10.28.09
macau, hk, beijing
prepared for check out coz after our macau half day tour, we'll head to hk airport and then beijing. got a few pics here taken from our permanently closed glass hotel window. hehe...
waited with our luggage at the entrance for our tour bus. here's our hotel...
our tour guide was on time. headed to venetian for the other tourists who will join us. the retired teachers were there too. yey! took a pic of the bus service outside the venetian...
it took sometime before we we're able to head to our first destination coz we waited for a while for the other tourists to board the bus and we still went to 2 more hotels after the venetian to pick up the other tourists.yaiks! anyway, finally, we're on our way... hehe.
the westin resort sign. we've been planning to go there since it was also a location for the princess hours series ,however, we don't have extra time to visit the place. maybe next time.
1st stop of the tour is the ruins of st paul. it's my 2nd time there but now we entered at the back of the ruins. last time, we entered at the other side so we were able to go and see various shops along the way. would really want to do some shopping but we're on a tight schedule now and we can't go down and go to the stores anymore. hehe.. some pics here..
off to our next stop.. food shop. we were brought to an area, forgot where, sorry, where we sampled some beef jerky. bought some as well as some other delicacies for pasalubong. hehe. after this, our tour guide bought us to a hotel where we had our lunch. i totally forgot the hotel's name and wasn't even able to take a pic. our tour guide said that it's the best hotel for indian food. they decided to take us there coz most of the tourists who were with us are indians. here is a pic of the buffet table for those who are not indians.
anyway, we need to have our lunch asap coz we're running out of time. we needed to be at the ferry terminal already for our ride going to hk skypier and wait for our flight to beijing. so after lunch, our bus went directly to the ferry terminal. our guide then left the bus with us and got our tickets going to hk. once me and my travel buddy were in, they went on to continue with their tour.
waited for a while at the ferry terminal. my friend was approached by a staff. she told me later that she was interviewed re her stay in macau. if she tried the casinos, where did she go, etc .. heheh.. she was given a souvenir pen as a token. cool!
the ferry ride was directly headed to the sky pier.
once we arrived, we immediately saw the check in counter for hongkong express. we then approached it and was surprised when the staff spoke in tagalog. haha! we were easily recognized as filipinas. anyway, checked in our baggage then for our 7pm flight. it was still early so more time to go around hk airport. yey! after the baggage check in, we then went outside to ride the bus going to hk airport.
spent extra few hours looking at shops inside the airport.. cool! not enough money though so i only looked...heheh.. here's our plane as we wait for boarding....
the food was delicious..
flight was 3hrs+.. and finally arrived in beijing..
as we exited the immigration area, we were then approached by our tour guide. we immediately knew she was the one coz she was the only one there at the arrival area at that time.. heheh.. yey! she's very nice and spoke good english. she escorted us to our van that will then take us to our hotel...and we're on our way.. took a pic of a toll booth here..
it's about 45mins+ ride going to wangfujing and to our hotel wancheng huafu hotel. she then accompanied us to the reception and once all were done, we went to our room to rest for next day's tour. by the way, xt welcomed us. chu liu xiang was airing when we checked the local channels. cool!