"Portuguese Heritage" Top 5 Page for this destination Macao by solopes

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A single day trip to Macao, a rainy morning and a dark afternoon, but a pleasure to notice the way the Chinese dealt with Portuguese memories: The signs of our presence are everywhere, absolutely respected and... enhanced. The contrast with Honk Kong is intense: while in HK you have to "dig" under sky scrappers and indistinguishable modern structures to find British remainders, in Macao, the boom of construction and the new signs of Chinese government respect the historic areas, where the colonial times are easy to feel. Good work!

Last visit to Macao: Aug 2007
Intro Written Sep 20, 2007
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hunterV Jul 27, 2009 at 7:56 AM Report Abuse

Avelino, you have seen that splendid place! Well done! ><><><
elpariente Feb 3, 2008 at 12:42 PM Report Abuse

Gracias por tu felicitación!!!!!! El año pasado fuimos dos meses a China y acabamos en Macao , que nos emocionó con sus edificios , los nombres de las calles y desde luego el Caldo Verde y el Bacalao "durau"