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    Macau and Shenzhen

    28 april, Macao ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The day after I arrived, Dudi and his wife Jo took me to Macau. Like Hong Kong, it kind of but doesn't belong to China (meaning they have their own passport and immigration process).
    Still, for my swiss passport no problem for a day trip.
    Very efficiently, we took the bus. Macau is connected to Hong Kong with a big bridge that also goes underground for some time.

    Macau is known for its casinos and buildings that were left by the Portuguese, when they colonized them. So we visited the facade of a burnt down church and some places of expensives hotels built like any place but Macau. So you have the Big Ben and the red Phonebox, the double decker bus and eiffeltower. Inside a hotel was also Venice.

    We also visited a small temple, just to experience a little bit of Macau.
    We ended our trip with a delicious dinner, drunken ginger chicken and some nice beef, with bread and rice.

    We were back in Hong Kong at around 11pm. A good day!

    And the next day, Jo, Vanessa and I went to Shenzhen, a city in China right in front of Hong Kong.
    Like Konstanz to Switzerland, Shenzhen is a place where Hong Kong people go shopping cheaply. Even I was able to stock up on lip balm, sunscreen for my face and sunscreen for my lips.
    For dinner, Hotpot! Just like the Hotpot in Japan or Taiwan, absolutely delicious. All kinds of soups are still my favourite meal of all time.

    This time, we also returned late, as we were stuck in traffic. At least I learned a cantonese swear word; Dengle o fei (probably written very badly).

    Wow!
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