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A mad dash in Christmas (2) - Macau 馬不停蹄的聖誕(2)——澳門

On New Year’s Day my friend took us on another day trip to Macau. Even though it’s pretty customary to visit Macau whenever I’m back in Hong Kong, there’s still a good part of Macau that I’ve never set foot upon. 元旦日,我的朋友兼領隊安排澳門一日遊。雖說差不多每次回港都會到澳門逛逛,但其實有很多地方我都從沒認真看過。 We went directly to Taipa to start our tour around Macau. I remember a long time ago that Taipa was one of the two outlying islands of Macau, the other being Coloane. But these days the two islands become joined after reclamation, and the newly created land becomes home to a cluster of brand new casinos and hotels. Our first stop is the Venetian Resort Hotel, which is one of those casinos located on this so-called Cotai Strip. After a brief walk through the hotel, we went into the town centre of Taipa (Vila da Taipa) to look for a restaurant serving local style Portuguese cuisine, but we were out of luck as the shop has already folded. We could only go on to find another one. 我們這次出發時直往氹仔,祇記得很久之前氹仔和路環仍是分開兩個島,但現在因填海而連成一整片,填海區...