DAY 55
Week 8
COTAI (Macau, CHN) to BRISBANE (Queensland, AUS)
via CHEK LAP KOK (Hong Kong, CHN)
Wednesday August 30th, 2017
TODAYS MILEAGE – 4,335 miles or 6,977 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 41,421 miles or 66,661 kilometres
With today being my last day in China I was somewhat melancholy that in a matter of hours I would be winging it back home through Hong Kong's "Chek Lap Kok International Airport".
First leg of the journey was catching the "TurboJET Ferry Company" service over to the airport, which unlike a couple of days ago, was a pleasure due to flat seas, brilliant sunshine and not a rain cloud in the sky.
I was thinking there’d be queues for Africa when the ferry arrived at the airport, but was pleasantly surprised to arrive at a satellite processing area where I simply checked in, handed over my single travel bag then cleared Customs & Immigration in less than 5 minutes - brilliant. From there it was free shuttle train ride into the airport terminal proper.
With a couple of hours before my flight, I availed myself of the complimentary "Qantas Hong Kong Lounge" invitation before boarding "QF98" back to Brisbane.
• SÉ ~ Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (Macau, CHN)
• NEW TERRITORIES ~ Zhujiang River Estuary (Hong Kong, CHN)
• CHEK LAP KOK ~ Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong, CHN)
Here's a breakdown of the travel times and distances in getting over there:
∗ COTAI (Macau, CHN) to SÉ (Macau, CHN)
4.6 miles or 7.4 kilometres
• Travel Time: 15 minutes
∗ SÉ (Macau, CHN) to CHEK LAP KOK ~ International Airport (Hong Kong, CHN)
24 miles or 39 kilometres
• Travel Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
4306 miles or 6930 kilometres
• Qantas Flight QF98 Time: 8 hours 30 minutes