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Settling into Macau

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Macau | 12 nov 2011 | morning

An interesting turn of events led to a 4 day whirlwind holiday to Hong Kong so took the opportunity to explore the city as well as Macau.

First things first - getting there.

Turns out that it's pretty painless getting into Macau from Hong Kong International Airport via the skypier ferry terminal. From the transit counter, just buy the ticket and away you go. You don't even have to exit the airport or go through customs / process your passport at Hong Kong. Ferry boarding in 15mins? No problem if you have just hand-carry - just lug the bag and follow the arrows. Landed into HKIA at 10.20am, and by 12pm - i was already in Macau.

Welcome to Macau Ferry Terminal, behold the weekend crowds!

Accommodation
Was looking for something closer to the city centre / senado square so aimed towards the Rua da Felicidade district where there are a range of accommodation options catered to different budgets and comfort level of noise / hygiene / grittiness / etc. Had previously done some research on the web about the various hotels but from the looks of it - it was better to go straight to the horse's mouth and look before committing. Finally - settled on Man Va Hotel, my original first choice. Rooms were clean, decent, and the staff friendly. Beds were - as other reviewers and bloggers have noted - hard as a board, but i found it no issue. Alas, there was no internet (or at least i think you have to pay for it) but that's not a deal breaker since i'm the sort of person whereby if the wifi cannot be obtained from the comfort of the room itself, i'm frankly not that interested. Internet wifi can anyway be found at various parts of town.
Man Va Hotel, night scene
San Va Hotel

The nearest tourist attraction was Senado Square, so that was the first place to go. Turns out that there was a free guided tour by the Institute for Tourism Studies gathering by the square that was about to start, so i just joined along. *laugh* i think the student was really surprised when i said "yes". While waiting for it to start, i found a free wi-fi signal so i could check out some of the stuff to do here.

So onward to the walking tour!



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