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Day 5 – Ferry HK to Macau

There are 3 ways to get to Macau from Hong Kong

  • Ferry – most economical and traditional way around 1hr travel time
  • By Road – shuttle buses that use the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge are an economical choice with travel times of around 1 hour and 35 minutes.
  • Helicopter… great if you have lots of money and need to get there in 15 mins

We went for the TurboJet ferry which provided a very comfortable smooth ride. In fact I could have left the Kwells travel tablets behind but past life experiences have taught me that I don’t have the best sea legs on the smoothest of oceans!

On arrival in Macau, you soon realise you have entered another country with immigration lines to move through before any exploration can begin. I almost managed a swifter passage when one member of staff asked if I was a senior citizen of over 60 and indicated another much shorter line I could join…. if I hadn’t been about to show my passport I may have taken up the offer 🙂

After a short 45 min taxi ride from Da Nang we entered Hoi An to a warm welcome at a delightful boutique hotel. The receptionist was super informative and provided a map of Hoi An Old Quarter and additional info like a good optician for new glasses/tailors/activities and what prices were fair for tours etc....

After the news we received yesterday we thought today would be a good day to visit a buddha, and the largest buddha in Hong Kong. It is quite a journey to get there, via train and cable car and then nearly 300 steps up to the buddha itself. We were quite amazed at how busy...

A fairly quiet day today, we had a flight at 19:00 to Shanghai so we took it fairly easy. We decided to go to the Muslim Quarter, somewhere we had heard about, but didn’t really know much about. This was a great area, a labyrinth of streets filled with small food stalls, souvenir places and...

We were looking around for an activity other than temples for a day and Nick came up with visiting a Lotus silk farm. It turned out to be a very interesting tour and it was great to hear the operation is providing meaningful employment for vulnerable local women and caring for the environment and sustainability...