Macau 2014; Explore the Taipa Island, Macau!
4:55 PMI mentioned that I love Taipa more than Macau Peninsula in previous blogpost, and now here I blog about Taipa! Everyone must be wondering what am I talking about and why...
Actually Macau has 3 islands at first, named Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island. Taipa was situated between Macau Peninsula and Coloane island, but is now joined with Coloane by the Cotai Strip which was reclaimed from the sea. It is still separated from Macau Peninsula by the Pearl River, but there are 3 bridges link between Taipa and the peninsula. Taipa used to be rural but it gone thru massive development recent year and now has been transformed into an alternative city to the peninsula.
Taipa 氹仔 (Tam Zai in Cantonese) is a lovely area to spend time. This historic village, anchored by the famous Rua do Cunha 官也街 (Gun Ya Kai in Cantonese), where plenty of traditional Portuguense and Macanese restaurants as well as bakeries and speciality food and snack shops can be found. There are also a couple nice museums in this area, notably the Taipa Houses Museum. A church, Our Lady of Carmel, is located just on top of the museums.With a lake in the front of the museums, this definitely is a scenic place to visit in Macau.
We hopped on public bus in front of our hotel to Rua do Cunha 官也街. We just walk all the way from the start of the road till the end. It is less crowded and less vehicles on streets compared to the hustle Macau Peninsula.
KL also got this, but undeniable Macau one taste much better haha!
Our exploration in Taipa stopped here, and we continue the next half day at Venetian and City of Dreams (which I will blog about on next post hehe!). What I would say is that I have not finish explore Macau yet! Normally I heard people said that one day at Macau is enough for you to explore. Damn! My two nights stay at Macau is not also not enough! I think probably 4-5 day for me to explore most areas, and if want to fully explore I think might need a week time! It's a regret that we unable to explore the Coloane but someday I am sure I will back to this beautiful place again. It has become one of my favorite place from now on!
If you happened to be here, be sure to check out this beautiful place! Continue working on my next blogpost (I am so hardworking recently lol) and my HongKong video... Thanks for reading and love you all! :)
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