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You should visit Macau from October to May. It does get a little colder in Macau during the winter months of December-January (with temperature going as low as 0C but generally hovering around 10C-15C). The months of June -September is not favourable due to the many hurricanes and cyclones that are forming in the South China Sea and Macau usually gets the perfunctory bump one or two. Leave a Comment
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 by SLLiew
Per http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/english/getting_to_macau_en.phtml
Visas are required by all visitors except:
a) Residents of Macau;
b) Nationals of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Czech, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and the United Kingdom(6 months) for a stay up to 90 days;
c) Nationals of Australia, Canada, Chile, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, New Zealand, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United States of America and Uruguay for a stay up to 30 days;
d) Nationals of China with valid Macau entry/depart documents, including residents of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas Chinese for a stay of up to 30 days;
e) The "Hong Kong Identity Card", "Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card" or "Hong Kong Reentry Permit" holders may stay in Macau for a maximum period of one year.
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 Macao at dust by Amareyui
My fondest memory of Macao was walking along the West Bay when I was small, with the sun setting and the sun by my side. The gentle breeze was refreshing, and the road along the coast was one of the few areas that's free of a crowd.
Although this scene is no longer the same, the best will be in my memory always. Leave a Comment
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 Grand Prix by Amareyui
I dont know if any people will choose to come to Macao to watch the annual Grand Prix, but to the locals, it is an annual pain in the behind.
Roads are blocked, everywhere is the circus that follows the event, and the worst thing is the unescapable noise of the engines of the race cars.
If you come to Macao trying to take a break and relax, avoid the Grand Prix weekend. Leave a Comment
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The official currency in Macau is the Patacas (and the coins Centavos). The Patacas is not available on the open market, but you can certainly use the Hong Kong Dollar in Macau. The rate is almost 1:1 so virtually every tourist is using the Hong Kong Dollar for transactions. It is possibly one (if not, the only) place on Earth where an external currency is more widely used than the local currency.
Do note: The Patacas CANNOT be used at all in Hong Kong. Leave a Comment
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If China is the empire of bicyles, Vietnam the haven of the moterbikes, then Macau is surely the land of the scooters. I did not realise it till my second trip when I realised that virtually every "bike" parked along the lots are actually scooters.
Scooter lovers would love Macau.
Simply amazing!
Scooters, scooters everywhere. Leave a Comment
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 by JoseMonteiro
All the atmosphere that surrounds this city, day and night.
The Chinese New Year and the festivities. Leave a Comment
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One of our desired stops was the Guia Fortress. We had also decided that we were going to walk. Actually, that was decided for us as we had no car. After a while, we found that our sense of direction had failed us and we were lost. So, we thought about hailing the nearest taxi and having the driver take us. Before we did that, we fortunately found that we actually did know where we were going, and thus had no need for a taxi. Getting lost in cities, especially those on the other side of the world is such a great experience. YOu get to see so much of a place that way. And, if you're like us, you'll enjoy it, and make the most of it! It was so awesome walking along the cobbled streets. I recall a motorscooter (don't know why) that I saw. AH! So much fun! Leave a Comment
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We walked into a store in Macau, because it was hot and we wanted a drink. Coke, of course. It was interesting trying to talk to the store-owner, as we were speaking in Spanish, and he spoke only Portugese. The guy simply looked at me and shook his head. I tried repeating what I was asking other ways, circumlocution, if you will, but to no avail. We then decided to wander until we found it. It was a very nice walk around the city, not to mention long!
It was fun. Leave a Comment
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When I visited here with dzni, we saw the Chinese border and decided that we wanted to try to get back into China, even though our visas were good for only one visit. So, we approached the border patrol station and got in line. No one spoke English very well, we figured. We got out of Macau easily, and then found that they wouldn't let us into China without a new visa, which we could purchase for 100 yuan in the office. We thought about it for a few minutes, but were worried that if we left Macau, we might not get back in, and if we entered China, we might not be able to get out. So, we decided to turn around before we even got to Chinese customs.
Dzni (David) went through before I did, and had a little problem trying to tell the customs agent why we were going back into Macau after having just left it. I had no problem which was due to the fact that David and I told the customs agent that we were together. So we were no longer in no-man's-land between Macau and China, and back in Macau, somewhat disappointed, but oh well. Leave a Comment
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