Sao Domingos

Day #141: Day trip to Macau

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August 20th 2013
Macau is only an hour's ferry journey from Hong Kong and easy to get there and away in a day, so it is easy to forget it is a separate country (when you buy the ferry ticket, they are very clear that you need your passport). Because of its proximity I was expecting it to be similar to Hong Kong, but it could be a different continent, never mind a different country: because of its history as a ... read more

Asia » Macau

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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 2... ... read more