Once I stopped in
Sheung Wan MTR, I looked for the map attached in the information board. I found
the exit and ventured directly to the ferry terminal. The ferry terminal was
located near the shopping mall-like. There were some shops and stalls selling from
fods to clothes. I was confused where to purchase the ferry ticket to macau.
There were two ticket counters i saw in that area. I put a glance to the one
counte which had many routes to Macau, and another had fewer. I had no idea
what to do at that time, i kept walking around looking at the each counter. I
came approaching the lady guard standing against me lean to the periphery of
the glass-like fence. I asked whether the counter to purchase ticket to Macau.
With no any word, she pointed to the counter that had more frequencies to
depart. Then i followed her advise, looked at the fare table instead of the
time table. The price for night jouney was more expensive than day time. The
ferry was running 24 hours. Also Friday and weekend, the fare was more expensive.
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| The Ferry and the tunnel |
I choose the cheapest
class, and it cost 159$ one way. I handed my money and received my ticket. The
ticket seller told me to go on board 30 minutes at leats before the ferry
leaves. I was scheduled to depart from terminal
at 09.30 local time. It was about 08.30 and i had time before checked in. It
was about 9 and i looked at the screen showing the passengers the schedule.
There was no ferry code, only the company. So only one company run the ferry
that time, TurboJet. And it was all in chinese character that i had no idea. I
just stared at the screen trying to figure out how to deal with this. I put
attention on the time departure, and i saw my ferry was on screen and said to
go to gate to check in. Since the ferry terminal is the international exit gate
of the country, i had to proceed to immigration too as in airport.
I was done the process
in the immigration office. Time to go! The long queue to go to the waiting
lounge of the ferry. There were several gates and my gate was at gate 1, yeah i
was lucky number 1!!! Surprisingly, i was the firrst about 10 people to stand
on line. Few moments later, bulk of passengers came behind to set the long
queue. I was so happy that the officer worked very efficently. He worked very
fast to check on by one ticket and in the same time he has to attach the seat
number to the ticket. I was lucky to have seat numbet 24K. I went to the
waiting lounge and it had wifi, the descent wifi. So i turned on my device and
surfed to internet and updated some in my social media accounts. The wait was
over, time to board to the ferry. The ferry looked amazing and super. I never
had this good ferry in my life. Everybody went to the ferry according to the
seat given prior to check in. There was a guide to help us to find the correct seat.
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| Inside the ferry; clean and comfortable |
The ferry for me met
the international standard. It had the steward and stewardess in ferry. The
ferry attendants were so friendly and firm to the passengers by smiling and
pointing to the correct seat. They had their attendant attire. I looked for my
seat and found my seat very comfortable because it was next to the window. It
took few minutes for all passengers boarding. The ferry looked fully seated
that time, i assumed because it was with the christmas holiday. Actually, so
many Chinese people from Mainland that time and also taiwanese. However, the
one who seated next tome was Korean guy. I forgot his name because we just had
few talk before the ferry left. Few minutes the ferry left, i felt asleep and i
missed the whole jouney. I had no idea about the whole jouney looked like, how
beautiful the journey it was. The seat was very comfortable for me. It was soft
and clean. I fell asleep deeply and more deeply and the korean guy woke up when
we were about to arrive. i thanked to him for waking me up. I looked so tired
and frankly i fel that i was smelling not that good at time. Thanks to the
aroma of the ferry that erase my slight ly bad smell.
I ventured out to the
terminal and proceed to teh immigration. Macau and Hongkong are special
administrative Area of China. Furthermore, those two countries have their
government, and we are considered to enter another country. The immigration was
easy and we just surrendered our passport and they did not stamp to our
passport like we had in Hongkong as well. They gave me the piece of paper
containing the duration of stay permitted in Macau SAR. The terminal was good
enough and comfortable in macau. I directly went to the toilet, finished the
morning ritual i delayed before and also put perfume on to me to reduce the bad
smell emitted from me. It looked disgusting anyway, i ventured out with good
smell already and i was ready to spread the smell and smile to Macau. Actually,
i had no idea what to do and what to see in macau but casinos. I just let it
flow. It was very windy and i just occupied myself with normal jacket that not resistant to cold wind. I was almost frozen in macau. I was feeling relief that i finally stepped
into one of my dreams; to see Macau.
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