I am Ulyssa Elaine - Travel, Food and Lifestyle Blogger

Thursday, March 08, 2018 No comments

Our Hong Kong / Macau vacation started with travelling from Hong Kong to Macau.

Why did we choose to travel from Manila → Hong Kong instead of direct flight from Manila → Macau?

Because this trip was a part sponsored by my current employer. Thank you so much **** for this Hong Kong trip benefit!

I planned this trip for about 6 months. I booked our roundtrip tickets last July 2017 and our trip was last February 4 - 8, 2018.

Tip: This is applicable for all Filipinos out there. If you're going to a visa-free country like Hong Kong, Macau, etc., booked first a roundtrip ticket for about a couple of months or a year before. Then, start your itinerary and looked for a nice and affordable to stay in. I'm not bragging about it though but I didn't find it hard to sponsor our family of 4 trip to Hong Kong and Macau because of this kind of planning.

Me travelling back to Hong Kong via Cotai Water Jet

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Fast forward, I heard of good reviews from others about Klook. They have great travel deals. I'm appeased with the good reviews so I availed roundtrip CotaiJet Ferry Tickets from them. We chose Cotai Water Jet instead of TurboJet because we're staying in Cotai area, Parisian Macao. I will post our hotel experience on the next blog post.

Booking Process:

It's very easy to book from them. Sign-up on their website and then head over to this link https://www.klook.com/activity/1456-macau-cotaijet-macau/. Choose your desired date of travel and pay through your credit card. After a few minutes, you will receive your booking information through Bookings dashboard as well as confirmation email on your e-mail's inbox.

For roughly USD 153.75 / around Php 8,000+, we already have roundtrip ferry tickets for 4 persons to/from Macau's Taipa. It's a good deal, right?

Tip: Choose Cotai Water Jet if you're heading to Taipa, where Venetian Macao, Parisian Macao, Studio City, etc. are located. However, choose TurboJet if you're heading to Macao's Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal, near the city area.

It takes an hour to get to your destination. I suggest to just take an earlier sailing time because the sea is very rough on the late afternoon or night time.

Sailing Information:

Head over this link to check the ferry's schedule.

Where to redeem the ticket(s)?

Present your printed voucher(s) at their partner agency, Beng Seng Travel, to redeem the exchange ticket(s).

Note: You can only redeem the voucher(s) in Hong Kong so better to have it exchange at the Beng Seng Travel counter even if you're not sure about your exact time of travel. The voucher is only valid on the specified date (except time).

Next, use the exchange ticket to redeem the CotaiJet ticket. This is only applicable on Macao → Hong Kong travel. For Hong Kong → Macao, they already gave us the real CotaiJet tickets.

What I love about this procedure, it's cheap, very fast and efficient. Thank you Klook!

Redemption Counters:

Beng Seng Travel - Shop 310 - 312, Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Road, Hong Kong

Opening Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 am

CotaiJet - Cotai Water Jet Ticketing Counter (Counter 1-12, Level 2), Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macao

Opening Hours: 24 hours

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I was shocked when I received 4 free Eiffel Tower tickets from Cotai Water Jet valid until February 28, 2018.

When I checked their website, they have this on-going promotion and valid until June 30, 2018. Terms and conditions apply.

Photo taken from the Cotai Water Jet promotional website

As usual, I was a bit overwhelmed about my first ferry experience that I forgot to take a photo of the whole cabin. I'm a bit sorry for that. Plus, I also took precautionary measures while riding the ferry. I didn't stand up or went to a comfort room.

But for a brief preview, here's what you can expect from their cabin.

Cotai First - located on upper deck area of the ferry. It offers a great view of the outside. Passengers are given a complimentary food and beverage. It's not yet available on Klook.
Cotai Class - located on the lower deck area of the ferry. Even though it's cheaper than the first one, it's modern and comfortable enough to stay here. It's available on Klook.

Photo taken from Cotai Water Jet website

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I availed the service by my own.

How about you? Have you tried the above? Share your experience.

Wednesday, March 07, 2018 4 comments

Monday, February 26, 2018 No comments

The Dessert Museum is a newly opened dessert-themed museum, which is composed of 8 mouthwatering rooms with sugar-filled happiness. You will surely feel like a kid while visiting the place. It was opened last February 10, 2018 and is located in S Maison (below Conrad Manila). Lo and behold, because you will feel very hungry and crave more for sweet desserts.

Are you ready???

A week after it was opened, we visited the museum. We chose the schedule around 8 pm - 10 pm. We booked it online and got an online price of Php 699.00 per person. If you prefer to walk-in, the price is higher, which costs Php 799.00. So I suggest to just book online to save more.

Tip: Although it's pretty late (8 pm - 10 pm), I prefer our schedule compared to others because we didn't feel any rush at all. The closing time was 10 pm and we had enough time to enjoy the place.

When we got there on our scheduled time, they looked for our tickets and we were given an electronic band to be used for claiming desserts. It was surrendered after we finished the tour.

We had a tour guide and she started the tour with a brief introduction about the place.

For our first destination, we entered this Donut room:

My first impression was there's a real dessert to eat every designated room. I was expecting a piece of donut 🍩 to eat. Haha! We just spent around 15 minutes hovering the place.

Disclaimer: Be careful with the donuts because they were made of wood. :)

After the Donut room, we transferred to the Marshmallow room.

Don't worry because this time, they gave us a big marshmallow for the dessert. It was dipped in a chocolate fountain. It was the first dessert that was offered in the museum.

After around 15 minutes, we were instructed to choose between two rooms. What would you choose? NAUGHTY or NICE room ???

It's funny that it was just separated by color but indeed a joined twin room. The room is called the Candy Crane room. Here's the glimpse of what inside:

For the Naughty room, there's a room of balls, hearts and kisses.

For the Nice room, there's a designated wall with words JUMP and FLY !!!

This time the dessert was a piece of macaroon. Just a piece of reminder that don't expect too much on the desserts, okay. The ratio is 1:1. So 1 piece of dessert per person.

The fourth room on the tour was Ice Cream room filled with balloons. I'm not sure on what to call this room, though. The room was filled with balloons but the dessert given was a popsicle of ice cream. Me and my sister both chose the avocado flavor.

I was a bit tired and exhausted so I just took a photo of my sister and didn't bother to have mine. 😅

The fifth room however was just a simple Bubble Gum room. There was no dessert provided on this room.

Gummy Bears room filled with balloons and balls can be seen from the sixth room. The dessert given were a few pieces of gummy bears.

After eating the colorful gummy bear candies, we went straight to Cotton Candy room. We were given a stick of cotton candy.

The eight and last room was Cake and Pop room. We were given a piece of chocolate filled with sprinkles.

To summarize our post-Valentine sister's bonding, we enjoyed the place. But here's a piece of advice that don't expect too much from this place just like what I did. 😅 It would be better if they provided free desserts per room (because some rooms don't have desserts).

For more information, just visit https://www.thedessertmuseum.com/.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post.