Tag Archives: Macau

‘Ghost’ island off the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Marcus Wong

On my most recent visit to Hong Kong I went on a boat trip off Lantau Island, and found something bizarre on the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge – a mysterious looking white building atop an artificial island in the middle of […]

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Crossing the border on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Marcus Wong

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge connects Hong Kong to Mainland China – but where does the bridge cross from the waters of Hong Kong into China’s Guangdong Province, and what marks it? So where is the border? From a legal perspective […]

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Riding the Guia Hill cable car in Macau

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Marcus Wong

I’ve visited Macau a number of times over the years, but one thing I never knew about the cable car. Named ‘Cable Guia’ (Chinese: 松山纜車; Portuguese: Teleférico da Guia) the aerial gondola lift runs through a park to the top of Guia Hill, home of the Guia Fortress and lighthouse.

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Chinese airports and ‘International, HK, Macao and Taiwan Departures’

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Marcus Wong

Naming the terminals at most airports is easy – flights inside your country use the ‘domestic’ terminal, and flights to other countries use the ‘international’ terminal. But at the airports in and around China, things get a little more complicated.

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How many ferry routes are there in Hong Kong?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Marcus Wong

With Hong Kong being a city by the water one would expect to see a larger number of ferries, and a quick glance at the waters of Victoria Harbour will confirm this. So how many ferry operators and routes are there in Hong Kong?

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