• 2025 | seven nation noodle,  asia,  macau,  macau

    7NNT25: Day 31 – Macau

    Soundtrack: “Money Changes Everything”, Cyndi Lauper (and any other song with money in the title really) Macau for a full day. I’m sure there are people for whom Macau is their favourite place in the world. Some of them might even be from outside of Macau, who visited and found this former Portuguese colony to be all they’ve ever looked for in a holiday destination. I’m not one of them. I gave it a good shot, but it just possesses a level challenge that doesn’t mesh well with my style of travel. Today didn’t start well. My goal was to get a shave, as it’s humid and I’m getting a…

  • 2025 | seven nation noodle,  asia,  hong kong,  hong kong,  macau,  macau

    7NNT25: Day 30 – Hong Kong to Macau

    Soundtrack: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, U2 Today was probably my least prepared border crossing ever (I’m ignoring Schengen Zone crossings, because they don’t even feel like you’re in a different country, those ones are like, oh, we just drove around a roundabout and have now been in 5 countries: if I don’t have to stop and show someone my passport it doesn’t count). With no flights to catch, and ferries every 30 minutes, I could take my time packing, grab breakfast, and get a taxi to the terminal pretty much whenever I wanted. While I said yesterday I was trying not to only go to the…