Wednesday 16th November Wednesday we didn’t intend achieving much though we did have to go and collect the long lens from the locker in the press centre (my fault for leaving it there and not thinking that I would need it on Thursday morning and wouldn’t necessarily want to go all the way to the…
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Travel 2011 – Macau, Day 2
Monday November 14th Monday morning wasn’t anywhere near as painful as it could have been for some odd reason and when the alarm went off at 9 am we both got up cheerfully enough and wandered down to breakfast. The IFT breakfast’s are not the biggest spread you’ll ever find but – and this is…
Travel 2008 – Macau, Days 5 – 7
Wednesday, 11th/Friday, 13th November 2008 – Macau, Days 5 – 7 As ever Wednesday was the day it all kicked off with the traditional photo opportunity/PR stunt held at Fisherman’s Wharf in the afternoon. First though there were some shopping-related errands to run. Glyn wanted to look at the shiny new Apple store to see…
Travel/Food 2005 – Macau
Saturday, 12th/Tuesday 22nd November 2005 – Macau We wasted a lot of the day at the airport, but it was worth checking in early to get the extra legroom seats on the plane. Virgin now sell these seats, at £50 extra each. They were, however, doing a promotion of buy one get one free, so…
Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 4
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 – Macau, Day 4 The fun started today, with the CTM Sprint Race, organised to publicise the 51st Macau Grand Prix. In previous years they’ve done all sorts of things from rickshaw races, to martial arts competitions, dragon boat races and calligraphy sessions. This year the competitors had to run a…
Travel 2003 – Macau, Day 10
Monday, 17th November 2003 – Macau, Day 10 The day after the Grand Prix we frittered away pottering around the old town area and trying to achieve a few things. We started out at the post office where I wanted to buy the book of first day issues of Grand Prix-related stamps. This is a…
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