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The Amazing Race Asia 3 Spoilers/Speculation
Boingo:
:tup: nice analysis, peach. If it were up to me I'd opt for the HK Airport Express (whose station is only about 0.5 miles from the Ferry Terminal/Helipad), but given the racers impatience, they probably will take a cab to the airport.
apskip:
And I vote for the helicopter flight to be in Cochin. It is far too expensive for any team to afford this. I think the logical route is direct TurboJet from Macau Ferry Terminal to Hong-Kong International Airport. It is very difficult to find "how long it takes" information, but I finally succeeded. Here is the answer:
Transportation Options
From Hong Kong International Airport to Macau
(updated 10/07/03)
If flying into Hong Kong, ferry transportation is required from there to Macau.
Ferry service is offered from two (2) service providers.
The newest of the two services, TurboJET provides the quickest trip time (45
minutes) to Macau. Four (4) trips per day are offered with departures at 1030,
1430, 1720 and 2030. Return trips from Macau to Hong Kong are available at
0910, 1210, 1540 and 1900.
Now, the above is a 2003-dated document so I expect that the departure times may have changed but I don't expect that the trip is either shorter or longer. It's a long way on the water from Kowloon to Macau but a significantly shorter to Lantau Island, which is where the new Hong Kong International Airport was built. I think the 45 minutes for the trip plus the departure time of 1120 is infeasible for anyone starting after 10am at Macau Tower. Here is why:
Macau tower to Macau Ferry Terminal - I am guessing 15 minutes(including time to purchase a ticket)
Macau Ferry Terminal to HK Int. Airport - 45 minutes
Booking a flight and getting through security and to departure gate - need about 45 minutes
Given the eyewitness knowledge that Geoff/Tisha were on the 1120 flight, we can infer that Macau Tower was available to ARA3 teams before 10am. How much more is anyone's guess.
The corollary question is whether anyone making the 1000 turboJet sailing to HK Int. Airport could make that flight. If they reached that airport at 1045 it is barely conceivable that they might make a 1120 flight.
apskip:
Boingo, I've been to Macau and also to Lantau Island (before the new airport construction) and I can assure you that "given the racers impatience, they probably will take a cab to the airport" does not compute. It is a long stretch of water on all sides of Lantau Island although there is a bridge connecting to it now that didn't used to exist. You can't get from Macau over to the side where that bridge by car or bus or any land transportation. You have to go by air or sea.
Boingo:
--- Quote from: apskip on October 24, 2008, 02:58:20 PM ---Boingo, I've been to Macau and also to Lantau Island (before the new airport construction) and I can assure you that "given the racers impatience, they probably will take a cab to the airport" does not compute. It is a long stretch of water on all sides of Lantau Island although there is a bridge connecting to it now that didn't used to exist. You can't get from Macau over to the side where that bridge by car or bus or any land transportation. You have to go by air or sea.
--- End quote ---
ummm...you seem a bit confused apskip. I believe peach showed some possible ways to get from HK Island to HK Airport. I merely pointed out that when the racers get to HK-Macau Ferry terminal (either by ferry or helo), that their two logical choices would then be taxi or HK Airport Express to the airport. Obviously you haven't been to HK in a very long time. The bridge you mentioned previously carries both vehicle and train traffic. No kidding, the only way to get from Macau to HK Island is by air or sea. Duh! The speculation was getting to the airport from HK Island. This is not rocket science, but then again, its fodder for endless discussion. :lol:
apskip:
No, Boingo, that is not the speculation, which is about getting from Macau directly to Hong Kong Airport. Getting from
Hong Kong Island to Hong Kong Int. Airport is not the issue. To do that you first have to take a longer TurboJet into Hong Kong Island the HK/Macau Ferry terminal. When you combine that with the time to head back in the direction you just came from to Lantau Island, the sum of those two times is unreasonable compared to thte 45 minutes direct Macau to Kong Kong Int. Airport. You would only do it if you just missed one of the 4 departure times for the direct TurboJet.
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