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Explore Macau

A Walking Guide & History
  • ISBN-13: 9789881900227
  • Publisher: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
    Imprint: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
  • By Todd Crowell
  • Price: AUD $24.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 02/05/2022
  • Format: Paperback (130.00mm X 200.00mm) 120 pages Weight: 115g
  • Categories: Travel & holiday guides [WTH]Macao [1FPCM]
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Walking is the best way to get to know any city, and Macau - the former Portuguese colony returned to China in 1999 - is made for walking. Only seven miles square, one can easily walk from the Border Gate to Barra Point at the tip of Macau in a day. This guide describes eight walks around peninsular Macau and its outlying islands, sufficient to explore and understand this fascinating old city and its unique blend of European and Asian cultures.
For 14 years (1987-2001) Todd Crowell worked as a Senior Writer for Asiaweek, the leading English-language news magazine, published in Hong Kong by Time Warner. He has contributed regularly to the Christian Science Monitor and Asian Wall Street Journal among other publications and has worked as a book editor, copy editor and freelance writer in Hong Kong, Thailand and now Japan, where he serves as Japan correspondent for Asia Sentinel. His other books include The Dictionary of the Asian Language; Explore Macau; Farewell, My Colony: Last Years in the Life of British Hong Kong; and Tokyo: City on the Edge.
Introduction: Macau Overview; Walk No. 1: From Guia Hill to the Senate Square; Walk No. 2: From the Senate to St Lawrence's Church; Walk No. 3: From Lilau Square to Barra Point; Walk No. 4: From Monte Fort to the Camoes Garden; Walk No. 5: From the Ferry Terminal to the Lisboa Hotel; Walk No. 6: From the Barrier Gate to the Kun Iam Temple; Walk No 7: Taipa Island; Walk No 8: Coloane Island; Addenda: Getting there, Macanese cuisine, Further reading, Glossary.
Macau is not a museum city; it is a living and breathing region with its own survival and regeneration powers. Todd Crowell does not miss the point. His book gives meaning to everything the visitor might stroll by. Instead of lamenting the disappearance of this banyan tree or that coffee-serving cafe, he proves that what can be seen in Macau is still relevant and interesting, whether it is 400 years or four months old. -- Annabel Jackson, author of "Macau on a Plate" An invaluable pocket guide that is perfect for the first-time visitor as well as old hands. South China Morning Post
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