Macau - Flying solo
okay, i saw the sticky for gathering groups for punting in Macau. learning experiences and ideas from others sounds fun and i'll give it a try someday, but i generally like to fly solo during these jaunts.
flying solo though has one tremendous disadvantage - immense boredom! so wanna throw out the question to hear what other bros do to pass away the non-punting time. here's how i've handled it so far:
1-3 day trip:
Find a decent hotel convenient to 18, D1 and Rio. Beds in 18 are hard as a rock. Rio has better beds and a small pool and limited opening hours, but good enough for laps. Couple of Portugese-Chinese restaurants near the Rio too, and it's comfortable eating there alone.
So the day goes as follows: morning/day time - exercise and/or go shopping at Venetian, City of Dreams, etc.; late afternoon, hit D1; after D1, it's early evening and i grab dinner at a Portugese-Chinese restaurant. Alternatively, go to !8 or Rio and eat dinner there. Take time to digest and lounge around at the spa. When you're ready, hit the lineup and choose a girl for your second shot. after finishing with the girl, head to rest area and get a foot massage or other service - whatever works for you. by then it should be pretty late. if you have the energy, go for the lineup again and try a 3rd shot (i can't). Beware though, these places get really crowded late at night (esp. weekends) and bros start getting aggressive with each other, jostling to get a better view of the lineup. i hate that. i usually go back to the hotel and rest up for the next day and repeat (or depart town if I need to).
disadvantage: There's still going to be some downtime during these days, and you will feel a bit empty at times.
4+ day trip:
You cannot possibly do the same routine as the 2-3 day trip without going stir crazy. You've got to make an arrangement with a girl to keep you company for at least part of this trip. But if you're a non-Mandarin speaker, that's gonna be difficult. Luckily, my Mandarin is survivable.
disadvantage: Can become quite expensive, cause you're buying out the girl for the day, and if you go shopping with her, she's gonna try to get you to buy her designer bags or the latest smartphone. I paid HK$5000 to the girl I took out from Rio last night. I think that might have been a bit generous, but she performed well and didn't ask me to buy her anything.
Really curious to hear how the other bros handle flying solo in Macau! | |
