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Pictured at Estr. da Areia Preta (黑沙環馬路)
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Pictured at R. Nova a Guia (東望洋新街)
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Pictured at Estr. da Areia Preta (黑沙環馬路)
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Pictured at R. do Tap Siac (塔石街)
In the past New Year Vacation, Macao was always crazy crowded, many tourists from Guangdong and other places in China flowed into this little place. The streets were filled with private cars and transit vehicles from different casinos. But under multiple times border closing and Covid inspection policy, Macao returns quite in this New Year, places where used to be nosie claim down now.
以往的新年期間，澳門總是非常擁擠，大量來自廣東的游客湧入這個小城市，路上也滿是私家車和賭場車。不過在一輪輪封關政策、檢疫政策下，這個新年的澳門非常安靜，即使在以往人來人往的地方也非常清净。
Macao island is a small place, with a lot of private properties standing along besides main avenue and other small alleys. Almost all of those private properties are built in the 60s or the 70s, having a strong contract with other modern buildings in Zhuhai and Cotai. Almost all the main streets are significantly narrower than streets in Zhuhai, back in normal days Macao island has severe traffic problems. Another view that Macao differs from Zhuhai is that Macao keeps a lot of slopes, and those buildings are built along with the slope, therefore we can see them raising one building after another. Every time I see a motorbike rushing toward a slope, I might wonder if it gets enough horsepower to carry its driver to the top.
澳門半島是一個非常小的地方，由於私人屋苑的建設，整個澳門半島充滿六七十年代的舊樓建築，每條馬路明顯比路氹城區、比珠海城區要窄得多。和珠海相比，澳門最大的一個特點就是保留很多山脊，大量建築依山而建，馬路上也有很多沿著斜波向上的道路，每次見到有電單車狂飆冲上坡的時候就會覺得頗爲有趣。
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Pictured at R. da Colina (崗陵街)
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Pictured at Rua de Tomás da Rosa (羅憲新街)
Macao Light Rapid Transit, operated by a subsidy company of Hong Kong MTR, the MTR (Macao). This is the first rail line that operates within the Macao SAR territory. It connects Lotus Checkpoint Station, City of Dreams, the Venetian, the Parisian, the Londoner, and the airport. But strangely, its ticket machines only accept MOP in cash, and if trying to purchase a ticket with electronic payment, you need to go to a ticket office for help (most credit cards and QR code payment are accepted but AmEx is exclusive). HKD is not accepted both in the ticket machine and the ticket office. Currently MTR (Macao) has one hour limit after you enter paid area, therefore if you want to travel the whole line, you might need to pay attention to this.
澳門輕軌系統，是由港鐵子公司，港鐵（澳門）運營，是澳門境内第一條軌道交通系統。目前這條輕軌綫連接蓮花口岸，新濠天地，威尼斯人，巴黎人，倫敦人及機場。但非常奇怪的是，LRT的自動售票系統只接受葡幣現金，假如使用其餘的電子支付則需要去到櫃檯，并且全部售票方式均不接受港幣（大部分信用卡和二維碼支付均接受，不過AmEx則不接受）。目前這條鐵路有一個小時的入閘上限，超過時間出站是要補票的，想要游車河的朋友要注意了。
The whole trip in Macao, besides the time in the casino, I could not find any other difference between Guangzhou or Shenzhen. All the shops, no matter grocery shops or restaurants, list all acceptable payments including WeChat pay, Alipay, Macao Pass, and MPay, but barely see payment systems like Visa and MasterCard. Waiters in Macao island do leave the preference of communicating in Cantonese, but when traveling to Cotai, all those services people speak in Mandarin. Even commercial advertisements, notice boards are written in simplified Chinese, and brands in the shopping mall are basically the same as those in China. These shopping malls, or even the whole of Macao, are becoming another tourist attraction for Chinese people, but their own characteristics, are fading out.
在澳门的整个行程，除了在赌场里面玩的时候，其余时候并没有看到太多和广州深圳以外不同的东西。经过的每一个商铺，都会贴着微信支付、支付宝、澳门通及MPay，至于以往在境外常见的Visa、MasterCard则几乎见不到。澳门半岛的服务员还是有粤语交流的倾向，而当去到路氹的商城时，几乎所有服务员都是普通话问候，连周围的广告、告示牌也是以简体字为主，进驻的商店也有大量内地常见店铺，太二、海底捞等，这些商城，甚至乎整个澳门，都已经成为了又一个专门为内地人打造的旅游景点，而自身的特色，已经逐渐在变淡。
Attached with a photo of Hotel Lisboa, it is surrounding by many aged buildings or private properties, standing there like the only landmark of Macao. Back in the old days, Macao has its own attractions, like the fusion food with Canton and Portugal, like the old buildings from the 70s, like the leisure lifestyle. But everything seems to fade out, only casinos remain unchanged and become the only name card of Macao.
最后附上一张经过简单调色的照片，辉煌的新葡京酒店在一片旧楼中间伫立。曾几何时，整个澳门都有自己的特色，而现在似乎只剩下赌场能作为澳门的名片了。