title A Day Trip to Macau, China - 16th August 2001 intro Another away-day from the base in Stanley, just outside Hong Kong, takes DH and Nosher on the TurboJet catamaran to Macau. Macau was occupied by the Portuguese some 400 years ago, and retains much of its Mediterranean feel making it a very different place to the heaving Hong Kong. Like HK, it was handed back to China in 1999. dcp_0944 A nicely-dilapidated colonial house dcp_0945 Downtown Macau dcp_0946 Foliage and fountains dcp_0947 Market square: Rua Sul do Mercado De S. Domingos dcp_0951 More colourful streets dcp_0952 The Pharmacia Popular dcp_0953 Stripey streets dcp_0954 The early 17th-century St. Dominic's Church dcp_0956 Inside the church dcp_0957 A potted palm dcp_0959 A random shop dcp_0960 A Macau shopping street dcp_0963 A government building dcp_0965 Ramshackle houses dcp_0966 Some kind of offering by the walls of Monte Fort dcp_0967 Interesting back alley dcp_0968 Tourists look at cannon dcp_0969 DH watches a security guard wander around dcp_0970 A view of Macau dcp_0971 A view from the top of Monte Hill dcp_0973 DH takes a work-related call dcp_0974 The remaining façade of St. Paul's Church dcp_0975 Tourists on the steps of St. Paul's dcp_0982 More Macau life dcp_0983 A busy street dcp_0985 An interesting lattice of bamboo scaffolding dcp_0987 A derelict building dcp_0989 A view of Macau from the hilltop at Guia Fort