Macau - 澳門

Last week I made a trip to Macau and Hong Kong.  I met up with my friend who lives in Thailand.  Our first stop was Macau!

Macau was a Portuguese settlement in 1887 and remained that way until 1999 when the mainland of China took it back.  However, Macau operates its own legal system, police force, customs policy, immigration policy, and has its own currency.

To get to Macau we took an hour ferry ride from the Hong Kong airport.   We had to go through customs entering and exiting Macau.

We found a recommended restaurant our first night.  We ordered African Chicken and what we thought was a beef dish.  The beef dish turned out to be ox tongue!   We didn't realize this until after we ate it.  It was some of the best meat I've had and definitely a nice change from the food I eat in China.

We took a cable car up to Gula Hill.  It was a beautiful day and so much warmer than China.

We found some interesting local markets.

Overall Macau was very quiet compared to the busy cities we come from.  We didn't even see a lot of tourists until we got to Sao Paulo church.  The streets felt very European.

Pork on a bun = soooo good

Portuguese egg tarts were everywhere.  They were warm and not too sweet.

Beautiful sunset on top of the Macau museum.