Three days in Hong Kong, what to do?

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Am flying there tomorrow to avoid the horrendous Songkran festival here. What is good to see, do, eat and watch in Hong Kong?

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

eat? erm everything. Every time I go to Hong Kong it seems I gain at least 7lbs in weight.

― jellybean (jellybean), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 08:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

Where are you staying - on the island, or Tsim Sha Tsui-side?

Take the Peak Tram up Victoria Peak, then do one of the walking trails (they are clearly marked out) around the Peak for spectacular views. The one which goes to Pokfulam reservoir/country park is only about 3km.

Stanley Market is fun, as are the night markets

Ferry over to Macau for a day trip

Take the glass elevator up the outside of the Hopewell Centre

Sha Tin (in the new territories) or Happy Valley racecourses, if there's any racing on.

Ocean Park!

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

OPIUM DEN

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

(And Ocean Park, Stanley Markets, Victoria Peak and Nathan Road)

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

Thanks, have to dash now to grab stuff for the trip, I'll look into those suggestions.

Thanks a lot

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

oh man i never saw this thread. so many things to do. eat cheap things. god, yum cha, so cheap. this morning it was like 50p per portion of dim sum. my mother and i were stuffed and the bill was a fiver between us.

ocean park is nice. the new disneyland is a little bit on the small side. but they have a nice queue system where you can "book" your place for one ride at a specific time (only one at a time though) so you can wander about elsewhere while you wait for your time.

sham shui po is good for cheap electronics and there's a street full of stalls that sell cheapolodean AV/electrical things.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 June 2006 04:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

soon there will be a cable car that takes you to the temple with the big buddha thing, if you're that way inclined. currently it's an hour bus ride from the other side of lantau island.

going on the ferry is fun too. you get to see both sides of the harbour and smell sea air (which admittedly is a bit smelly).

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 June 2006 05:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

You can have a great transport themed day. Star Ferry, Hong Kong Island Trams, big glass elevators outside tall buildings, Star Ferry and even the toobe. (Actually the double decker buses out to the New Territories are actually quite cool too).

The food hall above Happy Valley Market does some of the best cheap food I've ever eaten.

Oh the Hong Kong History Museum is good as well, though remember to pace yourself as it starts in pre-history.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 5 June 2006 06:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

I went to the hong kong history museum with my dad, and he just slagged it off for the entire duration of the visit (my dad's a chinese historian), specialising in the customs of HK villagers. You might as well go to a village on one of the islands or in the New Territories and see the real thing if you're in HK around the time of some Chinese festival.

I love spending the whole day on the Tram and the ferry.. and it's so cheap too

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 5 June 2006 17:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

1) hang out with francis ng and simon yam
2) watch planes land at airport
3) sail out into bay at night

― gear (gear), Monday, 5 June 2006 17:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

Be interested to hear why he slagged it off. Clearly any presentation of history is going to be flawed and from a potentially political stance but I thought it gave someone who had little idea of its history a pretty good idea of its development (and it was easy to read certain bias's).

We were staying way out in the New Territories and that is worth it. No-one spoke English but they wer emore than willing to feed us silly with Dim Sum.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 5 June 2006 17:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

I think the main reason why he didn't like it (this is the area where they show the different types of origins of the Chinese in HK, with the fishing boat and stuff) came from over simplification of the facts.

I have to admit, I did ask him to go with me just to see how annoyed he would get.

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 5 June 2006 17:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh for transport - i forgot! obv ride the red topped minibuses late night! they're apparently now all run by triads and are notoriously trilling because the drivers get paid per trip and so they do all kinds of stunts like speeding cutting lanes and jumping red lights! legends have it that you can get from central to tuen mun in 15 minutes (when usually it's more like an hour)

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

i'm going to hong kong, guys, woo! for my school reunion. i am SO EXCITED, i haven't been back since early '97, ie pre-giving it back to china!

to get a cheap flight i had to stay there for ten days, which is obviously ACE except i may get kicked out on my ear once the reunion is over - officially we're all meant to bugger off on the morning of monday 14th. i don't fly back til saturday 19th. i'm hoping they won't be that strict and will let me hang out for another 4 nights (flight is earlyish saturday, it's easy to stay out late/all night in hk then head to the airport whenever... or is it? i haven't been to the new airport, eep!) or that i'll find a hk local's sofa to crash on, but if not, where do i stay that is CHEAP? i was always seriously tempted by chungking mansions, will i die if i stay there? i do not look rich, no one will stab me for my diamonds.

omg omg i am so excited. share with me!

― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh man i wanna go back to hk. i think there's a cheap ymca in kowloon?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

ooh ymca, good idea! i am barely gonna sleep for the next two weeks. man. i haven't had any jabs. is that a terrible idea? i went to pakistan a year and a half ago and had a shitload then. i wouldn't object to more now (mmm needles) but dunno if there's time.

― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

i don't have any hk heroin connections, sorry.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

where do i stay that is CHEAP? i was always seriously tempted by chungking mansions, will i die if i stay there?

i stayed there. they weren't so bad. look around though - some of the guesthouses in there are way better than others. my bunkbed was cheap as hell though, for HK anyway. single rooms i think were around $10 or $15? I can't remember. the mirador mansion is just up the road and a little nicer and only a little more expensive.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

i don't have any hk heroin connections, sorry.

SNAP CITY

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

Stanley Market is for jack ass tourists. Go to the night market and/pr laies amrket in Mongkok instead.
You can also get your fill of cheap VCD/DVDs/CDs/softwarfe and hardware in this area.
The street food in Mongkok is also keen.

Wanchai is where you want to hang out if you want to run into western wanks boozing it up with Asian and SOuth American Chicks.

Back over to Kowloon... Take the KTR to the border, cross and then take a bus to Shenzen... a lot of good shopping... much stuf to do.. stay away from queer ass shit like Stanley Market! You'll get ripped off and only porkbutts go there.

― Freddie (freddie), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh yeah... get a foot massage... many places to get one.. about $20 HK.... around 3 $US.

Fuck anyone who tells you to go to that bitch ass crap shoot known as Stanley Market.

― Freddie (freddie), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

thanks phil-two! that sounds perfect, if i get chucked out.

ktr=kcr, or did it change its name? i'm staying way out in the new territories, between sai kung and sha tin. i hear it has changed dramatically.

er i ca't work out if you guys are joking or not but by jabs i meant inoculations... i don't do heroin, i just like needles.

― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah totally shenzen is your jam. good ~~hookers~~places to get your nails done for cheap.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 20:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

this is the only pic i took from inside the chungking mansions. or maybe this is the mirador ones. but im guessing it looks like the inside of a lot of these HK buildings?

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 20:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

the development over in nt is terrifying...

There's this new railway line covering east of shatin now.. A couple of years ago I went to the station at the end of the line, and it was still pretty quiet.. and by walking for an hour or so you'd end up at little communities that were isolated (well for hk anyway).. I guess all that land around that station would probably be all built up now..

― jellybean (jellybean), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 22:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

I NEVER WANT TO COME HOME

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

What kind of plugs do they use in Hong Kong? Have found conflicting information via google...

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

Three pin plugs, but the pins are round. A bit like this :

― C J (C J), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

they're actually the same as the three pin uk ones now (rectangular)

i guess it depends where you're living.

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

I am clearly living in the past!

― C J (C J), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

they changed to the uk ones round about when i was moving to the UK (so like 1992?)

i'm surprised nobody said "butt" as the answer yet.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

*BUMP*

how bad is the Chungking mansions experience? I figure one night is worth it for something so ridiculously cheap...

...and considering I move into this the next day (!) http://www.hulletthouse.com/

― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

it's not so bad actually, they've cleaned it up in terms of the violence, about the worst you can expect is a bunch of hawkers shoving their stuff in your face

when are you coming ?

― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

I land on Sat 30th.... am probably just gonna stick with whatever i booked at Chungking Mansions considering its so cheap. Then move to luxury Hullet House for 1 night and Peninsula for 2..... (perks of girlf who is reviewing them)

I guess I'm there till Wed 3 Nov.

― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

hahahah oh my god my friend's dream job is to be a hotel reviewer.

well me and at least one other ilxor are currently in hk, if you need help w/ anything / need a tour guide webmail me

― dayo, Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

I didn't even know that hotel reviewer was a job

now that I do it's my dream job too

― iatee, Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dayo, if you're not doing anything on on Sunday 31st eve let me know. ( chromogenik[at]gmail[dot]com )

― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 09:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

hi dere,

will be there from 27th apr - 7th may.. there may be FAPability..

― Jlloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken (ken c), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Hong Kong is great. Go to Lantau island to see the giant Buddha, casino in Macau, greasy spoon, drink lots of milk tea, Snoopy's World, walk around Yuen Long, get on the $4 dollar small bus. The Symphony of Lights is kinda rubbish though.

― jel --, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

symphony of lights is pretty cool on nights when it's not cloudy (which is like, 2/365)

― chris paul george hill (dayo), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

hong kong is the greatest city in the world.

― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

walking around hong kong never really gets old. pretty much any part of it.

i wish i knew of a good affordable place to stay. i always end up at places with hourly rates, doors that don't lock and tvs that have three channels of porn and one of cartoons. but cheap. but man, i'd rather stay in a chinese chain hotel across the border in luo hu.

― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

shenzhen is not to be underrated. and i think if i had three days, i would make an effort to walk to take the mtr to lo wu and spend a night in shenzhen, which is a radically different city from hong kong. ((((((((((((((((i don't know how easy it is to just VISIT without planning (the other way around is quite easy since i can walk into hong kong without a visa and stay for 30 days)

― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

is chungking mansion one of these hourly rate/porn places?

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

i dunno about walking around hong kong (aren't all the places just the same shops in different shopping centres??) but whenever i'm there i just eat all day and that never gets old

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

a trip to shenzhen after some time in HK is truly a strange and worthwhile experience. last time i was there we just went on a whim but the information online is quite confusing regarding which passports can go in and which can't (i think it changes regularly). the japanese ppl i was with were just allowed to go in without a visa but i (with british passport) had to pay for a temporary VISA that allowed me to stay for 5 days as long as you don't leave the city.

― tpp, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 09:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill!!!!

― Jeff, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

no, chungking mansions isn't no-locks/porn, as a rule, i think. whenever i walk thru it's lots of australian backpackers and like german tourists with big cameras. there's a tgi friday's right next door.

there's an ilx thread where i accidentally walk past chungking mansions and end up walking all the way to sham shui po. i never really got a "just the same shops in different shopping centres" vibe from hk but maybe i was in the wrong places.

― dylannn, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Ming+Court+Hotel,+Lockhart+Road,+Hong+Kong&hl=en&ll=22.278188,114.173025&spn=0.00133,0.002411&sll=22.303808,114.159193&sspn=0.010641,0.01929&oq=ming+court+hotel&hq=Ming+Court+Hotel,&hnear=Lockhart+Rd,+Hong+Kong&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=22.278176,114.172919&panoid=qF3Peq2zhzaG-5o6Hghr1Q&cbp=12,55.25,,0,3

where i stay. what a beautiful corner.

― dylannn, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's probably more that i was in the wrong places (shopping centres)

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

well lockhart road is kinda the 'red light district' of HK, heh

I def get the 'same shops in diff shopping centres' vibe from HK as well

― chris paul george hill (dayo), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 10:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

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