I decided to walk up the hill to the meteorological station beside the hotel. I had a devil of a time trying to take photographs because my lens kept fogging up. It was so humid that I had to focus the camera then wipe the lens and quickly take the shot. This shot of course is of a Chinese Cemetary. This is on Taipa Island.
From the hill I took these shots of Macau Airport.
You can see the haze here. It was really a muggy day. This shot looks across the bridge from Taipa Island to Macau Island.
I took this shot in a little park down the road from the hotel. Almost every shot came out blury.
Two streets.
Not the street on which the hotel sits, but the first left on the roundabout will take you down these two streets to some interesting scenery.
You will arrive at Taipa House Museum Area with so much to see. If you want to go into the Museum you must pay. But there is also much to see outside.
I think that this is the Venetian Casino. I went passed in a bus one day. It is still under construction but will be fantastic. Just like Venice.
All the images above are from the same place around the Taipa House Museum.
Hac Sa Beach - Coloane Island Macau
There was a huge statue of A-Ma on the hillside overlooking the South China Sea. I had trouble with my new camera and couldn't get a clear shot of it.
Macau Island
These two shots are of the A-Ma Temple on Macau Island
I didn't go into the temple. I was hot and tired and so sat down in the park out front. Two Irish girls sat down beside me and we chatted for awhile. I showed them the map that the hotel gave me, which not only shows all the tourist spots but the buses to catch there.
This is a museum beside the A-Ma Temple on Macao Island. This sits on the waterfront and you can see Zhuhai in China across the harbour.
The next three are of Senado Square on Macau Island
There are so many places to visit within walking distance of Senado Square.
The same bus that takes you to A-Ma Temple takes you to Senado Square.
Institute of Civic and Municipal Affairs Building Senado Square.
See the street sign on the side of the building bottom left side? That says Travessa Da Se. The one in front of the Church is Largo Da Se.
Church of Maria Nascenti (?) walking from Senado Square to the Fort. Intersection of Travessa Da Se and Largo Da Se Macau Island.
Casa de Lou Kau in Travessa Da Se. Macau Island. Former residence of this formerly prominent business man.
Lou Kau as per picture on the wall.
The Fort on Macau. Most of my photos up there were just as fuzzy. A new camera combined with incompetence no doubt caused this, But I know that sometimes the lens just fogged up.
From the fort (which is in walking distance of Senado Square) you have a good view of mainland China and of course Macau.
Looking to Zhuhai - mainland China - across the water. Ruins of St. Paul bottom of photo.
In the Magic City Article on Macao you can see two other photographs taken from these escalators. This is within the fort and takes you down to the Ruins of St. Paul's Church.
The outside wall of the fort.
Taken with my back to the Ruins. That facade has lockable gates on it. And it has security guards standing there?
Saint Dominic's church. Notice the pavement - the same as Senado Square. That's because I have walked in a circle. Everything is so close here.
Ferry to Shenzhen on Macau Island
On July 20th 2007 I arrived in Chengdu Sichuan Province by plane from Shenzhen. After meeting up with my friend Mingxing, I traveled LeShan to see the Giant Sleeping Buddha, and then to Mount Emei
R.P.BenDedek is from Brisbane Australia and is the author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' at http://www.kingscalendar.com His academic articles set forth Apologetics for and results of his discovery of an "artificial chronological scheme" running through the Bible, Josephus, the Damascus Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Seder Olam Rabbah.
He writes photographic 'Stories from China' and social editorial commentaries, both at KingsCalendar, and as a contributing newspaper columnist. He currently teaches Conversational English in China and in addition to his English Lessons at KingsCalendar, he has created specific sites for Students of English.
