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08 July 2005 |
Stayed at BP International House - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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I was travelling through Hong Kong to mainland China to teach for a year. Guangzhou's Shamian Island is a great stop if you're heading toward Guangzhou or other Guangdong destinations.
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| C Gek meng |
19 June 2005 |
Stayed at Concourse, Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Cafes outside the hotel served HK$15 for set breakfast which include sandwiches, noodles and hot drinks per person. Open at 6.30 am. Some other cafes opened 24 hours. Useful if you are joining the Grayline tour located at the hotel which starts either at 7.20 am or 7.55 am depending on the tour packages. Must be punctual and eat your breakfast before the tour or the tour staff will leave without you. No stopping for breakfast. The tour staff will then pick guests from other hotel to make up the group tour. For Dim Sum, you can take a 5 minutes walk to the Pacific Shopping Centre and take a lift from basement to the 5th floor where a restaurant served good Dim Sum. For 6 persons we paid about HK$250. Fish dishes were very expensive in any restaurant in HK. Ladies Street is about 10 mins walk from the Hotel. Need to bargain hard. The male owner of a corner shop in Ladies St, selling bubble tea was very rude. Drink is expensive and cost HK$100 for a small cup. We did not know that for every drink we had to pay him first before he gave us the drink. We were ordering for 6 persons and thought that we would paid him the exact amount after the 6 orders. The shop along Ladies St is selling good Wife Biscuits. Need to carry properly as biscuits crumble easily.
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| G Lopez |
06 June 2005 |
Stayed at YMCA - The Salisbury - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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I recommend a day trip to Macau from HKG as it is a relaxing experience. Also highly recommend going to the islands, Peng Chau, Cheung Chau and Lamma.
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| S Jackson |
04 June 2005 |
Stayed at Stanford Hillview Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Great destination, things that were good to visit were the Buddha on Lantau Island, the Museum just round the corner from the hotel, The Hong Kong Story, Jade Market and Stanley market. Stanley also has a beach, which has showers and toilets which are clean and life guards, worth a visit if you want a swim. If you want to have a harbour tour on an authentic Junk then go to the Tourist Information centre at the Star Ferry port on Kowloon, they will give you complimentary tickets. Public transport is plentiful and cheap - and clean. Most of the Chinese speak good English and are keen to help.
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| C Hartman, jr. |
28 May 2005 |
Stayed at Guangdong Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Top of the list when visiting Hong Kong are the Star Ferry between Kowlooon and Hong Kong and the tram to the peak in Hong Kong. Better yet, do both in the daytime and again at night. The view from both the ferry and peak are spectacular!
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| H Sawant |
24 May 2005 |
Stayed at Shamrock Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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If you are planning 5 ~ 6 days stay then the best way to get aroung Hong kong is to be on your own. Plenty of Tourist info literatures available at the airport and you can plan your own tours and journeys. Just buy Octopus card at the airport. This card can be used on Buses including airport to city, Underground,trams, ferry, towards paying entrance fees to many attractions and even at many convinience stores like seven 11.The refund is easy at the airport whilst leaving Hong kong. Pls remember to specify your fares when paying by Octopus card.
Travel by tram to the peak and return by bus, Visit Ocean park and one must also take two tours of "behind the scenes" at Ocen park, Visit to largest statue of Buddha are recommended. Visit to all Night markets, Ladies market and Jade market are excellent and depending on the item you want to buy, sometimes you can bargain upto 30% of the offered price! As a thumb rule, one should not offer more than 50% of the the intial quoted price.
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| L Eng wee |
21 May 2005 |
Stayed at Metropole Hotel, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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we went to the victoria peak, ocean park and the lantau island. the resturants that i recommend are macau resturant and sweet dynasty
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| F Hoepelman |
12 May 2005 |
Stayed at Ibis North Point - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Metro routes are very easy to understand and you could move around Hong Kong with liberty. Taking a bus is more difficult, although I did not really try. You should not miss the Victoria Peak. We went up twice ( at night and again on day light)There are several restaurants and cafeterias, even a supermartket where we purchase fruits,daries and drinks at godd prices.
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| F Bush |
08 May 2005 |
Stayed at Shamrock Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong is a very busy city with many things to do. If you want an excellent view of the city, take the Peak Tram to the top of Victoria Peak. There are restaurants and shopping at the top and a great trail (highly recommended) that goes around the top of Victoria Peak with excellent views. This walk was refreshing to my friends and because the trail is quiet and takes you on a little "break" from the rush of the city. Also took a day trip to Lantau Island to see the Big Buddha. Was very foggy when we got there (couldn't see a thing), but thankfully the fog cleared off after about 2 hours to reveal one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen! The Big Buddha statue and the surrounding area was so beautiful. You can walk up some stairs to the Big Buddha and see beautiful views of green hills with waterfalls as well as the ocean. Very peaceful area. (Also enjoy a vegetarian lunch at one of the restaruants there).
We also took a day trip to Macau. Macau was bigger than I expected and I found it not to be a very easy city to get around. Once into the main part of the city it seemed like most things were in Chinese. You definitely feel the Chinese culture there...there is not a mixture of people as you find in Hong Kong. The most interesting sight we saw there was the Ruinas de Sao Paulo, a cathedral that burned down in 1835. Also there is the Museum of Macau right next door, and on the 3rd floor you can walk outside to a beautiful garden area with great views of the city.
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| S Ling |
07 May 2005 |
Stayed at Bishop Lei International - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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If you're prepared to walk, it's a much more interesting way of getting around as you can take in all the sights at your own pace. Victoria Peak is a must, especially after nightfall, as well as a trip on the ferry between HK Island and Kowloon. The arts centre in Kowloon is excellent, and concerts by the HK Philharmonic are reasonably priced.
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Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Hong Kong
