Ryan and I have a vacation next week and we’ve decided to go to Macau. There are a million places we can go to cheaply from Hong Kong, but we decided on Macau since it’s close and we only have a few days. We also don’t have much money and I’ve heard that everything in Macau is cheaper than Hong Kong. When we have a longer vacation we’ll go somewhere farther away.
Macau is very close to Hong Kong and very easy to get to. You can take a ferry, plane and even helicopter. We’ve decided on the ferry since the view is probably better. We also live a lot closer to the ferry terminal than the airport. And the helicopter is ridiculously expensive.
Macau is like Hong Kong in that it’s a special area of China and not universally controlled by the government in Beijing, more or less. The big difference is that Macau used to belong to Portugal while Hong Kong was British. I don’t know if that means all the signs are in Chinese & Portuguese the way they’re in Chinese & English here. I guess I’ll find out. We don’t speak Portuguese or Chinese, so it should be interesting.
Hailey,
ReplyDeleteIf you are planning to go to Macau on the weekend, I highly recommend to buy the ferry tickets in advance. Otherwise it may happen that you need to take the next ferry.
You should definetely try the egg tarts, which are incredible yummy there! You may also go @Dumbo restaurant, which is famous for portugiese food. yummy!!!
Have fun! looking forward to your entry about your trip in Macao!
We didn't have any problems with the ferry.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if egg tarts are dun-ta, but I've had them in Hong Kong lots of times.
We went to a couple of good restaurants, but mostly ate cart food.