TUESDAY - MACAU
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COLOANE
| Another walk I was interested in was in Coloane Village. The only way to really get there on public transport is by bus. It was a 45 minute ride. |
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| I have mentioned before that the Chinese people are short. When I got on the bus to go to Coloane I had to stand at first until a seat came open. When standing my head was up again the roof of the bus. |
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| Largo do Presidente António Ramalho Eanes is a central pedestrian hub that connects many old lanes and streets of the small village in Coloane. |
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| Coloane Village is far away from the hustle and bustle of urban Macau and the casinos and resorts. |
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| Some colorful residences. |
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| Yeah, yeah, another temple. This one is the Sam Seng Temple, built in the fourth year of Emperor Tongzhi's reign. It was rebuilt in 2002 after a disastrous storm. |
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| More piles of fruit. |
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| The Chapel of St. Francis Xavier. With all the bright colors it looks like Barbie's dream church. |
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| A quiet alley. |
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| Not all shrines are big. |
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| The ancient Temple of Tin Hau in Coloane is the oldest on the island. |
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| Three Chinese people walk onto a bar. There's a joke there somewhere. |
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| ¿Donde está la biblioteca? Aquí. |
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| The Coloane Pier used to be a crucial public ferry terminal between Coloane, Taipa and Macau Peninsula before bridges and reclaimed land connected the three areas. |
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| Walking back toward the Largo do Presidente António Ramalho Eanes. |
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| There are a lot of metal and wooden shacks around and then there is this, which looks a lot fancier. I'd rather live here. |
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| Cenral Térmica de Coloane Antigo is the former Coloane power station. It's kind of small but they probably didn't need to generate that much power back then. |
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| The ride back was only thirty minutes. The display at the front and the recorded stop announcements were in Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese and English. |
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| This car, which seems to be advertising something, was driving down the street blaring some sort of annoying music. The cops pulled them over. |
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| Time for dinner. I looked around for some place to eat but didn't see anything that either looked good or that I would be able to navigate in English. Since I was back in a casino area I figured I'd just find a restaurant in one of them. This is the Round-The-Clock Coffee Shop in the Grand Lisboa Hotel. Remember the Grand Lisboa? It was that tall hotel that the cannon was aimed at in the fort. |
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| I'm not sure why they call it a coffee shop. It is a full-on restaurant. I started with a Caesar salad and for main course had this Portuguese baked filet of seabass with olive and tomato sauce. It was very good and since it was Portuguese I count that as local food, even if I had it in a casino resort restaurant. |
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| One trick I did was using a free resort shuttle to get from the ferry terminal to places closer to where I wanted to go. I took advantage of the Wynn shuttle. |
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| Just a quick peak inside the Wynn Macau. |
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| Time to go back to the ferry. |
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| The full name of the terminal is Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Porto Exterior. |
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| The Super Class passengers get to wait in this luxurious waiting area with comfy leather couches. |
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