Introduction, Getting There and Accommodation
If your preference is for fair-skinned maidens, Macau and the Southern Chinese City of Zhuhai is in my opinion an outstanding choice which is easily accessible and reasonably affordable.
Yes, language can prove to be challenging and a small disadvantage if you do not speak “Putong Hua” (Mandarin). However, it can be overcome if you take the trouble to have a decent phrase book with you. Once you learn some simple conversational phrases, you can reap the rewards. If you can speak Cantonese, it’s a great substitute as people in both Macau and Zhuhai are reasonably conversant in this South China dialect.
Getting There
Macau is now served directly by air from Malaysia and Bangkok by low cost carriers, Air Asia while Tiger Airways gets you there directly from Singapore. If you don’t live in these cities, you can look for bargain fares to Hong Kong. From Hong Kong, there are direct ferry services from the airport as well as the city. For those wanting to bypass Macau and seeking to access Zhuhai directly, there are direct ferries to Zhuhai from HK’s airport as well as city.
That first morning, my flight into Macau from Singapore was on time and smooth.
The choice of hotels in Macau are quite mind boggling indeed with many low cost rooms if you are budget conscious. If deluxe is your preference, you will not find Macau lagging too much. You can do a search on google or go to the following sites for more information.
http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/english/hotellist.phtml
As with most places in the world, booking the hotel via a travel agent is cheaper than booking direct, a peculiarity of the travel business. The list of travel agents in Macau can be found at
http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/engli...ators_en.phtml
In my case, I did not have a choice of hotel due to a special concession of a “junket room” being made available to me. Usually, gamblers who commits and changes a certain minimum amount of chips with a casino (pre-arranged) are given rooms free-of-charge in the hotel’s casino. While I do not gamble, my contact managed to swing some weight with the Lisboa Casino people and I was thankful to get my room at the Lisboa Hotel free, inclusive of a well stocked mini bar, beer and all.
I could recommend staying at the Lisboa Hotel. This because the choice of girls in this hotel is outstanding in my eyes.
My room in the Lisboa was reasonably nice and while the bathroom was small by International Standards, the bath and how it was fitted was FIRST CLASS.
Unlike many hotels which use a shower curtain, my room in the Lisboa had a sliding glass encasement which kept the water from splashing out most effectively. It was a first class well designed fitting, The bath itself was a Jacuzzi tub with an array of shower jets which I had to spend some time to figure out how to use. I am sure some cheongsters here would have been thrilled to death fornicating in that bathtub.
(to be continued)