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27 September 2008
Kimball was “on call” with his job as an international flight attendant in New Zealand. He asked if he could be called out for a Hong Kong duty and crew control said “Yes”. He ferried over from Hong Kong and stayed at my hotel here in Macau. Since I enjoyed my sampling of Macanese cuisine, […]
26 September 2008
Today I explored the historical sights of Macau … it is one of several places in Asia which have a Portuguese heritage (and with bricks and stones still standing to show for it). It takes about half a day to do most of the bigger historical attractions (Portuguese and Chinese) and maybe another half-day if […]
25 September 2008
I left Padang at 0830 on a short flight to Kuala Lumpur where I self-connected to Macau. I took a bit of a gamble with my self-connection allowing only 2h50 between flights. ETA coming from Padang was 1040 and ETD to Macau 1330. Upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur the immigration officer greeted me with “Selamat […]
29 August 2008
Getting shown around Macau I arrived in Macau by ferry and took a free shuttle to a nearby casino where I met Claudio, my host for my brief nightstop. Claudio is a fellow Couchsurfer … someone who hosts others and/or gets hosted through the www.couchsurfing.com website. He is from Portugal and has been in Macau […]