We visited by ferry also Macau which was both the first and the last European colony in Asia. Since 16th century it was administred by Portugal for 442 years until handover to China in Dec 1999 to become its other Special Administrative Region. The wide range of expensive hotels and casinos makes it one of the richest cities in the world. It is also the most densely populated region in the world, with a population density of 18500 persons per square kilometre. The overall population is about half million. It has mixed Chinese and European as well as Buddhistic and Christian genius loci.
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.Exhibit in Grand Lisboa Casino
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Old Portuguese architecture in the centre of the city
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View of the Old Town and reclaimed district from St. Paul
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View from Mount Fortress to norther part of Macau and Zhuhai city, China
. Macau's Taipa island, residential quarters