The Associação de Escoteiros de Macau (AEM, Scout Association of Macau, Chinese: 澳門童軍總會) is the national Scouting association in Macau, China. It founded in 1983 and became an Associate Member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), until it became the 168th Full Member of WOSM on 16 August 2017 during the 2017 World Scout Conference.
The Scouts' headquarters is The Fortress at Taipa, a 150-year-old well-preserved Portuguese-style fortress dating from colonial Macau and a famous tourist spot in the city. The Fortress was offered to the AEM in 1999 by the former Macau government, in appreciation of the contribution made by the Scouts and in supporting further development of Scouting in Macau. (Source: Wikipedia)
(Another view of the building)
The fortress was built in 1846 to defend pirate attacks. It was later turned into a summer residence for the Governor of Macau. The Police Station of Municipality of das Ilhas is situated here from 1975 to 1998. Currently, apart from being a garden, it serves as the headquarters for the Scout Association Macau. The fortress is classified as a hertitage building. (Source: Wikipedia)
(This was the Fortress in 1905, you can see there are quite a few cannons there)
(In the old days the Fortress was on the coastal line)
For more info about the Scout Association of Macau, please go to: www.scout.org.mo
If you want to know more about the Fortress, you can go to:
- Cultural Heritage of Macau: http://www.culturalheritage.mo/cn/detail/hrtID152
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E6%B0%B9%E4%BB%94%E7%82%AE%E5%8F%B0
- City Guide: https://m.cityguide.gov.mo/c/sightseeing/Detail/fortress?id=da19e0cb-ebb2-4eab-b298-02091823d08a
The Cache
The cache is outside the Macau Scout HQ, you do not need to go into the HQ to find it.
The cache is hidden on the stone wall below the main cannon.
The cache is a candy box size container.
** Please be stealth
** Please bring your own pen
** Please put cache back to original place.
** The cache is set to be very easy, just for teaching young scouts what is geocaching.
CO Notes:
CO hid this cache while visiting the Macau Scout HQ and this is CO's first hide outside Hong Kong.
Wish the Scouts from Macau can also enjoy the fun of Geocaching.