East Spa and Sanado as part of my Hong Kong Trip
Day 4 (Sunday)
First of all: Do not try to get to Macau on Sunday early afternoon! Second: Do not wait for a shuttle bus to the Waldo Hotel even if someone is telling you the bus is coming soon! Arrived at the ferry terminal in Sheung Wan around 12:00. Everything was cramped, I couldn't get on one of the boats as a stand by passenger, immigration took hours, the shuttle bus to the Waldo hotel didn't show up, had to take the bus to the Sands finally and walked the last meters. Checked in at the Waldo around 6:30 pm. Unless it is kind of erotic fantasy to book a room in a brothel there is no reason for staying at the Waldo. By far the poorest breakfast buffet I have experienced in years. At least staff was helpful. The night before I could get at least three to four hours of sleep (fucking a Thai cutie somehow helped curing my insomnia a little, may all the "professional" Hong Kong mongers such as Johnny Rocket forgive me for overpaying LT on a Saturday night deprived of sleep and sex!) , I felt a little better, but still tired. I had booked a sauna package (including ferry) for the Sanado Spa but since I was already here at the Waldo I could as well take the elevator to the sixth floor to experience the world of East Spa. And what a revelation this was.
I was a bit disappointed since no one from the management really explained to me how this establishment worked and no "shower assistant" showed up to clean me and my cock (on a Sunday night the spa was quite crowded with customers). But I asked for it and from then on the whole experience was flawless. Cleaned up properly and given a robe and shorts I was led into the lounge and I didn't even have to show such talents as self-confidence, professionalism, setting goals as some users have advised me due to my poor performance described in the HK thread. All I really had to do was to smile my way through the night (BTW the Chinese customers didn't seem to smile much, they always acted as if the girls were a nuisance to them, but maybe I simply didn't get the whole cultural thing of not losing face and so forth, I was the only Westerner there but did not feel unwelcome). For the next hour or so I experienced the outstanding service in the lounge, including a perfect foot massage (which finally brought all my power back to me) , hand massage, freshly squeezed juices and so forth. What really impressed me was the quality of the service girls. All of them were Indonesian or Vietnamese, most of them real eye candy (I'd say 6-8) , all of them flirtatious, attentive, English speaking, and all that without being too pushy. One super likeable Indonesian babe (wearing business kind of blouse and skirt, big turn on!) wanted to give me a thigh massage which I rejected only to make her sit next to me and hold my hand for about 10 minutes, smiling her way into my mind.
Hard to believe that the "show" could add something to that already perfect experience but I was proven wrong. I would say the quality of the girls is 7-9. 5, no old ones, no fat ones, no bored ones. Some of them looked like Chinese high school princesses. I have spotted no non-Chinese ones but I am not an expert on this. The few ones I thought of being "not so pretty" (or at least not my cup of tea) were picked frequently by the Chinese customers so they might be supper hotties as well. The show meant all the girls rotating form guest to guest performing a little tickling with a feather, licking my nipples, making me fondle her breasts, finally cleaning my cock and performing a mini fire and ice BJ (amazing technique I have to admit) , touching and light kissing not only allowed but encouraged. The Russian (?) Choreographer watching her girls as if they were the Bolshoi Ballet gave the whole thing a somehow bizarre (but in a likeable way) note.
After the show the 25 or so girls were presented again in smaller groups. Picking one might be a bit difficult because of the sensory overload you have just experienced and because of the Chinese customers normally picking very quickly. I already made up my mind not only for my favourite but also for two stand by choices. But I was lucky and quick and so my first choice came to my chair fondling a little. The face was 7. 5 but the body was incredible, super slim but with enormous (natural) boobs (body maybe 9. 5). And although she didn't speak English (apart from "yes","no" and "big" pointing towards my private parts) , she was kind of interacting with me, lots of smiling, laughing and pantomiming. Then I was supposed to pick from the menu what kind of performance I wanted. You could only pick between the packages A, B and C which suited me well since I didn't have time to check all the various options. I think I voted for A but I am not sure. She gripped my hand and lead me to the room. As mentioned East Spa uses real hotel rooms not little shabby, poorly lit fuck-boxes. Again I was cleaned carefully under the shower including a little BBBJ, we moved to the bed, she had different fluids, tissues, ice cubes etc prepared. I was given body licking, BJ again, a little AR (with the ice cube, ouch!) and finally that inevitable fire and ice BJ (instead of what I have read on some forums they do not use Ice cubes and warm tea for this but a Listerine / water mix and some other fluid). I am not sure whether this Listerine thing is a good idea for the safety of the condom but it definitely works in terms of getting a super hard one. We performed then CFS in various positions. A few minutes were left, we cuddled and she finally guided me to another lounge where most of the other customers were already waiting, drinking, smoking (lots!). For the next two hours or so there was time to relax, eating excellent udon noodles, again juices, a few beers. In between one of the customers asked for a little line-up (consisting of maybe 6-8 girls, again all of them pretty and sexy) but I wanted to save my energy for a second show and then pick another girl.
The show then was more or less the same as before. Again I saw a few hotties I would (in terms of looks) marry right away. This time I picked a girl that must have been closest to the Chinese taste (looking super young, pale skin) , at least two other guests wanted her as well, and I was informed that she belonged in the super model category (making her slightly more expensive) but that did not discourage me from fucking her. Again menu, going to the room, carefully cleaning, all kinds of licking, blowing, sucking, fucking but this time less enthusiastic than with my first girl. It was obvious that she did not enjoy my western cock inside her.
Then again I was guided into another lounge, ordering some noodle dish. Suddenly my Indonesian darling appeared again acting as if she was jealous that I fucked around with other women. I was beginning to adore that woman (named Ella) because she was so playful and charming. Since my noodle dish was arriving she decided to feed me with chopsticks. Strangely enough, this somehow built up an erotic and even romantic situation and I couldn't help wanting to have this girl close to me so I agreed for a shoulder massage once she finished feeding me. After the shoulder massage again she kept holding my hand and looked me in the eyes. She said that I was a "norrty" boy but that sometimes even a "norrty" boy needed a good girl to take care of him. To cut a long story short I finally agreed on her thigh massage, was from that on greeted enthusiastically by every member of the staff. When leaving the joint it was almost 4:00 am and I had my credit card charged with something in between 4k to 5k HKD. And I didn't regret one single penny.
Day 5 (Monday)
After some sightseeing in Macau (charming) I had to decide whether to return early to Hong Kong or to have another Sauna experience (this time at Sanado). Of course I chose the latter. Arrived there around 3:00 pm. Actually I wasn't offered one of these early bird packages. I think the interior design is slightly better than the one at East Spa. Again I went through the same procedure including being helped with putting my belongings into the locker, having a shower assistant (could not choose) getting a robe and shorts and finally being guided to one of the lounges. It seemed to be a quiet day and soon the Vietnamese / Indo honeys were all over me to sell their services (manicure, pedicure, foot massage etc.) Again these were playful charming characters. I was informed that no show was available so soon but they could present me a big line up anytime I wanted. After some manicure and pedicure and hand massage I finally was in the mood for having sex with a Chinese cutie so I approached one of the managers. Soon me and the remaining few customers have about 10 girls presented, again all of them were pretty some of them even stunners. I picked one of the girls in sailor moon style, pony tailed hair with blondish colour, big false eyelashes, schoolgirls uniform. She was named Ning (or something like that) and turned out to be a fantastic choice. While the rooms at Sanado are very little fuck-boxes (but spotless and with lots of mirrors) her personality made up for this. Again she spoke very little English but definitely knew how to flirt. She almost couldn't stop pointing at my eyes saying "beautiful". This time I let the girl decide for option "A". After all the requested performances she kept cuddling with me and started DFK. She responded very well to my kissing and licking of her nipples and soon I found out her pussy was getting very wet. So we went for CFS and she always took care of me not coming too early with the right change of pace and position. I was surprised because of the one pop only policy I would expect the girls to make the guys come as quickly as possible.
As in East Spa you are requested to evaluate the performance (very good, good and so on) on paper. Since I already gave the two ladies at East Spa a very good review I felt somehow guilty that even the perfect performer Ning could not better get a better result than "very good" but to sum it up she was fantastic, of course professional through and through but with a nice little twist of GFE. I bumped into her two times later that day and every time she was waving kisses at me and pantomiming a revolver pointing at my private parts, what a cheerful little darling! It was around 6:00 pm when I wanted to leave but then the manager almost begged me to stay for the first show of the day. Even it was clear that I couldn't pick another cutie how could I disappoint him and so I had to stay a little longer. The show was close to the one at East Spa, instead of the fire and ice BJ the girls kissed their guests ears as if they were some teenagers in love. Again it was very inspiring and this time only I noticed that how well you could watch the girl's pussies and racks. When leaving they charged my credit card with around 1000 HKD in addition to 600 (or so) I already paid for the package (including ferry) in advance.
While East Spa and Sanado are under the same management it might be useless to compare both joints. While East Spa definitely had better fucking rooms the overall interior impression was slightly better at Sanado. If I remember correctly East Spa was a bit more expensive. At Sanado I found the fuck of the year but the Indo and Viet service girls were a bit more alluring at East Spa. Then it's possible that they exchange their staff between the two joints so I wouldn't bet on East Spa always having the better looking service girls while Sanado have the better looking working girls. You can't go wrong with either Sanado or East Spa.
Showdown: Sanado vs. Sauna Eighteen
i'm posting this report fill in some gaps that i didn't find on the board despite exhaustive searching. i found macau to be a man's paradise, but you have to know where to go and what to expect. it's a little long but there's at least one amusing bit, so sorry about all the detail.
after extensive research on the forum and elsewhere i decided to try sauna eighteen first. i should have taken a cab, but i enjoy getting lost. i don't recommend walking around macau trying to find a sauna. macau is small but not that small. i got rather lucky and found both saunas without a cab, directions, or a map. if you call 'lucky' having to walk around for a few hours, that is.
if you're caucasian, like me, and don't speak a word of mandarin, portuguese, cantonese, or any other dialect that might have helped, and insist on doing it the hard way, know that the owners of the saunas don't go out of their way to advertise. the only way for an illiterate foreign devil such as myself to notice sauna 18 is by a discreet podium-like thing that sits out in front of the hotel. the podium has a few suggestive pictures of hot asian women and if you look quite closely the words sauna eighteen are printed quite small. you'd never notice if you didn't stop and inspect the sign. the first time i saw the podium i thought it was just a place for the bellhop to lean against, or a taxi stand. it is that understated.
sauna 18 is also inside the hotel proper. coming from a place where mongering is illegal, i didn't expect it to be inside a reasonably nice hotel. to the side, apart, adjacent, down a dark alley, something like that, sure. but inside? compared to some of the pretty shady places i've had to monger, it sure makes one feel safe and relaxed.
you have to take the hotel elevator to get to it, and there is also a different men's club in the hotel on another floor which looked more like a lap dancing club.
inside, eighteen is fit out like a high end health club. lots of wood and marble. everything is clean and well-appointed. not tacky or ostentatious. i went on a saturday night and arrived at about 7pm. the busiest possible time, by choice. i wanted to see the best of the best. i was greeted in english (however did they guess?) and shown to the locker room. i had purchased one of those package deals at the hk ferry terminal.
it didn't bother me that the attendant stood around while i undressed. he could care less about me or my pasty nekkid body and was just doing his job, but i can see how some people might be put off by having a guy just standing there while you disrobe. was handed a towel and a key, and the attendant took great pains to explain the different numbers and prices for each type of woman. he even wrote it down on a slip of paper for me, which i somehow lost track of when i needed it most.
next to the locker room is a large open pool and shower area. i gather this area is currently under construction. a reasonably attractive vietnamese girl in her late twenties, and a 6-7 on the looks scale but with huge natural dd titties offered to wash me down and made it clear that it was part of my package and there was no extra charge. be careful if you don't have that service as part of your package. she gave me a nice warm washdown and paid thorough attention to my balls and arse. i should mention that there were about 8 other guys around at the time in the pool area. nobody cared or paid me any attention but again i could see how it could put someone off.
now a long series of upsells began at 18. she then offered to give me an exfoliating massage in the massage room. here i made a few mistakes. she made it clear that it was going to cost me extra, that's no big deal. my first mistake was that as she did the massage the first show began and i missed out on a parade of hot women. whether it was deliberate or not i don't know, but the timing was a little fishy. i should have done the massage later. my second mistake is that i didn't get more sexually aggressive with her. i should have pawed her all over and gotten a look at her fabulous titties. i'm certain at least a handjob was included with the massage, and probably more. ymmv perhaps. the exfoliating massage was mildly painful and not entirely pleasant, i should have told her to stuff that and oil me up or suck my cock. anyone have any idea if that kind of play is on offer?
when i got out the show was long over. i was led to the next room where i was toweled off and given boxers and a robe by another cute vietnamese who asked for a 50hkd tip for the 'service. ' i gave her little titties a quick feel-up and tipped her, and we flirted a bit. it was a fair exchange, but the pushiness for tips was irritating.
the next room was quite large and filled with maybe sixty reclining lounge chairs. most were occupied. there was a small area with computers and lots of big screen televisions around. here i was kind of left to figure things out for myself, so i got myself a chair. pretty quickly i was asked if i wanted a shoulder massage by a somewhat cute massage girl which i declined. a couple of minutes later, of all things, a guy asked me if i wanted a pedicure. i found that odd, actually a little gross, no in fact quite repulsive, and declined that too. there were at least two other westerners in the area, but i didn't speak with any of them. drinks were on offer, as well as food, some of both was free. some of the working girls in skimpy outfits were pacing around looking for targets, but i was never so much as looked at by any of them, despite my attempts to get their attention. possibly because i'm western, possibly because i'd previously declined all service offers and that branded me as a low-roller. it left me feeling somewhat sad and quite alone. i've never been in a place like that where the women didn't just flock to a guy. in the lounge it was practically the opposite.
so i sat around and became rather bored until i noticed someone texting on their phone. i didn't realize you could bring your phone into the lounge, so up i went to get my blackberry out of the locker. my walking back to the locker room caused a bit of a stir until the staff realized that i wasn't leaving.
having a phone helped pass the time until the show, which was held out in the pool area. i'd chosen 18 because i wanted to see a huge selection of girls and i'd heard they had the youngest and most beautiful women. the show began with a dull 'pole dance without a pole' from a cute asian. i think the management's idea was that this display would get the men worked up. without exaggeration, i've seen amateur fat american 40 year olds in swinger clubs take the pole with better moves. this girl had an utterly plastic manner and would clearly rather have been at the dentist than swaying her hips unmusically to the crowd, so the effect was more comic than erotic.
at last the fabled lineup happened. at least 60 girls came out. so many that i completely lost track of who was who. looking back on it there were actually too many girls. they moved too quick, and from prior research i felt a lot of pressure to make a quick decision lest all the hot ones got snapped up. i'd say that 9 out of 10 of the girls seemed pretty disinterested, in me at least. their vibe? not 'i'm a hot unattainable haughty, you'll never have me. ' no, more like 'i'd rather be shoveling cow dung. ' many trying not to be seen if felt like. the opposite of erotic. i'd also say that 40 of the 60 were nothing special to look at, but all were young and had nice bodies.
per the forum recommendations i'd read on the board, i looked for a girl that smiled at me and gave me lots of eye contact and some idea that she was interested. three or four of the sixty present did give me smiles and eye contact but one stood out as the most beautiful. there were several managers standing around, so i turned to one and gave the number. it was here that i could have used my cheat sheet, but alas it was the last thing on my mind. the numbers are quite hard to read at least for an old guy like me, so be sure you're close enough.
i wanted to stay for the rest of the show, but i was hustled out of there having made my choice. for all i know another 60 women came out, everyone got a free blowjob, and a massive orgy erupted. i'm pretty disappointed at being treated that way by the staff, it was brusque and in my opinion broke what little of the mood i'd been holding on to. i would have much rather stuck around and ogled the goods on display, and if (big if) i ever return i'll make an attempt to feign that i don't understand what they're saying and stand my ground, or just watch the first show and wait for the second show to choose.
after having made my choice and being forced back into the main lounge room nobody said a word to me so i started back to my lounge chair. after a moment in the chair i had a feeling that sitting there wasn't the right thing to do. good thing too, as i almost missed out. what you're supposed to do is go and stand around this sort of cashier-type desk next to some stairs going down. i was hurredly asked if i wanted the special condom, to which i said yes. i wanted one of those japanese polyurethane super-thin condoms, which i got. unfortunately she also shoved some kind of thicker package in my hand as well (which to my complete horror turned out to be a cheap vibrating plastic cock ring). before i could think to say 'no' to the cock ring or inquire about the price i was led downstairs in the manner of a harried schoolmarm with a bunch of bratty kids along with my fellow mongers (about 10 of us). i found that quite distasteful and rude and at the end i think the damn thing cost me 100 hkd, which is outrageous. a crisp, efficient man then took us, like a high speed tour guide, each to our appointed rooms where i waited alone for my chosen girl to arrive.
the rooms were quite nice but tiny and cramped, had fresh towels and had just been cleaned. i saw a handful of pleasant female cleaning staff working the area and they looked quite busy.
why they bothered to hustle us to the rooms i have no idea. i was the last to be escorted to my room but i still had to wait several minutes until my temporary girlfriend arrived. fortunately, she was beautiful, even more so than in the lineup. a solid 9 in looks, and her body an absolute 10. flawless skin, perfect c cup breasts, heart shaped ass, that long soft pussy hair that only asians seem to posess, and not an ounce of fat on her 22 year old nubile body. from somewhere in mainland china, but i can't remember let alone prounounce the name of the city. she didn't speak more than three or four words of english.
i was expecting a fairly mechanical performance. and i'm okay with that, if the performer is a young beautiful woman, which she was. and it was mechanical. she had her routine and stuck to it. you can read all about the detail in many other posts. it did not deviate. after the shower activites she wasted six or eight of my very expensive minutes overwashing herself alone while i sat naked on the bed getting cold and awaiting her. so long did she take that when she emerged she must have been the cleanest woman within a thousand miles.
before i can stop her this silly girl unrolls my expensive japanese special condom. unrolls the whole damn thing. on her finger and then tries to slide the now useless unrolled condom on to mr. happy with predictable results. so after prodding and pulling for a bit she rips it. it's true. i ask you gentlemen, how can a woman in one of the most expensive and supposedly exclusive cathouses in macau not get instruction in putting a condom on properly?
now after a lot of fuss she eventually produces another one and starts to unroll that one as well. this time i stop her before it is too late and put it on myself the right way. but wait, there's more. now she doesn't think the condom goes down far enough on my cock. this is taking on the order of ten minutes at this point, and the entire affair is not exactly arousing. i can just feel the minutes slipping away. but somehow i manage to stay hard. finally i'm suited up to her standards and ready to go.
so there i am, missionary position, finally fully engaged with this beautiful creature. the final act commences at last. and i'm just finally starting to enjoy myself, with perhaps four minutes of time remaining. and now, out of her presumably giant bag of sexy tricks, what does she decide to do to heighten the erotic experience? wait for it. she starts to pick her nose. not a dainty scratch, no. she goes on a fucking expedition in there. if there was an olympic event for nose-picking, she'd win the bronze at least. now i've seen a lot of unusual things in my outings. but never once has any of my erotic providers stuck her finger up her nose during the act. imagine, if you will, my horror. i was speechless, not that she'd understand a word i said even if i'd said something. and yet, beyond all hope i was able to finish the deed, as even that repulsive behaivor was overcome by her world class titties and tight asian pussy. she showered me, let me towel myself off, led me by the hand to the staircase and politely wished me goodbye with a peck on the cheek, and bounced off with a self-assured manner that bespoke a job well done.
at that point the staff continued to ignore me or made it clear which way the exit was (in some cases helpfully pointing me the way out) and thanked me for coming. i changed, paid the difference between my ticket and the extras i ordered (the expensive condom, useless cock ring, tips, and the exfoliating massage). i could have made a scene and gotten the girl in trouble but i just wanted the hell out of there. i had expected to be royally treated, and to get mechanical service from a top quality girl. instead i felt that i'd been royally fucked and hung out to dry by a mechanic.
fair warning to you all about sauna eighteen. i saw a lot of chinese guys there who looked quite happy and i'm sure the experience would have been better had i spoken mandarin.
that experience nearly put me off of saunas and macau altogether, but fortunately i decided to try sanado on another night.
sanado is about as opposite an experience to eighteen as a person could have. granted, i opted for a higher-end package this time, some 1, 900hkd, which included all kinds of things like massages and pool treatment. on my previous walking tour of macau searching for 18 i'd seen sanado, which is just down the street from the holiday inn, close to rio and almost directly across the street from the metropark hotel.
once inside i was warmly greeted in english and led inside to the showers. there were a half dozen quite attractive asian women waiting around. i recalled that my package gave me the right to choose who i wanted to suck my cock during the shower, so i chose a beautiful specimen who latered me up and gave me about a 20 second bbbj which was quite nice. i was then led into the pool / changing area after i'd dried off. this was the only negative experience i had at sanado. i thought i'd read that if you got into the pool a girl would come in with you and you could fool around with them. i was looking forward to that so i hopped into the pool. and. nothing happened. girls came and went, i tried to make eye contact, no go. i sat in the pool for 15 minutes with no luck. ok fine. i went back to shower off and was pleasantly surprised by getting to choose yet another hot girl for another quick bbbj treatment in the shower, which i enjoyed. i later found out that i was supposed to choose a girl for the pool, because that's what my package gave me the right to do. i didn't find out how to do that exactly, but it was later made clear to me that i could trade my pool experience for a massage, which i happily did.
i moved on to the next room, which was about a tenth the size of eighteen's with similar lounge chairs. there were a couple of other westerners there as well. i took a seat and was asked by a very attractive indonesian woman if i wanted a back rub. my package included this so i enthusiastically said yes, and she did a lovely job, spoke good english and seemed genuinely interested in me. i also got a foot massage from another woman who also seemed to really like me. i was feeling great at this point and well taken care of. here at last were the beautiful girls crawling all over me, being flirty, fun and genuinely warm. a few minutes later i was offered an ear cleaning, which i wanted to try, having heard they were erotic and quite nice. the actual experience was anything but erotic and slightly on the painful side. i also got a pedicure, thankfully this time by a woman. and then the hot indo backrub girl invited me for a private massage. hell yes i was into that. i won't go into detail but let me just say that we clicked, my massage was great and i enjoyed what seemed to be some extras (ymmv). the massaage girls aren't allowed to give fs like the other girls are but at the very least a handjob is on offer.
back in the main area the next show came on. as previously mentioned there are sometimes more customers than girls so the girls spread out among the guys for the shows and move from guy to guy. you end up alone for about 30 seconds before your turn. being the odd man out isn't so bad as you get to stare at the upraised bare ass and pussy of the girl across from you. as this was all free, i don't get why other guys are critical of the shows. for me the show and view was a fantastic bonus that never got old despite the girls and routine were the same (although the costumes and theme differed). where else can you have this kind of experience? after the show the girls stood around while the guys chose. the ones i wanted were already chosen (quite quickly) so i declined, although several of the 15 or so girls gave me eye contact and smiles. all were at least 7s, with a variety of different looks, and defintely a few 9s in the group. they all had great bodies, and i didn't see one that looked a day over 25. most looked 18-20.
now here's where the sanado experience really began to differ from eighteen. the manager came up to me, noticed i hadn't chosen, and wanted to make sure i had a good time. he set me up in a chair that had a better view of the ladies and checked in with me several times to make sure i was getting what i wanted. that's what i call service.
i did eventually choose an incredibly hot petite 20 year old chinese woman who gave me without a doubt the most spectacular full body massage performance i've ever had in my entire life. she did things to me with her mouth i can't even explain, and took care of me the entire time. it didn't matter that she didn't speak english. in her hands i was a prince, and that's what i came for.
i stayed for several hours after that, enjoyed another massage with a different but equally hot indonesian girl what was also quite memorable, and decided to take a different but also stunning petite chinese woman with natural d's who, although she was less skilled and attentive than my first, still performed like a champ, and after much effort i eventually finished on her lovely pair. i paid a little extra for her to wear a skimpy costume, but i don't recommend it as the costume comes off in seconds and it doesn't lead to any kind of role play, at least not for me. it felt like the girl got a commission from the upsell.
the staff to a person was helpful, the women were all beautiful and young, the food and drinks were good, and the place was spotless. they pay attention to you at sanado, and make you feel welcome.
the damage? all in all my experience at sanado came to a bit over 4, 000hkd, including extra massages, pedicure, ear cleaning, food, juice, and two different hour-long sessions. i spent the entire night there. from about 7pm to 7am. you could skip most of the extras and buy a package for 1, 200hkd, but i wasn't there to save money. they had a quiet place to sleep that they offered but i spent the night in ease and debauchery. it was without question worth every penny. i give them my highest recommendation and will absolutely return. i only wish we had something like that in my country.
a few other points. if you're planning on dashing over to macau from hong kong international airport on a layover, you should allow three hours of travel each way. do not take the macau ferry from the airport. it only departs a couple of times a day, and you can't buy a package deal from the airport. if time is a factor buy a package so you don't have to wait for ferry tickets.
check your baggage in the left luggage facility in the lower levels, it is cheaper than the one on the main floor. don't check your passport, you'll need it for customs / immigration at the ferry terminal.
here's the cheapest way to macau from hong kong international, which is also the fastest way i found short of chartering a helicopter:
take the airport express train directly from hong kong airport to hong kong / central station. buy the round-trip ticket from the automated machine in the airport. or better yet buy an octopus card as you can use them on the subway and even macau buses. aiport express trains leave every 12 minutes or so and take 24 minutes to take you to hong kong / central station.
once you get off of the train you have to walk quite a ways underground in the subway station to get to the blue line. it seemed like 10-15 minutes of walking to me. from central station take the blue line subway to the sheung wan station which connects directly to the ferry terminal. there are maps everywhere in english and it won't be hard to figure out. subway trains come every five minutes or so but stop running around midnight (or possibly 1am).
it's about a 10 minute walk to the ferry terminal from the subway, just follow the signs. once in the ferry terminal buy a package deal at the sauna and you can practically walk right aboard a ferry. otherwise you might have to wait a long time. i doubt you will save a penny on services at the sauna, but you likely will save hours of time and hassle trying to get on a ferry both ways. with the package deal the tour operator hands you a pre-purchased ticket usually on the next departing ferry. i didn't realize how convenient this was until i tried to get back to hk saturday night at about 12am. there were several hundred people trying to get back to hk, all sitting miserably in a standby line. they all had that resigned, sad sort of look that people get when they know they're stuck for hours. at that time the ferries were booked until about 4am. but i walked into the terminal, located the tour office on the ground floor, got a ticket and was on a ferry in about 20 minutes. at least at the macau terminal the ferry offices are open 24/7. priceless.
you can find the guys selling the package deals in the hk ferry terminal in retail storefronts on the same level as departures. there are at least two of them. one sells tickets to eighteen and a few others, and another sells tickets to sanado and a few others. they're quite helpful, professional, friendly, will explain what you get in each package, and they accept credit cards, which show up as a rather innocuous "travel, hong kong" on your credit card statement.
once at the macau terminal just take a cab and show the cab driver your package ticket. it has directions printed on it. the cab ride is short. on the way back you can hop on a #3 bus (it stops right across the street from sanado) and get to the airport in about 3 minutes for 3. 20hkd.
it took me a little over two and a half hours to get to sanado from the airport, and about the same getting back. i also knew the way, already had hk coin and currency, and i walk quite fast.
perhaps i'll write up my experiences in hk in another trip report, but suffice it to say that macau was far and away a superior experience to hk. (based on my experiences at 37 dundas and wan chai only)