I had previously been to Macau a couple of times on day-trips, but decided it was time to get to know the city itself a bit more, and not only the casinos, so decided to book a hotel for 2 nights. I looked around on Agoda.com for a while, and decided to book this hotel in the old part of the city, on the Macau peninsula.
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This was a trip I had to make because I had business to take care of in Manila, so I had flown in to Manila with Cebu Pacific, and for the return flight I used my Qmiles (from Qatar Airways) to book a flight with Cathay Pacific from Manila to Hong Kong.
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Boarding was about 30 minutes delayed, and the gate area was very crowded, but again I was offered the priority boarding, as I had paid for a priority seat (emergency exit).
The trip from my hotel and to Don Muang was quick and took me about 20 minutes. The cost was the same as coming from the airport, around 350 THB. As I had done online check-in I headed straight for immigration, and was through immigration and security check in a few minutes.
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After check-in was completed I headed just across the street to one of my favourite restaurants in Bangkok, the Old German Beerhouse. It has been there since my first trip to Bangkok, and have a great selection of both local and international dishes (and a good selection of beers).
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Arriving at the Ambassador Hotel everything there looked just like it did the previous times I had been there. The location is excellent, in Sukhumvit Soi 11, so close to Skytrain station, shopping, restaurants and nightlife.
Radisson Blu Gardermoen is located just across the street from the arrivals hall at Oslo Gardermoen airport, so after we had returned the rental car to the agency we loaded all our suitcases up and headed to the hotel.
I checked in for the flight online as I was only travelling with hand luggage, and as I finished the nightshift in the morning I headed straight for immigration and was in the transit area of the airport within minutes of finishing work.
My flight departed from gate 206, so I had to take the train between the main terminal and the midfield concourse. I arrived at the midfield terminal with about an hour to spare, so I grabbed a quick breakfast and a coffee from Starbucks before heading to my gate.
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Bangkok has ever since the first time I visited it been my favourite city in the world. It truly is a city that never sleeps, there is always something to see or to do, no matter where in the city you are, or what time it is.
I have probably spent about 7 months in Bangkok before, I used to travel 4-5 times per year in the mid 2000s, but I have not had much time to go there after my children were born.
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I checked out of my room at 0915 for my 0930 airport transfer as per the letter I had gotten the day before in my bungalow. However, after I had checked out I was told my transfer was only at 10 am instead, so I had to hang around the reception for 30 minutes waiting for my complimentary airport transfer.
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