Nan Lian Garden Photograph-Ying!

Here are some pictures I took from trip in Nan Lian Garden. Enjoy!

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March 2012: Hong Kong - Macau Trip Report

We spent 4 days and 3 nights in Hong Kong, with a side day trip in Macau last March. It was a do-it-yourself (DIY) trip and it was a indeed a challenge. Many thanks to Hong Kong thread in PinoyExchange.com, we survived it.

Let me walk you through with our Hong Kong – Macau escapade and let this blog entry be your virtual tour guide.

Macau Primer

Macau is also spelled as Macao and was a former Portuguese colony. It is composed of the Macau Peninsula itself, islands of Taipa and Coloane which connects to Cotai Strip. Majority (around 95%) of Macau’s population is Chinese, while around 2% is Portuguese or mixed Chinese and Portuguese, known as Macanese. The official language in Macau is both Portuguese and Cantonese and for the forex rate, approximately, 1 MOP = 5.20 PHP, but you can always use HKD in Macau having forex rate of 1 HKD = 1.03 MOP.

With my extensive research, these are the places the I have included in my itinerary:

Hong Kong Primer

Hong Kong is commonly described as “East meets West” because of its Chinese roots having influenced by the British colony. It is composed of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula , New Territories and Lantau Island. The population is around 7.03 million with which 95% are of Chinese descent. The official language of Hong Kong is Cantonese and approximately, the forex rate is 1 HKD = 5.30 PHP

With my extensive research, the places that paved way to my itinerary were are as follows, and this is in order of my interest;