Category: travel
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Chamonix – Mont Blanc, France
We were spending a long long weekend here in Chamonix. After we checked in at the Hotel Le Morgane, we went out for a stroll. Just off the center of town, is the town church. A wedding ceremony was to start half an hour later when we walked inside. Unlike many churches I have been…
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10 Corso Como, Milano
This is our first trip to Milano – the place to shop in Europe. So we had a mini tour of shops. 10 Corso Como is located at the far end of Brera in Milan, a bit off the tourist trail. The complex is inside a row of 4-storey buildings and includes a large retail…
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Louis Vuitton Maison @ One Central, Macau
We seldom visit a LV as they sell more or less the same lines of goods, but are curious to know what this luxury brand is doing to keep justifying charging those premium prices. So we wandered into this flagship “maison” which was holding an exhibition of LV’s history and craftsmanship. I took this picture…
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Largo do Lilau, Macau 亞婆井前地
We walked from A-Ma Temple via Calçada da Barra and was looking for a way to get up to the Church of our lady of Penha (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha, 澳門主教山小堂). And we wandered into Largo do Lilau (Lilau Square or 亞婆井前地) which is a part of the UNESCO recognized “Historic Centre of Macau”.…
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媽閣廟 A-Ma Temple
The A-Ma temple (Barra Temple, 媽閣廟) was one of our first sightseeing stops. Macau has more history than HK. And this temple apparently already existed before the city of Macau came into being. According to Wikipedia: Built in 1488, the temple is dedicated to Matsu, the goddess of seafarers and fishermen. The name Macau is thought…
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From Hong Kong to Macau
Our itinerary in Hong Kong included a four-day trip to Macau. We left Hong Kong from one of Ocean Terminal’s pier on a Cotaijet 金光飛航 – a high-speed catamaran which made the crossing of Pearl River to Macau in an hour. In this picture taken from the departure lounge, the tall gray building on the…