Advantages: A unique place Disadvantages: A long day
Macau
**SPLENDID TOURS & TRAVEL LTD**
When I was in Hong Kong we noticed in out hotel we could go over to Macau for a day trip. In our hotel we could book this trip with Splendid Tours & Travel Ltd and they sorted out everything from our boat over to our tickets into the attractions. The tour cost us HK$760 each (adult) as we went on a weekday. For a child (under 9) it would have cost HK680 and a child (under 1) it cost HK$150. On a weekend/holidays it cost HK$780 for an adult, HK$700 for a child (under 9) and HK$150 for a child (under 1). For this tour you are required to have a Chinese visa before going on it. You will be provided with an English-speaking guide. Out guide was very friendly and very informative. He seemed interested with other cultures and made a point to spend time to talk to everyone personally on the tour ...
Advantages: Macau - Lovely & Compact Disadvantages: Traffic jam
. But the road is getting more crowded during holidays.
Population: Around 0.6 Million.
Time: Macau is eight hours ahead of GMT.
Weather: warm tropical climate. Summer 25-30 C, Winter 15-20 C
Currency: Patacas, MOP$1=US$8
People: Majority is Chinese, small percentage of
Portuguese and other nationals.
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, English is also spoken.
Accomodation Recommendations:
Pousada De Sao Tiago
This is a wonderful five star hotel. It is built along the fortress. Southern European romantic style. The hotel is decorated with mostly Portuguese items, blue ceramic tile, antique wooden furniture and eating utensil. The hotel has a sea view, a free form swimming pool and a wishing well. The restaurant is serving Portuguese food. The entrance is a dark tunnel furnished with running water walls. VERY ...
heeheehaahaa 27.08.2004 (25.05.2007)
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Advantages: sweet, cute little island, a lot of touristic sites Disadvantages: vast empty areas
Macau is an island that is now part of China and was handed over by the Portuguese quite recently. This island does not remind me of mainland China at all, something like Hong Kong is so different too. Macau is a warm island and is very small.
We arrived by plane though you can also get there by ship. I wasn't very impressed with the first impression i got of it but it grew on me little by little. While driving to the hotel it just looked like a wasteland. There was nothing in sight it was just hot, flat and dry. Eventually we got to our hotel.
The airport was apparently quite far away from the city. Well once in the city it was a quaint little town. It was so cute and colonial. The population didn't all speak mandarin but many spoke some Portuguese and thus with my latin routes i was able to understand some of it ...
ozcr 13.08.2001
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