Macau (Part 1)

Macau is a former Portuguese colony situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Hong Kong and 145 kilometres (90 mi) from Guangzhou.

Macau was both the oldest and the last European colony in China. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16th century and subsequently administered the region until the handover on December 20, 1999.

At 28.6 square km and with only 520,400 people, the place is tiny, and a must see if you are in the area.

In this video: Largo do Senado, casinos, St. Lawrence's Church, and a lot more...

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[llAlanParsonsll]

After all what language they speak in Macau? I saw several words in English and Mandarin and the music is in Portuguese, I am Brazilian and I loved the video, really beautiful place.

[monkeetime]

@llAlanParsonsll They predominantly speak Cantonese (almost 86%), followed by other southern Chinese dialects, then Mandarin, and English. Portuguese is pretty much extint in Macau, as only 0.6% of the people use it, although as a tradition the street signage is still heavily Portuguese.

[trudeau514qc]

does somebody know the name of this song??? i where in marcau 2 years ago and i remeber tha the people still speak the portuguese language.. so this is part of portugal

[monkeetime]

@trudeau514qc Macau USED TO BE a Portuguese colony until December 20th 1999 when it was handed back to China, but, like Hong Kong, it preserved a high degree of autonomy.

[grandexandi]

great trip! do people speak portuguese there?

[monkeetime]

@grandexandi supposedly, but I don't remember hearing any on the street. The street signage is bilingual though, so SOMEONE speaks it. According to Wikipedia, only 0.6% of the people speak Portuguese at home...

[f16tuga]

Haaaaaaa i miss the old times i lived There during portugese administration in that tomei dident know why my parents were packing our things and they just keepsaying we are going home and few days later i was in Portugal it was weird very i dident like it too much át. First i miss Macau

[MustangManiac1115]

Anyone else American or European find the more inner-city areas of these Asian megacities very dark and dirty looking. Funny thing is they are probably literally more clean, but the architecture and design is horrific and jumbled making it look much more slummy.

[Rotebuehl1]

@grandexandi Portuguese is revigorating now! After the handover in 1999, Portuguese seemed to be decaying to a state of almost complete irrelevance! But nowadays Portuguese is being tought again in schools and many Macanese learn Portuguese again, due to strong chinese interests in Africa and Brazil!

[SeventhSun]

@monkeetime

European languages must be too hard for them.

[SeventhSun]

Looks like Hong Kong.

[frankiexllx]

With the european an specialy the portuguese crises every day goes more portuguese people to Macau. In Macau as every where English is the international language.

Macau as more gambling than in Vegas!!!

[bloomwoodbloomwood]

Macau is really a nice place for tourists, if you like gambling..

btw, i am from Hong Kong, my grandma is Macau people, most of the people in Macau speak Cantonese; Mandarin and English are quite common, most of the teenagers can speak these three languages but not Portuguese.

[michaelNYC1024]

Great music.. Somebody help out with the names??

[hzjs4n]

nice video

[arsenic5150]

I wish Macau didn't have to go under china's awful laws and human rights in 50 years. Looks like a very beautiful place to live (and the human development index is proof of this)