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 (How to Get to Fisherman’s Bend)

Friday, 19th November 2004 – Macau, Day 6 (How to Get to Fisherman’s Bend) I learned a few things over the last few days in Macau, the most bizarre one being that it is possible to get to the photographers’ stand at Fisherman’s Bend. The reason I’d had doubts was because the time Andrea tried…

Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 5

Thursday, 18th November 2004 – Macau, Day 5 We got the early start we wanted and were set up in the press office by 9.15. That left me enough time to catch the slowest Media Shuttle in the World out to the Melco Hairpin. I particularly like Melco, because it’s very hard to get round…

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…