Eh HK & Macau no need Visa-leh...Only Shenzhen in China need Visa

The ferry fare (one of few operators..u can google for more):

http://www.turbojet.com.hk/turbojet_sailing_rev.htm

This post has been edited by stimix: Oct 25 2007, 02:52 PM

For such a long stay, I rather go further!! For me (If I hv the same time as u.) - I will planned:

Macau (1 day), Zhuhai (1day), Guanzhou (2D), Shenzen(1day), Hong Kong- The ramaining....
For me I will be in Macau in Dec'08 for only 4D3N!! ....The unthinkeable think already in my mind as I'm not gearing towards shopping but sight seeing - So will spending most of my time travelling on busses from Macau-Zhuhai-Guanzhou-Shenzhen-HK. HK I will pass thru only to catch fery back to Macau... No intention in Macau/HK actually-Been there in 1995...More on Guanzhou..

Anyway, I treat HK as another huge city ..for me I preferred History & interesting sight seeing not fancy modern city ...Dun fancy theme park as well..I hv yet to step in to Sunway Lagoon although visited Ocean park & did nothing there accept wathcing the Orca jumping up & down) ..prefer those museum, chinese history..retro of the past & etc... ...HK lack those thing.. I really missed the time seeing ppl on the roof of those Flats during descending to Kai Tak..

I hv not been to Guanzhou..so targeting this city-lah such as Fooshan (Dun think hv the time to visit Wong Fei Hong house, Sun Yat Sen museum & Mt Baiyun

Anyway, Dun mean HK really boring..for sure it's heaven for ladies & shopping...Since I'm not on shopping sprees & probably just snapping few photos on changes on HK skylines since 1995..So I will give it a skip.
This post has been edited by stimix: Sep 14 2008, 12:40 PM

Actually looking for those very old heritage buidings such as 1000yr old temples, historical buildings & etc..inc old very old museum & really having historical value....My last visit to HK in 1995, visited the Wong Tai Sin & the another temple located at Tsim Sui Wan...Touching the god and the following year found my wife & got married...so the legend of touching the god probably true ..Too bad those temples are too new & not really ancient temples that I wanted.. probably no time on those museum visit...more like showing my wife & daughter the changes in HK skyline b4 taking a ferry bck to Macau...Well what to do only booked 4D3N & sumore arrival & departure is Macau not HK

Thus my trip to Macau will be gearing towards China rather than Macau/HK....

Haha..That temple if I'm not mistaken is Tin Hau at Repulse Bay or Thim Sui Wan Where all those famous actors/Actresses stay?...Here's the scanned photo of me rubbing the god & got married a year later....hehe sometime we need to believe ho.. ...although I rubbed for fun only...


Here're another 2 photos of me wth HK skline behind..At that time the highest tower is the Central Plaza owned by M'sian sugar king- Robert Kuok and the tourist guide kept on telling us that Tthat tower belong to M'sian

Ya-kah? Probably when I rubbed I was thinking of getting GF..however at the same time my colleagye also rubbed but he din get married till Today but fillty rich ...He probably thinking of money instead of GF at that point of time..

For me not much diff whether u stay at Mongkok or TST. U even can walk from Mongkok to TST & I done that b4...not far-leh...

Huh 3km far-meh..i walk 6km b4..in maila & bkk...Tire yes but that's how u discover a new place rather than taking public trpt!

Their bad reputation is on their call ctr. It's either busy or no one answering. Their modus operandi mimic Air Asia...all online booking & thus less back-office staff. I used them once, and abit scary initially because keeps on calling to confirm flight & etc but no one answering even Email no reply.

However the scare turned out to be a sweet vacation as I enjoy the tour package once I reached Hanoi & the agent there done a good job They are using the same agents as Reliance Pacific (Later I found out PYO is actually sister co to Reliance!!) & the package by reliance is almost 2.5X my price!! Imagine I got it at RM750/pax & another couple using Reliance on the same flight & package got it for RM1800!!

Here:
http://www.wawasanmoneychanger.com.my/exchangeRates.asp
Located LG floor beside San Fransisco coffee. There is another competing money changer (MV...) not bad as well...

Horrible rate nowadays...Mee too suffering alot & keep on praying the rate coming down but the othewr way round ...Worst I am concentrating more on China side rather than Macau & Hong Kong, & thus expecting changing to even worsening Renmimbi!! ..now 53.90yen!! from as low as 51 yuan mths back!!

Hehe..I dun go there for shopping-lah. More on sight seeing & museums visit such as NanYue Kingdom mosoleum, The Kingdom's ex-palace ground north of Guanyuenxian Metro, 6 Banyan Tree Pagoda, Chan Clan house. On Beijing Lu my target is actually the ancient road not the shopping....Yeah the real shoppings probably at Shenzhen & Tianhe area looking for GPS gadgets, HID torchlight, laser & etc..not interested in any T-shirt, polo or pants....I go for cheap & no brand one + experiencing end of Autumn in Pearl river Delta....nothing more than that...Imagine I'm bringing only RM1500 to all these cities how to shop? Just cover my cost of transportation & food..

Anyway thnx for the tips, I heard also the price of the cloths are no longer cheap & infact more expensive than M'sia!!

BTW, I doubt I can cover so many places within this 4D!! Lucky my flight has been changed to early flight giving me more time to cover Macau..In MAcau I will be probably walk to Venetian from airport, spend 1 hr there snapping photos only , take the free bus right across the bridge, still considering visisting A Ma temple & Macau Tower, therafter spending more time by walking to Senado Square & therafter to Ruin of St Paul. Then take another connecting bus/taxi to Gongbei border & stay overnite at Zhuhai b4 going to Guangzhou.

In Shenzhen, I might be going to Windows of the world (2nd visit) or skipping that visit to Dongmen gadgets shopping, cross over to Hong Kong visit the Peak & then bck to Macau..any comment on such a crazy itineraries....

This post has been edited by stimix: Nov 29 2008, 09:42 AM

Ehhhh..I do agree it's get abit boring for a while...but 1 thing that make me dun regret going to there is...ppl keep on telling how lucky am I going so many places in the World once they flip thru my old photos ...haha they do believe I'm a world travelers until I told them..it's in Shenzhen!! One of those ppl is my daughter & now she is asking me to bring here there... ...Good for saving me on disneyland

I wear my Crocs shoe and entering both Venetian & Plaza @ Four Season on my 1st day in Macau..no prob. On my last day & staying at New Century Casino hotel, Croxs shoe & T-shirt/sweater..no problem.. ....Temperature at Macau Yesterday was cold...14C @ 8am

If intend to go Macau, pls ensure leaving by 5PM..Ferry fare after 5pm will increased... ...I missed the 5PM ferry from HK to Macau on Friday Evening by 15min & cost me HK$30 xtra/pax

I will update abit of tips & photos from my 4D3N trips surrounding Pearl river delta...BTW...Guangzhou is boring

This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 8 2008, 12:08 AM

Still feeling tire from the backpacking..Will try to update later...& hv to split to 3 threads...(Macau-Zhuhai/Guangzhou/Shenzhen-Hong Kong)..I stayed in 3 diff hotels in Zhuhai (Yong Tong - Coach terminal hotel -RMB230) , Shenzhen (Railway station hotel-RMB220) & Macau (New Century Casino resort -RM150). Trying my best to avoid staying in Hong Kong...BTW, The 3 stay rated hotel which is ~RM110/room/nite in China are clean, big & boutique quality...really suprise that I can get that type of room at that dirt cheap price

OK, Here's my update on my backpacking trip to Pearl River Delta last week.

In total, my airfare cost me RM1,100 for 3 ppl, Brought RM1500 (HK$1000 & RMB Y2,000) Used up RM1350 exc Swipping twice (RMB230 on Zhuhai Hotel & Turbojet feery HK$440) So total damages = RM2,800 for 3! Not bad-lah

1st day Touched down at Macau airport ~10:30am..Took the Venetian free shuttle bus to Venetian (Actually can walk only 1.5KM South of the airport! Abit of Venetian images:




Nothing much at Venetian, comsist of 2 hotels i.e Venetian wth it's gigantic casino & also Grand Canal shopping complex & Four Seson wth it's own smaller Plaza Casino & high end shopping complex

At noon, took bus no 26A (mop4.20) to Grand Lisboa. Took abit of photos b4 proceed to Margaret Cafe for egg tart..but what a disappointment! They closed on Wednesday!! Ended taking the Siew Yuk-Yew Kai fan- not bad at all - located behind Margaret




After lunch walk to Senado square and saw ppl buying egg tart & milk custard just beside the square. Turn-out the milk custard indeed very popular!! (Lestaria I Son) BTW, they dun really like visitor brought in the egg tart, well we din know & they dun really sounded until they ask us to throw away the wrapping ourselve..




Walking from Senado square to Ruin of St Paul thru a pedestrian shopping st full of titbits shops giving out free samples including few famous shops such as Koi Kei:




Shooting cannon towards Grand Lisboa..I dun think Uncle Ho knows that this cannon pointing direct to Lisboa....bad Feng Shui:


St Paul wth Zhuhai outskirt city in the back ground...15yrs ago the opposite of this area is a jungle if I'm not mistaken :


Took another connection bus no 18 to Border gate near Zhuhai cost me mop3.10. going thru almost entire island b4 dropping us near the border


To be continued......Zhuhai Guangzhou...Hong Kong thereafter back to Macau

Touching down at airport ~10:30am, Reaching Venetian via the free shuttle ~11am, window shopping & sight-seeing around Venetian till ~12:30pm, Took bus no26a at the bck of Venetian to Macau. Reaching ~1pm, sight seeing around Grand Lisboa & having lunch at the bck of Margaret cafe. 2pm walking to Senado Square, St Dominic Church, St Paul ruin & the fortress till ~5pm & boarded bus no 18 to Zhuhai border. Reaching Zhuhai hotel ~6pm. Hope this help...but u need more time if u decided to visit more places such as A-Ma temple, Macau tower, Guai fort, St Antonio church, Pengha hill church, Sun Yat Sen house & etc.

@Northasian....According to the bus drivers, the fare has recently increased. no more mop2.50 &mop3.10 ...now 3.1 within Macau & cross island mop4.20....S2000- no need to change to mop..HK coins can be used...

BTW, In order to further cost saving in Macau, using the free shuttle buses available is another alternative. For eg, If u wanted to goto Senado square from Ferry terminal, take the Grand Lisboa free shuttle bus to Grand Lisboa & walk to Senado square,,not far ~1km only.

Also for those thinking of going to Venetian, just hop-in to Venetian free shuttle bus from airport (Not sure Venetian free shuttle operating from the ferry terminal?

Last Part of my 4D3N backpacking to Pearl River Delta:

2md day. reacing Shenzhen ~6:30pm...Walk-in to Raiway station hotel above the station...quoted only RMB200!! Published rate RMB300! Wow..not bad for this clean 3 star hotel...Nite shopping at the border gate shopping complex..my 2nd time here but din know it's getting bigger & more electronics, jades, gemstones, tea, restaurants, boring clothes & more clothes..A real paradise indeed...

Nxt day greeted by a freezing 16C temperature & having my Dim Sum downtown Shenzhen...:







Decided not to waste on Windows of the world & even Disneyland..so cross-over to Hong-Kong ~ 9:30am

Taken from Arena of Star:



Shopping at Tung Choi st (Loi yan kai/ lady st)...My daughter dreamworld..found what she been eyeeing for sumore 1/2 the price in M'sia- Toys!! :


Fa Yuen st (back of Lady st) cheap & famous Wanton mee (Q-Kei restaurant?).suprisingly price of wanton mee in Hong Kong dropped??- 15 yrs ago. it cost me ~HK$20 somewhere in Yau Ma tei


Q-Kei Wanton mee & beef soup mee..yum-yum HK15 per bowl but the Cnai cha HK7:


Walk from Central MTR to the lower Peak Tram station..Fabolous view of Hong Kong



Central to Sheung wan & Back to Macau by 5:15pm..missed the 5PM Turbojet...xtra charge
that nite, Macau is damn cold & the nxt Morning temperature dropped to 14C:

Macau view from Taipa island:



This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 9 2008, 11:01 PM

Not sure what happen to my earlier 2nd part covering Zhuahai & Guangzhou ..probably accidentally overwrite wth my last part

Anyway on 2nd part, Subsequent to Macau, I stayed overnite at Yong Tong Hotel Zhuhai( RMB230 or RM120), Nite shoppings- Lotsa shops surrounding Lan Hua Lu & also the border underground shopping mall (Landmark?)

Start my day early wth lousy Xiao Long Bao but cheap. Thereafter bought 3 tickets to Guangzhou Tianhe coach terminal from the terminal below my hotel. 2hr & arrived at Guangzhou ~10:30am.

Visited Tianhe 2 shopping malls (Teemall & Grandview) Grandview is touted as 1 of the largest in the world but it was dissapointing for me as it's dun look bigger than 1U or even Mid Valley Megamall )

Took a metro (subway) to Gong Yuan Xian station & walked ~1Km to Beijing Lu - famous pedestrian mall & also the excavated ancient road. The shopping there also disappointing...lotsa clothes, shoes, & ladies accessories but lack of guys stuff (Electronics & gadgets!!)

Too tire to walk after the shopping trips & decided not to continue wth my earlier plan to visit Nanyue King Museum & 6 banyan tree pagoda. Took the metro to Guangzhou East train station & boarded the 5:18pm speed train to Shenzhen (Really fast max 200km/hr) Reached Shenzhen ~6:15pm Stayed overnite at Railway station hotel (RMB200).

Shop till drop at the Border mall got the gadgets I wanted for (1/4 of the price in M'sia!!), Tea leaf ( Cha Wang) & more....My trip photos can be view here:

http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/sti...0river%20delta/