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I am kind shocked how many pictures I took during our 24 hour stay in Macau – I want to finally get to the China pics. But you deserve to see all of the Macau images.
With this post I am going to take you to the Old Downtown of Macau. Here you will see the traditional parts with shops, antique stores and couple of street restaurants. I loved walking through there. I’d just wish I would have brought my medium format camera to take some portraits. Oh well, next time.
Before I forget you could find these wird kids (Business Man) gift sets with a shirt. tie and jacket, toy cell phone and a fake Rollex! Odd! I should have bought one. Arg!
Open for business.
Yummy dried fish.
Lunch, anyone?
Siesta in Macau.
Noodle store and a chat.
Fully stocked corner store.
Travel Link: Best Prices on Macau Hotels and Flights
jd wrote,
the paper clothing and watch etc. are not intended for toys but are gifts for dead friends and family members. they are burned so that the dead can enjoy them in the afterlife. there’s also ’spirit money’ and the full gamut of house hold appliances from rices cookers to radios and t.v.s all made out of paper and cardboard and all fairly realistic. i once saw a beautiful card stock t.v. with a lenticular screen that changed as you walked by it.
Link | December 10th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
RGS wrote,
jd,
thank you very much for the information .. I actually have heard about these paper burning rituals. Didn’t put it together though. These boxes looked like toys to me
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Gloria wrote,
Oh, jd has already pointed it out to you. Haha.
This post reminds me strongly of my own hometown. I’m from Malaysia but Chinese are one of the majorities…gah…I’m homesick. =(
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Alissa wrote,
Looks like a great place to visit, brings me back to my travels through Asia
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 9:25 am
RGS wrote,
Gloria,
I didn’t mean to make you homesick at all .. and Alissa, where did you travel in Asia?
As always, if you have a great story or pictures to share pleae let me know
Have a great day.
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Alissa wrote,
China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma and Laos
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
RGS wrote,
Alissa, If you got any stories and photo you would like to share on RGS, let me know .. this will earn you a link to your site
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Alissa wrote,
thanks for the offer though I’d prefer to keep my travel photos seperate from my samples blog
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
RGS wrote,
I like to be as random as possible
Wonder how come, he he .
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Alissa wrote,
So I noticed – it does make your blog rather interesting
Link | December 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
littleoslo wrote,
thank u for ur nice photo and yes these are the thing for the death.
nowadays they even offer wii, ipod, nike sneakers, all the paper version…. haha
Link | December 13th, 2007 at 12:45 am
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