"Back in April I had to leave Hong Kong for a day to get my work visa activated. I took a hydrofoil ferry from the main Hong Kong Island to an island named Macau. Macau has been governed by the Portuguese for around the last couple of hundred years. It is destined to be handed over to China on 1/1/99. It has it share of crime and corruption. It is a very small island that's economy is built on the gambling and tourism and is frequented by people from the local region. A certain part of the island is where the Portuguese originally built their town center. It is like stepping back into a European village with Asian food and product hawker in their stalls on the streets.
It sits atop a hill and over looks most of the island. Macua St. Peters
About 7 weeks ago I took my first trip around the Hong Kong surrounding islands to a close by little island named Cheung Chen. I spent sometime walking through the very narrow streets. The are virtually no cars and folks walk, take a boat, or ride a bicycle. Most of the industry there is fishing with a little tourism thrown in. People living in Hong Kong, especially the younger ones go to Cheung Chen for the weekend to get away from the city so to speak. It is a one-hour ferry ride from the main island of Hong Kong. There is some great hiking and even some secluded beaches, this is rare considering that there are 6.5 million people in the Hong Kong region."
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This is all I could find.
KOD
