Second country in 5 days

Macau isn't a place thats spoken about very much - a tiny country with less that 500,000 population was colonised by the Portuguese in 1511 and they stayed for 442 years, leaving in 1999. So as you can imagine you can see their influence in many aspects of Macau. The signs are written in 3 Languages, Cantonese, English and Portuguese, the architecture is distinctly different and their style of food has a Portuguese twist.  Today thanks to Janice and her sister Rachel we did not stop sampling Macau's best delights from fancy Portuguese style restaurant, to pepper pork pies, Portuguese egg tarts (which were delicious), chicken mince patties stuffed with mushroom, jerky, almond biscuits and handmade noodles...Macau has a hybrid and unique culture which gives the city an air of romance and nostalgia with its cobbled paths, lamp posts, old red doors, big iron gates and Baroque style architecture that sits side by side shrines, temples and Chinese gardens. It was really beautiful!

Alex and Ashah have been fantastic, they are both becoming real adventurers and Alex especially loves learning about the different places including the history...Ashah continues to draw people and make us all laugh! It is a real privileged to be here, we are also very grateful to Janice (who stayed with us in Melbourne for 3 months) and her sister who have had so much patience with us and have spent many hours organising our itinerary, we couldn't have done all this without them.