hac sa village, a drive to cheoc van beach, pousada de coloane, coloane, macau sar, 28 april 2022@papa osmubal
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Covering an area of roughly 5000 square meters, Cheoc Van Beach is a white sand beach that sits in a small bay located at the south end of Coloane Island. It is accessible through the road linking Coloane Village to Hac Sá. This beach is surrounded by green hills and offers a gorgeous view to the sun setting on the horizon at the end of the day. A popular spot amongst locals to spend a day by the sea, it is under lifeguard surveillance during the summer, making it safer for swimmers plus extra reassuring for those with small kids.
There are a few fun and pleasurable ways for beach goers to spend their time at Cheoc Van Beach. The beach features a nautical sports centre where sports gear may be rented plus different classes with an instructor may be booked. These classes include canoeing, windsurf and sailing. Changing rooms are available next to the sports centre. For those wishing to freshen up without a dive in the sea, there’s an area with outdoor showers too. In addition, an unassuming cafe – Cheoc Van Café – serves refreshments and a selection of local snacks.
Towards the end of the beachside pathway in Cheoc Van Beach, some palm trees offer a much needed shade during hot summer days. These shaded areas are the perfect spot to spread out a mat and set up a picnic while the kids play freely in nature. Near the palm trees lies La Gondola, a well-loved Italian restaurant that has one of the best alfresco dining areas in town. La Gondola is open throughout the day, every day of the week. Beside the restaurant lies Cheoc Van Swimming Pool, without a doubt one of the top public swimming pools in the city. Sitting right on top of the bay and backed by green hills its location is just stunning. (
Macau SAR:
Macau (澳門; 澳门), also spelled Macao and officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is a city and special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Macau is a former colony of the Portuguese Empire, after Ming China leased the territory as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887, when it gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of “one country, two systems”.
Originally a sparsely populated collection of coastal islands, the territory has become a major resort city and a top destination for gambling tourism, with a gambling industry seven times larger than that of Las Vegas. The city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, and its GDP per capita by purchasing power parity is one of the highest in the world; however, income inequality remains high.
The first known written record of the name “Macau”, rendered as “Ya/A Ma Gang” (“亞/阿-媽/馬-港”), is found in a letter dated 20 November 1555. The local inhabitants believed that the sea-goddess Mazu (alternatively called A-Ma) had blessed and protected the harbour and called the waters around A-Ma Temple using her name. When Portuguese explorers first arrived in the area and asked for the place name, the locals thought they were asking about the temple and told them it was “Ma Kok” (媽閣). The earliest Portuguese spelling for this was Amaquão. Multiple variations were used until Amacão / Amacao and Macão / Macao became common during the 17th century. By the 1911 reform of Portuguese orthography, the spelling Macau became the standardised form; however, the use of Macao persisted in English and other European languages.
Macau Peninsula had many names in Chinese, including Jing’ao (井澳/鏡澳), Haojing (濠鏡), and Haojing’ao (濠鏡澳). The islands Taipa, Coloane, and Hengqin were collectively called Shizimen (十字門). These names would later become Aomen (澳門), Oumún in Cantonese and translating as “bay gate” or “port gate”, to refer to the whole territory. (from Wikipedia)
澳門（葡萄牙語：Macau；英語：Macao），簡稱澳[參，古稱濠鏡澳，或稱濠江、龙涯门、海鏡、鏡海、馬交、梳打埠[註，是中華人民共和國兩個特别行政区之一，位於南海北岸、珠江口西側，北接廣東省珠海市，東面與鄰近的香港相距63公里，其餘兩面與南海鄰接。
澳門由澳門半島、氹仔、路氹及路環四個區域所組成，2000年後氹仔與路環之間填海形成出以賭業為主的路氹城：澳門半島是澳門的核心，其東北面小部份陸地與中国大陸連接，氹仔和路環原本分別為兩座離島，後來因填海而成為路氹城。
澳門自從秦始皇三征嶺南後屬中國版圖，從明中葉的1557年開始租借予葡萄牙人，但明朝设置官府管理。直至1849年葡萄牙停止向清朝交地租並佔領關閘；1887年，葡萄牙與大清簽訂有效期為40年的《中葡和好通商條約》（至1928年期滿失效）後，澳門成為葡萄牙殖民地[參]。1980年代，葡萄牙與中國探討澳門前途，其後於1987年簽署《中葡聯合聲明》，葡萄牙根据声明於1999年12月20日移交澳門政權予中國，實行一國兩制，「澳人治澳、高度自治」。(from Wikipedia)
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