These photos are from out trip up to the highest point on Colane Island, Macau, where we visited the A Ma statue and the new Temple to commemorate the handover of Macau to China, which created the SAR (Special Administrative Region). In 2049 it will be fully integrated into China. Now it has it's own separate government.[ Note From Wikipedia : "An Original temple, built in 1488, is dedicated to the goddess of seafarers and fishermen, Matsu.
The name Macau is thought to be derived from the temple. It is said that when the Portuguese sailors landed at the coast just outside the temple and asked the name of the place, the natives replied "A-Ma-Gao" (Bay of A-Ma). The Portuguese then named the peninsula Macau. The temple was well described in ancient Chinese texts, as well as represented in paintings. " ]
