{"id":3621,"date":"2024-01-01T02:31:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T02:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/post-festive-pot-pourri-6\/"},"modified":"2024-01-01T02:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T02:31:56","slug":"post-festive-pot-pourri-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/post-festive-pot-pourri-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Festive Pot Pourri (6)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0But First Of All …<\/span><\/p>\n And How’s Your Vexillology?<\/span><\/p>\n It is the flag of here …<\/p>\n Macau is a tiny red dot at the point of the pink arrow on the south coast of the Chinese mainland. And here is an fbb expurgation of Wikipedia’s helpful history!<\/p><\/div>\n\n … and the southern bit, originally Taipa island, with a number of named communities plus an airport with its runway in the sea. Everything is linked together by a series of bridges, three join north to south …<\/p>\n … with a fourth to be opened next year (that’s 2025!). One bridge links Taipa direct with the mainland.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … or a bus.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … but some smart buses …<\/p>\n … including these intriguing motors.<\/p>\n fbb struggled with his (failed) attempt to find a timetable for the 73 …<\/p>\n … possibly due to a language problem! There ware English and Portuguese translations but, frankly they weren’t much help.<\/p>\n \u00a0The other operator is Transmac …<\/p>\n … with similar linguistic problems and similarly smart buses.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Yep, you guessed it, there is a bridge, ,34 miles long!<\/p>\n Actually it is two bridges and a runnel (for the shipping lanes). You plunge into a tunnel between two artificial islands.<\/p>\n A double deck shuttle bus operates …<\/p>\n … at a remarkable frequency and for the full 24 hours between Hong Kong and Macau …<\/p>\n … and an identical frequency between Hong Kong and Zhuhai.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Wowsers!<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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