18-20 August 2018
As we said goodbye to our awesome tour group in Hanoi, we found ourselves back on a plane headed to Hong Kong bound for Macau. Now Macau had never really been on my bucket list but as hubby loves his poker we thought a couple of nights in Asia's Las Vegas would be fun.
The cool thing about Macau is that you can book a high speed ferry from Hong Kong airport which means your bags are collected for you and you clear customs on the other side. Very convenient. So on arrival in Macau we collect our bags and head to the free shuttle offered by the resort. Here is where our language barrier came into play. We knew we were headed to The Sands complex so the lovely lady put us on a bus headed to Sands. Only when we were driving across one of the longest bridges I've seen, did we think something was up. We got off at The Sands and realised very quickly we were on the wrong side of Macau.
Lucky for us a Holiday Inn bus was waiting at the same drop off point so we quickly got our bags and jumped on that bus for it to only take us back over the same bridge but this time to the right Sands complex and our hotel.
Thinking that was enough adventure for one day we get settled in our hotel. We soon found out that our hotel is part of a huge mall complex where Coach, Gucci and Rolex are just your common everyday shops, the casino floor is apart of our hotel lobby and an atrium water feature left nothing to be desired. Leaving the poker to the following day we kept our first night low key.
The following day was our only full day in Macau and instead of sightseeing we ended up at a Macau private hospital. Caleb had had a cough on the plane and after a night of so called rest he was worse so I made the call to take him to hospital and get checked out. So over the bridge we go again! A fever shot and an Influenza A diagnosis later we retreat back to the hotel, a bucket load of medication in tow and we know the day is done for.
On Monday we leave Macau and head back to Hong Kong for 4 more nights. By sheer will Caleb drags himself out of bed and we get on the ferry back to the big smoke. It was an unfortunate stay and one we are sure we would have enjoyed in happier circumstances but we'll be back again sometime in the future under much better circumstances.
Travelers tip - Cotai Ferry is the best to choose as it's the fast speed ferry that offers baggage and custom services
Travelers tip - HKD is accepted in Macau but you'll receive MOP in change. Just be sure to use it all before returning to Hong Kong.
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