Blogs from Macau, Asia - page 6

Hello again. I'm back in Hong Kong now, writing this after spending two nights in Macau. My sense of direction has been horrible so far this whole trip, so my journey to Macau was no different! I took a cab from the hotel to the ferry terminal. After I bought my ticket to Macau I realized that the host couple I was staying with lives in Taipa - which is south of Macau and has it's own ferry terminal. I asked if I could have my tickets exchanged/refunded but was yelled at and told, "YOU TAKE SHUTTLE in MACAU! GO NOW!" LOL!! and that was exactly what I did! I got off at the Macau Ferry Terminal and took the hotel shuttle bus to City of Dreams. I remember in an email that she told me ... read more

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I stayed up late last night watching a movie so today I slept in really late. I did most of the sight-seeing I care to see, so a new plan was needed for the day. I went to Margaret's for brunch but was disappointed to see that they don't have an actual breakfast menu. So I ended up with a delicious (but too large) sandwich and egg tarts. But I think we all know the egg tarts are the main reason to come! I took a bus south and across the bridge to Taipa, another part of Macau. I planned to spend the day there and then return after dinner. I wandered, I looked, I got lost. Just when I wasn't sure what to do next, I stopped on some stairs and pulled out my map. ... read more

Macau! Endelig kom dagen. Dagen DH har ventet på siden februar iår på å få oppleve. Dagen han tok sats og hoppet utfor verdens høyeste bungy-jump, 233 meter! Vanskelig å rettferdiggjøre høyden på bildene som er tatt. Spesielt når fotografen (Seb) har en høydeskrekk på alt over 2 meter. Så anbefaler linken til videoen som nå ligger ute på youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QochivDtpJg Bortsett fra bungy-jump (!), så har vi idag forflyttet oss fra Hong-Kong til Macau med ferje. Seb slapp inn i landet uten å bli sjekket av lege denne gangen. YEY! (Selv om forkjølelsen er verre). Vi ble imponert av hotellet ved adkomst, og ikke uten grunn. Men idet vi var ferdige med å sjekke inn at vi virkelig fikk sett hva The Venetian egentlig er, 51 tusen kvadratmeter med casino! Resten av hotellet er 100 ... read more

I left home at 830 am, made my way into downtown Guangzhou, bought a bus ticket to Zhuhai, and made it to Macau customs by 130pm. It's amazing how something so close can still be so far away. I took a taxi to my hotel. It's a former brothel in the former red light district. When they said that the rooms had character, they weren't kidding! My walls reach 80% of the way to the ceiling and if you bump them too hard, they move a bit. It's evident that they used to go only 50% of the way up, so I guess this is an improvement. But I do have my own sink and the room is pretty clean. I'm not quite sure how they think two people fit into the bed, since it fits ... read more