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Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The Portuguese colony of Macao (in 1988). |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The Portuguese colony was handed back to China in 1999. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06873.jpg) |
The port area. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02420.jpg) |
Macao is set on the island of Taipa near the Chinese mainland. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06874.jpg) |
A selection of boats and ships. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65356.jpg) |
Seafood catch. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65355.jpg) |
Clothes drying. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Port |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65354.jpg) |
Local ferries. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06875.jpg) |
Apartments along the coast. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Senate Square |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65357.jpg) |
Busy Senate Square. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Senate Square |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06877.jpg) |
Senate Square contains many southern European buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Senate Square |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06876.jpg) |
The square is at the centre of the city. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Senate Square |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65358.jpg) |
Row of shops. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
Senate Square |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65359.jpg) |
The Law Court. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02422.jpg) |
Portuguese style buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65360.jpg) |
Former bank. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65361.jpg) |
Classical style building. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65363.jpg) |
European building overlooking a square. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65362.jpg) |
Old and new side by side. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06879.jpg) |
Villa with Portuguese tiles. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06878.jpg) |
Government House dates from 1849. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65364.jpg) |
Children. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65365.jpg) |
Catholic church with Madonna and Child statue. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The Bela Vista Hotel is faded elegance. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The Governor's Residence. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65368.jpg) |
Appartment building. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The coast. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
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The cathedral of Sao Paolo is at the top of a long flight of steps. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65371.jpg) |
The building is a facade after a typhoon in 1835. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02423.jpg) |
Sao Paolo dates from the 17th century. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65372.jpg) |
The facade is delicately carved. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00041.jpg) |
Children at the cathedral. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sao Paolo |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06880.jpg) |
Busy streets at the foot of the cathedral. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65373.jpg) |
Street in Chinatown. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Chinatown view. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Stepped alleyway. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Kun Iam Temple |
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Kun Iam Temple is 400 years old and Buddhist. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Kun Iam Temple |
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Visitors. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Kun Iam Temple |
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Buddhist monks. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Sign in Portuguese and Chinese. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06881.jpg) |
The commercial centre of Macao. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The Hotel Lisbon in central Macao. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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St Augustine Church (1814). |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Portuguese buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Dom Pedro V Theatre dates from 1872. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Church clock tower CHECK. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Portuguese buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Mansions. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Pastel coloured building. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Fort of Sao Paolo de Monte |
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The Fort of Sao Paolo de Monte dates from 1617. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Fort of Sao Paolo de Monte |
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The Fort defended Macao from the Dutch. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Fort of Sao Paolo de Monte |
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Catholic shrine. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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St Michael's Church |
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St Michael's Church has a large cemetary and overlooks the city. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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St Michael's Church |
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The church dates from 1875. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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St Michael's Church |
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Portuguese and Chinese tomb stones. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Lou Lim Loc Gardens |
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The entrance. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Lou Lim Loc Gardens |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06886.jpg) |
The compact Lou Lim Loc Gardens. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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A-Ma Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06887.jpg) |
The courtyard of the A-Ma Temple. It was called A-Ma-Gao in Portuguese from which the colony got its name. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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A-Ma Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65390.jpg) |
The main shrine of the A-Ma Temple. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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St Joseph's Seminary. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Row of shops. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Apartments above a cafe. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Busy shopping street. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Steep streets. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Penha Church was built on top of a hill in 1837. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Macao is famous for its gambling venues. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02421.jpg) |
Floating casino. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The former headquarters of the British East India Company. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Protestant Cemetary |
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Gravestone for an ancestor of Winston Churchill at the Protestant Cemetary. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Protestant Cemetary |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65395.jpg) |
British soldier who died storming the fort in 1841. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Protestant Cemetary |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65396.jpg) |
Gravestone of a British gentleman from 1792. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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The residence of Dr Sun Yat Sen, the first president of China. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65397.jpg) |
Appartment block. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65398.jpg) |
Shanty town. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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Brick building. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65400.jpg) |
Residential buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
Macao |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65401.jpg) |
The old city surrounded by newer buildings. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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House on stilts. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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Fisherman with the 3km causeway linking the Macau and Coloane islands to the Chinese mainland. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65402.jpg) |
Reclaimed island. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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Fresh water resevoir. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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View across to the Chinese mainland. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Taipa Island |
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Causeway |
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The causeway linking Taipa Island with the distant Coloane Island. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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Causeway |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06896.jpg) |
Macao on Taipa Island from the Coloane Island end of the causeway. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02425.jpg) |
Coloane Island is the larger and less populated of Macao's two islands. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06897.jpg) |
The island at low tide. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06898.jpg) |
Coastal settlements. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65406.jpg) |
Beach. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65407.jpg) |
Resort. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65408.jpg) |
The Chapel of St Francis Xavier. Part of his body is buried here; the rest is in Goa. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65410.jpg) |
View of the city on Taipa Island. |
1988 |
Macao |
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Coloane Island |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel65409.jpg) |
The causeway between Macao and China. |
1988 |