Macau: Popular Macau delicacies and top food finds (Macau pasalubong)
While Macau has so many popular delicacies to savor and take back home, there are five food finds which people can't stop raving about. A lot of tourists take them home for pasalubong. Here they are in no particular order:1. Portuguese egg tarts 葡撻Portuguese egg tarts are modifications of the Portuguese...
Source: Philippine Travel Journal | Ivan About Town
Boy escaped death; thanks to his ears!
This is just amazing! This boy will be thankful for his ears for all his life. A six-year-old boy slipped through window bars in a block of flats in China and ended up dangling by his ears (i think you got quite big ears over there!) - eight stories above the ground! How scary is that.Neighbours called...
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Macau: Historic Centre of Macao 澳門歷史城區, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Historic Centre of Macao 澳門歷史城區 was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005. Later that year, I made my first trip to Macau. And I literally walked the whole Macau Peninsula visiting all the 25 sites included in the UNESCO inscription. I was glad to be back again last week...
Source: Philippine Travel Journal | Ivan About Town
Macau: Noodles, congee and more Chinese hawker food at Wa Hin Mei Sec (Small Turtle) 華軒美食(細龜)
What a way to start a tour of Macau! We had arrived on an evening flight and the first order of the day was a Chinese dinner. Our hosts from the Macau Government Tourism Office took us to this hole-in-the-wall hawker stall called Small Turtle 華軒美食(細龜) or Estabelecimento de Comidas Wa Hin...
Source: Philippine Travel Journal | Ivan About Town
Chinese Schools Reject Google Hacking Allegations
The two schools being accused of having links with hackers who attacked Google have called the allegations pure speculations. Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School said they have no knowledge of any attack perpetrated by their students.
Both schools have also denied having ties...
Source: Daily Contributor
China faces bride shortage, get that VISA now!
CNN reports that about 24 million Chinese men will face a shortage of brides by 2010 partly because of the country’s one-child policy which limits the birth of females.
With the gender imbalance, young Chinese men might have to get married to women much older than them, based on a study conducted...
Source: The Adventures of Kamikazee Girl
So Long 2009, Hello 2010!!!
I got a feeling that next year's gonna be a good good year!!!I can't believe that 2009 is finally coming to a close. This has been a year where we have witness major natural disasters, a number of great losses and a couple more sad news. However, trying to stay positive, there are also a lot of things...
Source: Frannywanny - a food and travel blog
China claims world’s fastest train
China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world — a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan at an average speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) ......
Source: The Best Of Philippines : We Provide Travel Destinations and Tourism, Travel Promos, News, Events, Showbiz, Politics, People And Culture
An Hour in Tibet
I left Chengdu around 4AM and headed to the airport. I was ecstatic although I was quite sleepy at the same time. The reason for my excitement was the connecting flight to Kathmandu. I had a one hour layover in Lhasa, Tibet.
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