So, we found our ferry (it was my idea to go to the china ferry terminal, as in the one for chinese for all the ferries to china - no English!)
After almost getting sharked for a ticket, the guy was actually standing blocking the entry to the main ferry company, we got our ticket, business class and all for the ferry to Macau.
After a short, fairly smooth 1 hour trip over to Macau we jumped off the ferry and headed to baggage claim, this in itself was not as easy a task as it should be.
Did I mention that this was the section of our trip where we didn't skimp on the accommodation? Here we were booked into the Mandarin Oriental, which means free transfer on the mini bus to the hotel, this was a welcome addition after our earlier effort with the bags.
We jumped on the bus for the 5 minute trip to the hotel, where we were greeted by the doorman who unloaded our bags and ushered us in for check in. Everything about
this place was class (Australian hotels - this is how you do it) No standing around in the foyer for check in, you are introduced to the duty manager who escorts you to your room with a large folder where you check in at 1 of your desks... Amazing. The room was gorgeous, and right next to the sands casino.
After a long day of travel (the buddha, luggage hauling etc) we were stinky and over it so the shower and a relax was amazing.
After a while we shot off for dinner where we had an amazing Thai dinner and then hit the Sands, Wynn and MGM Grand.
Rick
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Last day in Hong Kong and heading to Macau
Lucky for us, the weather cleared up on our last morning in Hong Kong so we decided to make the most of it and head to Lantau Island to see the big buddha. To get to the big buddha, we had to catch the cable car, a 25 minute ride reaching almost 1km off the ground. Although being that high was a little scary, there were some fantastic views of the mountains and landscapes surrounding the buddha. Once we were off the cable car, we made our way to the buddha by climbing up a large flight of steps...it took us about 10 mins to walk up them all.
After we were satisfied we had taken enough photos, we headed back down the stairs and looked around the monasteries in the area.
We took the cable car back to the mainland and headed back to the motel to grab our bags and to make our way to the ferry terminal to Macau.
Let me just say that trying to find the ferry terminal was not as easy as we thought it would be. Both our suitcases were about 20kg and we had to drag them through the largest and busiest shopping centre in Hong Kong. But after much whining and swearing, we eventually found it and the next part of our adventure begun...MACAU!!!
After we were satisfied we had taken enough photos, we headed back down the stairs and looked around the monasteries in the area.
We took the cable car back to the mainland and headed back to the motel to grab our bags and to make our way to the ferry terminal to Macau.
Let me just say that trying to find the ferry terminal was not as easy as we thought it would be. Both our suitcases were about 20kg and we had to drag them through the largest and busiest shopping centre in Hong Kong. But after much whining and swearing, we eventually found it and the next part of our adventure begun...MACAU!!!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Last night in hong kong
On our last night in Hong Kong, the weather cleared up and we finally got the chance to do the touristy thing and go up to the peak, which gives the most spectacular views of the city. The most exciting part of going up to the peak is the 120 year old tram that you catch to get up to it.
We spent some time at the peak taking photos of the beautiful city and decided we had had enough and made our way back down to the tram station, to find the longest line in the history of tram lines...seriously it had about 400 people... all waiting to get back down from the peak on the two trams that run every 3 mins. We both rolled our eyes and made our way to the end of the line, and waited for about 10mins before rick dashed off to see if there was a taxi rank. AND YES THERE WAS!!! So we jumped out of the line, yelled "suckers" and caught a cab back down from the peak. We asked to be taken to the city hall, which was where we wanted to have dinner, "what is ... city hall?", the cabby asked. We eventually got dropped off at the city hall, after the cabbie had a lady over his radio translate city hall for him.
At City Hall, we had read in the Lonely Planet that there was a dim sum restaurant that was a "must do" whilst in Hong Kong. But when we finally got to this restaurant at 10pm (the opening times said till 11pm), to have a waiter reluctantly lead us to a table and to find that there was no dim sum at dinner time, menu only! That was ok, we ordered off the menu and the other customers left to leave me and rick to be the only 2 people in this large dinner hall with all the waiters packing up the tables. The food was actually delicious. We headed home to bed, to get some rest for our last big day in hong kong
We spent some time at the peak taking photos of the beautiful city and decided we had had enough and made our way back down to the tram station, to find the longest line in the history of tram lines...seriously it had about 400 people... all waiting to get back down from the peak on the two trams that run every 3 mins. We both rolled our eyes and made our way to the end of the line, and waited for about 10mins before rick dashed off to see if there was a taxi rank. AND YES THERE WAS!!! So we jumped out of the line, yelled "suckers" and caught a cab back down from the peak. We asked to be taken to the city hall, which was where we wanted to have dinner, "what is ... city hall?", the cabby asked. We eventually got dropped off at the city hall, after the cabbie had a lady over his radio translate city hall for him.
At City Hall, we had read in the Lonely Planet that there was a dim sum restaurant that was a "must do" whilst in Hong Kong. But when we finally got to this restaurant at 10pm (the opening times said till 11pm), to have a waiter reluctantly lead us to a table and to find that there was no dim sum at dinner time, menu only! That was ok, we ordered off the menu and the other customers left to leave me and rick to be the only 2 people in this large dinner hall with all the waiters packing up the tables. The food was actually delicious. We headed home to bed, to get some rest for our last big day in hong kong
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