Assalamualaikum...
As i've told before, my flight took off from LCCT exactly at 6.30 am. Except for 10 minutes of turbulence in which i clutched my seat tightly while repeatedly recited selawat and istighfar (who knows what will happen, right?), the flight went as smooth as i can ask from such a small plane like A320 that i boarded.
10.30 am: the plane landed safely in Macau.
Macau International Airport, i can say, is at best, just like LCCT. Maybe slightly bigger, but it certainly far from the grandeur of our KLIA. But that couldn't stop me from smiling broadly as i descended from the plane and walk to the immigration counter.
I'm in Macau, i said to myself. The fact that i'm the only non-chinese there didn't bother me at all, as i kept saying to myself that i was already in one foreign country for the first time, and soon will be in Hong Kong, my real destination.
i passed the immigration place without any incident, and 10 minutes later i retrieved my luggage and walked out of the airport.
Just outside the airport, i found a taxi and as the driver approached me, i started to communicate with him.
"How much is it to go to ferry terminal?" I said.
At first i thought he didn't hear me, but as i repeated the question, i realized that he didn't understand English. Lucky his friend came to us and he seemed to catch the word 'ferry terminal' that his friend totally lost before.
50 HK dollars - the driver gave me signal with his hand. Ok, i nodded. Din already gave me the cost estimations of nearly every trip i will make until i arrived safely at HK, and 50 dollars is okay for a taxi from airport to ferry terminal.
it was a 15 minutes, 80 km/h journey, and as i tried to initiate a conversation, my effort went futile because he seems to not understand a single word that i uttered.
From the taxi i can see Macau tower stand tall above the other buildings.
I also saw 'Sands', one of the best casinos in Macau from the taxi window. everything was so fascinating for me. the weather wasn't really good and it was foggy out there, but still, i tried very hard to see everything that my eyes allowed me to.The exact fee is $47 and as soon as i said thank you to the driver, i went to find a ferry to Hong Kong. The plan is to go to Hong Kong International Airport and meet Din there. But sadly i cannot go straight to HKIA because Air Asia somehow didn't register there. (i didn't really understand, but that was as far as i was concerned)
So, i went to Sheung Wei instead, one of two HK Harbors, that located at HK Island. (where the incident with the immigration occurred, huhu!)
I bought a 12.30 pm ticket to HK so that i have about 1 hour to take a quick look around Macau and its casinos. Without a camera, i can't take any picture, but one thing for certain, Ma
cau sure invest so much in its casinos that all of them stood proudly overlooking the sea.Later, i got an information that Macau has 29 casinos that each one of it so grand, any one of it can easily beat Malaysia's genting highlands casino.
12 pm, as it started to drizzle, i hauled my two bags back to the ferry terminal. Oh, by the way, the ticket to HK, caused me $142, and exactly 12.30 pm, the ferry sailed away to HK, leaving behind Macau and all the grand casinos...
At the time, the only thing in my mind was, Hong Kong, here i come...!
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