Blogs from Macau, Asia - page 11

Wednesday 28.10.2009 Day 13 We went to Hong Kong Island by ferry we walked up to the end of Nathan street to get to the ferry then we went to the tallest building in Honk Kong the 2itc which is the 5th highest in the world they do not let people joy ride up to the top like other placed do so we could not go up to the top. We then went up the giant escalator up the side of the mountain though the streets and shops. We shop at a coffee shop on the way and had a healthy brunch then continued up the escalator. We then walked to the botanic gardens and zoo then walked to the peak light rail and went up to the Peak it was a fantastic ride and the ... read more

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 hot and muggy to really hot and muggy with more clouds, whoopty-doo. I have kept busy since we last chatted. The big headlines would read; New Apartment Old Building!. . . New Stickers for a ... read more

Day 429: Tuesday 1st September - Leaving China but not leaving China I have a two hour bus journey from Guangzhou to Zhuhai which is the city on the border with Macau. Macau, like Hong Kong, is classed as a special administrative region, so whilst it is part of China it is administered almost like its own country. Therefore, there are immigration controls whereupon I get stamped out of China, walk through the building and get stamped into Macau, without technically leaving China!! Macau is its own separate state in all matters apart from foreign policy and defence and like Hong Kong was handed back to the Chinese by the Portuguese in the late nineties. Nothing much is meant to have changed except there is a different country overseeing matters, and its relative independence to govern ... read more

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 heading Laos and for anyone interested in the incredible things that await the curious traveler in that country I strongly suggest you look up www.vrolijksontrek.com. So I take up the story after we left the ... read more

Taipa es la más pequeña de las islas pertenecientes a la región administrativa especial de Macao. En Taipa contrastan las construcciones que aún permanecen de estilo colonial portugués y algunos templos tradicionales chinos, con otras nuevas construcciones, así como los nuevos complejos hoteleros y casinos, ya en Cotai, el itsmo que conecta Taipa con Coloane. La comida riquísima. ... read more