February 13, 2019, the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.
Billowing red dust, ebb and flow.
Zhuhai, Gongbei Port. Workers commuting from the two places, businessmen, tourists and other people flow here in the morning and night.
Because it was a day trip back to Zhuhai, our group also joined the trend early at 7:20 and flocked to Macau.
When you arrive in Macau, you must bring your documents, I heard that the local police will investigate. However, at the end of the day, there was no police questioning.
This gate between Zhuhai and Macao is called a port in Zhuhai and a customs gate in Macao. It only took us 14 minutes to clear the customs.
I'm coming, Macau!
The first time I set foot on this land, my feelings were still a little complicated. 500 taels of silver evolved into 150 years of occupation, witnessing the rise and sorrow of a country: before the Opium War in 1840, the jurisdiction of the Ming and Qing governments over Macau was still very powerful, the first Portuguese sailed to the south of Macao originally wanted to grab it, but they were beaten by the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, and then asked to go ashore for temporary residence under the pretext of the ship running aground to dry clothes, and then according to the 1582 Macao land loan agreement, the Portuguese were allowed to rent on a small piece of land in the south of the Macao area. Every year, the Portuguese side has to pay 5 million taels of silver to the Chinese side, and the Portuguese only exist as tenants, and the Chinese side has the final say in Macao's big and small affairs. After 1840, with the continuous decline of the Qing government, Portugal and the Western powers began to take advantage of the fire, and after 1849 occupied the Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island, since then Macau has been substantially occupied, in 1887 the Qing government signed the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Portugal, although it still retains sovereignty, but "forever" Macau to Portugal. Until 20 December 1999, when the mainland withdrew its jurisdiction.
Due to Macau's strict restrictions on smoking, you can't see Macao people smoking in public places here, and many addicts run to the road in Zhuhai to swallow clouds and drive fog to get through the addiction to smoking.
These free buses are for guests arriving in Macau, and are said to be greeted by beautiful women on board, as well as free snacks to make you feel at home and pick you up and drop you off at your hotel. But you can't get on these free casino buses if you carry greens. Because many Macao people save daily expenses, buying vegetables in Zhuhai has become a daily routine.
Although we didn't carry greens, we still didn't go to these free cars:
1. There will be no pie in the sky, only traps.
2, where in the world is there a free lunch, take people short, eat people's mouths soft, do not take advantage of these small advantages.
3. We are not here to gamble, we are here to travel.
4, the main thing is that I am shy in my pockets and cannot afford to lose.
We opted for a paid bus to the first stop, Fisherman's Wharf.
Tip: Macau's buses are all one-way around the island, and the buses all drive on the left, so if you take the wrong bus, it will be difficult to find a return bus nearby.
The first thing you see when you come to the pier is this ancient Roman arena, where there is no violence and gore of Blood and Sand, no primitive impulses and no challenges to human nature. It's quiet here, a silence that tourists lack; It's beautiful, the beauty of continental classical style.
What kind of bridge is this bridge in the distance: Macao-Taipai Bridge, Friendship Bridge, Sai Wan Bridge, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge?
I checked for a long time and did not have an accurate answer.
"Every gamble must win", "a group of wives and concubines", this is probably the good wish of all male friends. Hahaha, followed by the phrases "pig cage into the water" and "the heart wants to be a tree".
Macau, very small! But the bus driver's temper seems to be not small, and my first impression is very bad, and I am quite impatient to ask more than two words, and the expression is like you owe him something.