https://www.smalltravelguides.com Because travelling makes us happy! Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:25:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-stg_logo-32x32.png https://www.smalltravelguides.com 32 32 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/ngong-ping-photos/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:00:24 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16580 Climbing up the Big Buddha. An excursion to Ngong Ping is warmly suggested. If it is not too windy you will have the chance to take the famous Ngong Ping 360 cableway and be rewarded by some fantastic view on the hills and the islands. Once...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/hong-kong-markets-photos/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 09:00:57 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16539 All goods available. One of the best thing to do in Hong Kong is jump from one market to the other. There are for any taste. These pictures were mostly taken in goldfish market and birds market, both in Kowloon but also in the Chinese Medic...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/hong-kong-by-the-water-photos/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:00:55 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16538 A city by the water. Water is a constant presence in Hong Kong landscape. The Pearl River Delta all around the archipelago and the Lei Yue Mun strait separating the Kowloon area to the island known as Hong Kong Island will appear in many of...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/hong-kong-photos/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 09:00:53 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16537 Navel of the world. Hong Kong can be hardly compared to any other place in the world. It is one of a kind, a mix of cultures, styles and people, a lot of people. Density of population, in some district, is above 40.000 people per square kil...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/macau-photos-vol-3/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 13:00:21 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16367 Very peculiar foods. From the gastronomic point of view, Macau, can be a very interesting destination. Portuguese heritage can be found in the egg tarts but other peculiar stuff are the sweet and sour beef jerkies, the multicolour skewers a...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/cotai-photos/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:00:23 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16368 Las Vegas in Asia. A tour in the district of Cotai in Macau will surprise you a lot. In the attempt to imitate Las Vegas and its casinos, here, they're forced to copy Venice and Paris. Probably this is the only place in the world where you ...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/coloane-photos/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 09:00:24 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16369 Leaving the crowd behind. If you are in Macau and you really want to feel the atmosphere of the colony as it was one century ago take a bus and reach Coloane, in the very south of the peninsula. You will find small squares, tiny temples, dr...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/learn-georgian-alphabet/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:52:46 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=15904 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/macau-photos-vol-2/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:00:17 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16366 Many sights and an iconic view. Visitors of the former colony of Macau will hardly forget the view of Saint Paul Cathedral ruins, the real icon of Macau but there are many other interesting sights like the Luis de Camões park, the fortress ...]]> https://www.smalltravelguides.com/macau-photos-vol-1/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 09:00:16 +0000 https://www.smalltravelguides.com/?p=16365 A Portuguese corner in Asia. Macau, as many of you know, was under Portuguese rule until 1999 and even if relationship with motherland became weaker and weaker, in the atmosphere of the central part of the town it is still possible to perce...]]>