Some travel info for the newbies who are going to ZhuHai, ShenZhen and Macau and wondering things like getting bus tickets, prices, timing and etc....
hope it is useful...
I flew to macau on 21May by tigerairways and reached ard 11.45am.
Generally it is quite easy to travel from one place to another.
From macau to ZhuHai
After clearing the custom, you can get bus tickets (mini bus for 10 person) to macau/ZhuHai custom from those ladies in Pink uniform. Don't worry about the price... quite standard: HK$25 or RMB30.
Time taken to travel from macau airport to zhuhai custom: 10 minutes (yes! 10mins)
If you have friends, can share a cab to custom. Around HK$40+
Then you have to clear macau custom and walk a short distance to zhuhai custom. Time required to clear these 2 customs depends on the crowd. Generally the crowd is BIG even on weekdays. But should be cleared ard 30-45mins total for both sides.
After you have cleared zhuhai custom, you will notice there is a scanning machine but it is kinda meant for the chinese who happen to bring goods back from macau. Goods like REDBULL
.. You will notice many men & women are armed with small trolley (even for 29 inch TV!).
ZhuHai Hotel
If you decide to book hotel only after you reach zhuhai, there is a tour agency on the right before you walk out of the custom building. It is can China tour or something like that. Price wise quite ok I think.
I book a twin sharing room in Yue Hai hotel for RMB380 on sat.
The price for Gongbei Bin Guang is RMB170.
On the last day I went back to ZhuHai from ShenZhen and stayed at Jin Kou An, Gold Port Holiday hotel (left side of the custom after you come out of it). The so called luxourious single room cost RMB200 (agency) on Tues. The walk in rate was 220rmb
not much diff... also realise this hotel also have normal single room for only rmb 138!
For a first timer, I find that zhuhai's happening area is really 0.5km radius from the custom...covering the underground mall (in front of the custom), most of the hotels (till where YueHai and popoko is), sauna and of course Lian Hua Lu.
Streetwalker price was rmb200 and suprisingly not many of them if compared to GL.
continue some other time..