Macau is a special administrative region of China and until 1999 was a colony of Portugal. Located across the Pearl River estuary, Macau is a popular day trip from Hong Kong. Macau is one of the world’s most densely populated areas, and is now known as the Las Vegas of Asia due to its many
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In the summer 2009, our family of five set off for almost three months on an around the world adventure that would see us visit seventeen countries, visit the Pyramids, hike the Great Wall, take two cruises, Disneyland, Universal Studio’s Japan, and three Cubs baseball games. We hadn’t done much traveling prior, Lynne and I
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As part of our 2009 Round the World Trip, Beijing and the Great Wall of China was a must-see. We were staying right in Beijing and there are several great wall locations within 100 kilometres of Beijing, just had to pick one and find out how to get there. Most of the packaged tours are
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