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February 15, 2006
HeliExpress flight from Macau to Hong Kong
After waking up the next morning I pack my bags, hop onto the ferry/heliport terminal shuttle bus where I buy a 1800 Patacas (US$235) helicopter ticket to Hong Kong—flight EA115 at 1pm on one HeliExpress’s Sikorsky S76C+ twin-engine, 12-seat helicopters—tail number B-MHH. While in line to buy the ticket I met Blake, an American guy involved in the construction of one of Macau’s newest hotel and casino, The Venetian which is due to open in 2007. (He is guy in the black and yellow striped shirt in the picture.)
After only ten minutes in the departure lounge about six of us are ushered out in order to the waiting aircraft which is already running. A short taxi to the landing spot, about 25m, and we are off! Lucky me, my seat was just behind the copilot and my view was pretty good. We flew over bridges, ferries in transit and lots of little islands. Check out the HeliExpress flight from Macau to Hong Kong photo gallery for the 36 photographs that I took.
After only fifteen minutes we approach Hong Kong Island and land near Sheung Wan station. We disembark the still running helicopter, are guided down the stairs and some guy carries my 16 kilo pack down for me. We cleared immigration and customs in record time…it must have been three minutes maximum for the entire thing. Quick, easy, exhilarating and a complete blast. But, damn, that was expensive.
Posted by stu at February 15, 2006 06:19 AM
Comments
Stu - Great site and what an amazing adventure! How do you find the time to keep up the website? It was a pleasure meeting you and I wish you well in your future travels. I must say I am quite envious of your trek. It helped me realize come hell or high water I need to take some time and do something similar although five months may be a bit much for me….. Take care!
I included my pathetic website – at least it is something to keep friends and family somewhat in the loop. http://geocities.com/brampmaier/
Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2006 04:28 AM
Dude,
I (would have) paid $400 for a two hour copter ride over Las Vegas, Arizona and Nevada. Check the photos. My friend is a commercial pilot with 5 licensed areas. Sat in the front. I have the DVD footage of the ride. I can't wait to fly again.
Can I post the pictures here?
Posted by: Ken at February 17, 2006 01:59 AM