"The pearl of China" a Macao Travel Page by ntm2322

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Portugal in China

Chinese and Portuguese

All the pictures shown in this album were taken in 1992.

After living in Canada for a few years I decided in 1991 to move to Macau.

Canada is now history and I absolutely do not intend returning to such a boring place (this comment does not apply to the province of Quebec, especially to the city of Montreal). As to Quebec City it is such a fascinating place, where the French culture, much closer to mine, is everywhere.

Macau is a fascinating place combining two distinct cultures, the Chinese and the Portuguese. We have been harmoniously living together and tolerated each other for 500 years.

(The Anglo-Saxon culture entered Macau a couple of years ago by building a few more mega casinos. I just hope they will be able to respect the Chinese and the Portuguese characteristics of the city and contribute to Macau's prosperity.)

Macau is a city full of life and color and where nobody ever gets bored.

Feel hungry at 3 o'clock in the morning? Well, no problem, let's cross the street and have some noodles.

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I admire so much their strength

Besides its culture and delicious food, what I also like in Macau is its trees.

In fact, Macau has some of the oldest and most beautiful trees in the world. If you have got any interest in compiling a book or encyclopedia about trees, well, Macau is a good place to start with.

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It all started here

It is said that when the Portuguese first came in the XVI century they landed at Ah-Ma temple. They then asked the locals what place was that and the locals answered the place was called Ah-Ma. The Portuguese naturally couldn't understand Chinese, so when they heard the name of Ah-Ma they misspelled it, thus misleading everyone and pronouncing Macau instead of Ah-Ma.