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tzechuk
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| Macau was Portugese. |
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SeoulShakin
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Well it turns out I'm not doing it alone after all. One of my Korean friends and her brother are coming with me, so I'm feeling a little less apprehensive now.
We are definitely doing Macau as well (it is Portugese).
Can't wait - we are going to book everything tomorrow.
Thanks for all the helpful advice everyone.
One last question - it might be stupid, but do we need to get visa's to go to Hong Kong? (Korean and Canadian citizens) Someone asked if they would need a visa to go to mainland China, so does that mean you don't need one for Hong Kong? I'm not too experienced at travelling, so I don't know much about this stuff.
Thanks!
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| SeoulShakin wrote: |
Well it turns out I'm not doing it alone after all. One of my Korean friends and her brother are coming with me, so I'm feeling a little less apprehensive now.
We are definitely doing Macau as well (it is Portugese).
Can't wait - we are going to book everything tomorrow.
Thanks for all the helpful advice everyone.
One last question - it might be stupid, but do we need to get visa's to go to Hong Kong? (Korean and Canadian citizens) Someone asked if they would need a visa to go to mainland China, so does that mean you don't need one for Hong Kong? I'm not too experienced at travelling, so I don't know much about this stuff.
Thanks!
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You do NOT need a visa for Hong Kong or Macau.
You get a 90 day stamp on entry to HongKong and a 30 day stamp on entry to Macau.
Your Korean friends will get 90 day stamps for each of HK and Macau.
When you are in Macau, you have to have dinner at Lorcha. It is incredible food. It is across and a bit down the street from the maritime museum. Opposite side of the island from the Jetfoil terminal.
Dinner at the top of the Macau tower is (as expected) way overpriced and not very good. It is a good view of the islands though.
You can walk just about everywhere on the main island and busses to Taipa and Colone are frequent (yellow and blue busses).
Side note here: You CAN use HongKong money in Macau but you cannot use Macau money in HK (kinda like trying to use loonies in the states and them using greenbacks in Canada). They are similar in value however (3-4% difference). |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Jeez!! As always, I'm the last to find out. I just paid 670,000 won for a round trip ticket without accomodations through a travel agent. Wish I would've known about those package deals. |
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SeoulShakin
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info in the visa's ttompatz
I'm pretty excited about the trip.
Thanks for all the advice and tips from everyone. I've never had anything but helpful advice on this board, and it has definitely restored my faith in the online community. |
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Theda
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Hong Kong question |
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Hey all -
I have a vacation coming up in August, and am thinking of heading to Hong Kong. I managed to find a flight online for 280,000 |
I've been thinking of visiting Hong Kong and was wondering - which site did you find the airfare on? |
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