line and i left the hostel in hongkong december 28 at a little past 7 o’clock in the morning. from the chungking mansions along nathan road, we hopped on a cab headed for the hong kong/china ferry terminal.

location map: paid HK$20 for the cab fare [courtesy of this site]

when we got to the china ferry terminal, the first boat that we saw bound for macau was sched to leave at 8:00 in the morning. thus, line and i readily went to the counter of First Ferry Macau to get a one-way ticket. the ticket cost us HK$133. click this for hk-macau ferry schedule and fare table of First Ferry Macau.

we then proceeded to their immigration to have our passports stamped. at this point, the events happened too fast. there were so many people at the terminal and at the immigration counter that we never had the time to take pictures of the area. besides, we were a bit cautious of being reprimanded again for taking pictures. we didn’t want what happened at the immigration line in hk to happen to us again. thus, we checked the premises for warnings against taking pictures. scanned the area and spotted several notices prohibiting the taking of pictures within the premises. anyway, as there were several people before us at the immigration counter, line and i practically had to run the stretch from the immigration counter to the passenger waiting lounge of first ferry in order not to miss the ferry’s boarding. if i’m not mistaken we barely had 5 minutes to reach the waiting lounge.

moi on a walkalator going to the boarding area

seat 40R [ferry is similar to our own ocean jet/supercat fastcraft]

these are the seats that cushioned our butts for 60-75 minutes - the sailing time from hk to macau.

had to make my mark - LOL!!

vet: line, pwede guro ta picture dinhi oi!. dali wala may tawo.

line: bitaw. pwede na guro take ug pictures dinhi. ako pud.

we headed again to the immigration counter to signify that we’ve entered macau and had permission to stay until january 27, 2008.  as soon as we were cleared by immigration, line had her dollars converted to pattacas - macau’s currency [MOP], then we left the airport for our hotel.

outside the macau ferry terminal

macau snapshots….  

as soon as line was satisfied with the shots she’d taken, we hopped on a cab to take us to the metropole hotel.

we booked an overnight stay at the metropole hotel via www.directrooms.com. we paid US$77 for the standard twin room accommodation.

check-in time at the hotel is 2 p.m. we arrived a little past ten in the morning, thus line asked if we could check-in earlier. the front desk, however,  advised us to just leave our bags free of charge and wait for the 2 pm check-in time. that way, we didn’t have to pay for extra charges.

with 4 hours to kill; line and i left the hotel and began exploring macau

random shots again…  

at the hk airport, line had hello kitty noodles. now, hello kitty on a billboard..naglipana ang hello kitties sa hk ug macau…

mc do in macau signage [the resto: a very small place within a building]

a closer view of hello kitty… on the way to senado square

more of our macau trip on the next entry….

photo credits: line

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