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Mar 24, 2005 - Yangshuo to Macau
Overnight sleeper bus journeys: Important lesson number 1 DON'T EVER DO IT And that concludes todays lesson kids. The driver never went below 50 mph - was there bomb on the bus???? The final insult??? We were supposed to be dropped at the border to Macau. ... To quote the sales blurb - "You get off the bus and walk over the border".Overnight sleeper bus journeys: Important lesson number 1 DON'T EVER DO IT And that concludes todays lesson kids. The driver never went below 50 mph - was there bomb on the bus???? The final insult??? We were supposed to be dropped at the border to Macau. ... To quote the sales blurb - "You get off the bus and walk over the border"....
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Oct 29, 2004 - MACAU
C'est ici que je me suis sentie comme en vacances pour la premiere fois. A Macau il y a le soleil, la mer, les petites places ombragees ou on peut siroter son apero, de la bonne bouffe (mon premier steak depuis le depart !). ... C'est tout petit, il est facile d'aller sur les iles adjacentes pour aller a la plage et pour couronner le tout ils conduisent bien ! du mauvais cote mais bien ;-) Ils n'ont pas echappe aux McDo et aux Starbucks mais par contre il n'y a pas de KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) ce qui est une benediction (1 tous les 20m en Chine.C'est ici que je me suis sentie comme en vacances pour la premiere fois. A Macau il y a le soleil, la mer, les petites places ombragees ou on peut siroter son apero, de la bonne bouffe (mon premier steak depuis le depart !). ... C'est tout petit, il est facile d'aller sur les iles adjacentes pour aller a la plage et pour couronner le tout ils conduisent bien ! du mauvais cote mais bien ;-) Ils n'ont pas echappe aux McDo et aux Starbucks mais par contre il n'y a pas de KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) ce qui est une benediction (1 tous les 20m en Chine....
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Dec 1, 2001 - How Now Red Macau
com H o w N o w R e d M a c a u Macau, jewel of the South China Sea, pastel slice of Portugal, oasis from the hectic honking of China a millimeter away, a city to like a lot. ... The simple act of stepping across the border from Zhuhai, China to Macau bred comparative peace and absolute charm, bestowing a feeling of immediate tranquility. ... Macau was like finding a private sanctuary or getting out of jail free. ... Though Macau had officially been part of China for over two years when we arrived in December 2001, it was indubitably un-Chinese. ... Crossing the street on entry to Macau brought sheer pleasure, traffic screeching to a halt as we ambled casually across the boulevard. ...
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