Pedicab Driver - Sammo Hung (1989) - Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio, Taipa

I know that Malt Candy starts his journey with a shot of Rua Fernão Mendes Pinto, but the editor sneaks in a quick glimpse of the same road further to the east where it goes by the name of Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio. Regular readers should be able to recognise the location because it's shot from the Calçada do Carmo.

Isabella - Isabella Leong (2006) - Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio, Taipa

The small street where Yan sees a girl with her old dog, Isabella, is Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio in Taipa. The exact location is where Travessa da Boa Vista joins the road. You can see the steps of the latter in the second image below.

China Cry - Julia Nickson (1990) - Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio, Taipa

More of the bike ride, this time back over on Taipa on a rather quaint little road that appears to have two names. The first name which seems to apply to the western end of it is Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio but it then morphs into Rua Fernão Mendes Pinto as it travels east.

Anyway, regardless, this road is probably most famous for being the site of the Iec Long Fabrica De Panchoes which I wrote about a good few years ago over on the old blog. It was one of the more interesting places I have talked about, so I transferred the article when I changed blog sites. You can read it here.

I haven't been over in a while so I don't know what the Macau Govt is going to do about the rather large site, but I'm hoping it has/will be renovated rather than redeveloped. If anyone has any more recent information then please let me know ion the comments.

Anyway, here are a couple of the screen caps followed by the Streetview so you can compare the difference of 20+years.

The yellow colour of the wall has sadly faded to white, but at least the Chinese characters that adorn it have aged fairly well. The section of wall in the Streetview is the same one they are riding past in the second picture - you can see the characters match on the wall behind. The wall is actually part of the perimeter of the old firecracker factory.

A few metres further down the road and the couple go past some old buildings. Sadly it looks as though the only survivor these days is the one in the middle directly behind Julia Nickson's head. The two either side have already been demolished, although the side wall of the closest one to camera seems to be still standing.

Miracles - Jackie Chan (1989) - Calçada Do Carmo, Taipa

Okay, so the staircase that connects Carmel Square to Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio is called Calçada Do Carmo. It's these steps that feature in the next part of the initial Miracles set piece as a gangster's car comes crashing down the steps and JC gets in on the action by rescuing its occupants and fighting off the bad guys.

Now, once again, JC's production team have made the place look a bit busier than normal as well as 'British' with the additional fake telephone box (which promptly gets shot to pieces). The slope has since been removed and now the lane is stepped.