) Anyway, I had to wait till 0730 for the bus to transfer to the jetty for the First Ferry to TST. Met a few guys who is also [View Full Entry]

By Sean
October 16th 2005

Midnight in Macau Asia » Macau

First Glimpse of St Pauls

All the photos are in the dead of night, I'm glad it ended up that way but Macau was a quick trip. Nick, a young Kiwi toymaker, and I headed for Hong Kong central and had a great time, sleeping half the day away when I should have been on a boat to Macau. When I had finally made it it was already dark and with a flight at noon the next day I chose the obvious. Ditch the bag at the ferry station and walk with the camera, all night, no hotel. I headed for Taipa, one of two small [View Full Entry]

By Alice Dave and Pete
July 19th 2005

One Stamp in the Passport Just Wasn't Enough... Macau! Asia » Macau

Is it Europe or is it China?

Managed to get 4 passport stamps in total -- exit entry exit entry. Caught the ferry over to mainland China to Macau but this does not mean we went to China, oh no no no. Not entirely sure but think Macau might be like Hong Kong in that it used to be a colony - Portugese to be precise - and is now part of China but still has separate passport/visa controls. Hence arriving in Macau felt like arriving in Europe! To start with they seem to be trying to turn into Monaco and are building a series of casinos - [View Full Entry]

By Double J
May 30th 2005

Macau Asia » Macau » Macau

Sao Paulo Church

Here are some pictures from Macau. [View Full Entry]

By HkDeven
April 24th 2005

Macau Mania? Asia » Macau

Macua Fort

Macau Mania? After 400 years as a sleepy Portuguese colony in the south of China, Macua is becoming the Vegas of Asia and even overtaking the Vegas strip's previous records. It's a weekday afternoon and I am standing, slack-jawed and agog, in the sparkling lobby of the huge Sands Casino. Directly over my head, suspended from a well-reinforced (I hope) ceiling, hangs what is purportedly the world's largest chandelier -- a monstrosity of glittering glass and chrome that sends showers of twinkling fantasy light to the floor below. Bustling all a [View Full Entry]

By Lauralee
April 8th 2005

Day trip to Macau Asia » Macau

Macau Main Plaza

Yesterday mom and I did a day trip by boat to Macau. We felt honor-bound to undertake this adventure as my dad grew up there and well, he did pay for this trip. The place now belongs to China but is a special economic zone with relative autonomy over itself other than national security and foreign relation policies. This place is relatively unexciting if you don't feel the need to go to one of the many casinos. I found that the lights were just as glittery in Macau as Las Vegas but not as exciting. Las Vegas casino hotels had certain [View Full Entry]

By Tommy Rooney
December 19th 1986

Fancy a flutter? Asia » Macau

Kun Iam statue

An exciting aspect of overseas travel comes from grasping new opportunities that are presented on the road. I was learning to keep an open mind as a traveller and trying to make every post a winner when it comes to new travel adventures. I mean to say, how could I resist a visit to Macau when it is only sixty kilometres south west of Hong Kong, and can be reached in just over an hour on a high speed ferry out of Victoria Harbour. This proved to be an irresistable lure for me, and I climbed aboard the ferry for a [View Full Entry]

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