Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Summary of Travel for 2017

Business Travel
Hong Kong x4
Macau x1
Shanghai x2
Boston x1
Bangkok x2
Phnom Penh x1
Melbourne x1


Personal Travel
Shanghai x1
Malacca x4
Phuket x1
Wuyuan x1
Shenzhen x1
New York City x1
Washington DC x1

Central Park, New York City

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Macau - The Venice

The city has changed so much since my first visit in Year 2000.

Worst bus operator - StarMart Express

Lousy, Disgusting, Cheapo - that's all I can describe about this bus operator (STARMART EXPRESS), photo below.

It is by far, the bus operator that gave me the worst bus ride experience.
To maximise profit, their strategy is try to minimise all cost at the expense of all the passengers.
They will not care about the time for passenger to reach destination. They changed bus at the custom, de-tour to destination that it shouldn't (just to drop off passengers that shouldn't be on the same bus due to different destination, again to save cost and earn more), made passengers to wait, etc. All kinds of inconveniences and prolong the time to reach destination.

On my return trip, they purposely combine passengers into a single bus, and forced passengers at the bus station to wait for 1 extra hour. This is truly conman style running of business. Disgusting!

Beware, only book this operator if you need to make a trip and there is no other choices/alternatives.

Below is another post by a passenger about this Super Lousy bus operator.
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/12/29/passengers-besieged-by-bedbugs-during-journey-on-starmart-express-coach-bus/