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 Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Hong Kong
Learn about leisure and recreation in Hong Kong. You may read about their travel activities and adventures. Find out their travel tips and guides and discover fun things to do in Hong Kong.Also, you might want to read our
Hong Kong city guide.
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| K To |
11 January 2005 |
Stayed at Concourse, Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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We enjoyed our day tours to Lantau Island and Ocean Park. We booked our GrayLine Tours at Concourse Hotel and received good service. The pick-up service at the Hotel was good. The Tour Guides were helpful and did a good job in making our tours interesting.
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| S Mcculloch |
10 January 2005 |
Stayed at Stanford Hillview Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong is an amazing place. For a nice day out away from the centre, we recommend walking around Lamma, resting on its quiet little beaches and eating at the Lamma Hilton near the ferry.
Hong Kong itself is great for walking around, especially the markets around Hollywood Road, the peak. Hong Kong and Kowloon parks are nice to relax in. A very amusing thing to try is the world's longest escalator which is on Hong Kong Island, but remember you'll have to walk back down. The best thing about HK is the harbour and the Star Ferry, which at 2.2 HK$ is the best way to spend 15 pence I've ever known.
The only downside we found was the street hassle from tailored suit sellers, which the HK police should do something about. In 5 days we were approached about 50 times.
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| E Him pon |
07 December 2004 |
Stayed at BP International House - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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From BP International House, take mini green bus no. 6 to Hung Hom Station when you wanna take a train to Shenzhen for day trip shopping. Train ride costs HKD 33 per person.
Travelling within Hong Kong is easy as Tsim Sha Tsui MTR is 10 minute walk from BP. You can go to Mong Kok, Ladies Market, Langham Place from there. Just ask around where to stop from Tsim sha tsui.
15 minute walk to Harbour City from BP to take a ferry to Hong Kong Island. You may want to drop by Star Avenue while you're at the ferry terminal. Hong Kong version of walk of fame.
Ferry ride to KH Island is HKD 2.20. From Central Ferry Terminal in HK Island, you can take bus no 15 that'll take you to The Peak. Awesome scenery, especially if you get window seats at Marche Restaurant.
If you wanna go to Repulse Bay and Ocean Park from the Ferry Terminal, you can take bus no 260. From Repulse bay you can take mini bus no 16 to Stanley Market for mini shopping.
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| C Snow |
06 December 2004 |
Stayed at Stanford Hillview Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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We enjoyed our 6-day stay in HongKong. We joined several tour groups namely: HongKong Island tour; Macau; Canton; night cruise with seafood dinner. We also enjoyed going up the peak tram and a night dinner at the Movenpick. We did a sampan ride with the Island tour and that was fun - though we found the harbor very polluted. We walked around a lot and I particularly liked both the day and night street markets, though my husband did not. Shopping was great in HongKong.
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| H Kilpatrick |
03 December 2004 |
Stayed at New World Renaissance - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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I recommend the horse racing tour. It costs around HK$500, you can get a dinner buffet with free beer and juice, tea and coffe and you can watch the race in style. Highly recommended.
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| J Bunder |
01 December 2004 |
Stayed at Anne Black Guest House (YWCA) - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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If you enjoy shopping then Mong Kok is the place to go. Generally, if you are looking for a particular product it is possible to find a street which specialises in that product. For example, Sai Yeung Choi St has a large number of camera and mobile phone shops and on Fa Yuan St you can find all sorts of sporting goods (from basketball outfits to hiking gear). In the late afternoon and evening you can find the 'Ladies Markets' on Tung Choi St. These markets are mostly clothes and imitation designer bags.
Having gotten a bit bored of the shopping thing I decided to take a book and read in King's Park which is accessable from Chun YiLi Lane just off Waterloo Rd. It's a nice park with several places to sit. Compared to the rest of Hong Kong it's quiet (but that's just relative). One thing to be aware of is the insects. Mosquitoes are common but there are worse things than mosquitoes. I was quite badly bitten by some mysterious insects and now, a week later, still have a large number itchy bumps.
To get around Hong Kong you can buy an Octopus card from any Mtr station. Using an Octopus card is cheaper than buying a ticket each time you want to travel. When you leave Hong Kong you can return your card and get a refund.
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| H Lin (2nd call) |
18 November 2004 |
Stayed at Wesley, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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From the airport on Lantau Island, we took the Airport Express (expensive but a terrific ride) to to Central district on Hong Kong Island and then took the taxi to the Wesley hotel on Wanchai district. During the five day's stay, we walked around the Wanchai district, having breakfast around the corners every morning. In the evening, we visited the markets in the side streets and had fun being bargain hunters. Sometimes, we walked from the hotel to Pacific place for lunch in a nice restarant and then walked around the shopping Mall. By public transportation, We went to Time Square in Causeway Bay, another bustling district for dinner and shopping. We also took a one-day bus tour to Lantau Island to see the big Buddha on the top of a mountain and had delicious vegetarian lunch in the Bao Lan Temple. The place was far away from the hustle and bustle of the cities. Quite a change of pace. A terrific trip.
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| N Yuen |
31 October 2004 |
Stayed at Pruton Prudential Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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If you are planning to go during the period of july-oct, just make sure you pack a snug windbreaker, because the winds are pretty well...windy (22-24 degrees Celsius)! Do take the public transport system in HK, as it is really very efficient, not to mention cost-effective. Buy the Octopus Card for 150HKD & zip around HK using the MTR & buses, they will take you almost everywhere. A little tip though, when going up and down escalators on the stations, keep to your right, as the left side is for people hurrying like crazy. Kowloon is THE place to stay, if you wana see the real Hong Kong. HK Island is too full of skyscrapers with almost everyone and anyone wearing business suits running all over the place for their appointments. Kowloon itself is a nice mish-mash of neon lights on old buildings with loads of character, side-to-side with spanking new buildings that seem to have an ethereal sheen to their facades.
Eats: Very authentic Hong Kong Dai-Pai Dongs for food where the waiters still have pencils stucked on their ears when taking orders. The food portions served at this local-style food houses are frightfully big, enough for at least 2 hearty or 3 light diners. The “Yam Char” culture is very prevalent here where one dines on Dim Sum around the clock. For about 120-200 HKD for 2-4 diners, one gets a smorgasbord of dim sum from crispy yam balls filled with meat and vegetable cubes, stir fried noodles, spring rolls, HK’s ever-popular tasty roasted pork-filled and sweet sesame paste buns, to the internationally acclaimed succulent prawn filled “Har Gow & Siew Mai”.
Try the area around Jordan or Mong Kok MTR for these Dim Sum Restaurants, they are all over the place. Most of these restaurants may look a little upmarket or expensive or are actually quite affordable. When in doubt, ask for the menu and check the prices before sitting down, you will not go far wrong.
Shopping places: Unless you are going for branded stuff, you can forget about the big commercial shopping centres, you can probably get whatever Gucci or Prada items back home, at almost the same prices. If you are in for the local and oriental stuff, I strongly suggest an open-air bazaar. Take the MTR to Mong Kok, and try the well known “Ladies Market”, which opens for most of the day, closing at night. They are many great finds to be had, just make sure you bargain hard for it. Alternatively, you could try “Temple Street Market” after dark, where they will open till the wee hours of the morning. This is located in very close proximity to Jordan MTR.
Activities: Loads of cool stuff to do here.. A good 1st stop would be to visit Victoria Harbour, located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area, Kowloon waterfront. Loosely translated to mean “Sharp Sandy Mouth”, the geological shape does indeed look like that. Go in the afternoon and soak in the nice harbourview, making sure that you book a 1-hour Harbour Ferry Cruise (about 50 HKD) 1st, at the Star Ferry Pier located beside it. Do book the ferry cruise before 4pm as they would close the ticketing booth for day harbour cruises by then. After enjoying the cruise, come back to the harbour to catch a spectacular sunset, before moving further down to “The Avenue of Stars” for a nice leisurely stroll. End your perfect day with a good late dinner at the waterfront at any of the myriad of cafes or restaurants there.
Take the MTR, or a normal ferry ride over to Central at Hong Kong Island early the next day, and a short 15 min stroll up to the “Peak Tram Station”, where you can catch an electric tram up the peak. The views there are nothing short of jaw-dropping (make sure you bring those cameras). Enjoy a hot cuppa at any of the cafes there while taking in the clean and crisp mountain air, it feels as if your lungs are being cleansed thoroughly in the process.
After that, take a short trip to SOHO which is located near Central, taking the Mid-Levels escalator up in the process. It is regarded as the world’s longest escalator and there are many things to see. Drop at any of the shops or restaurants that take your fancy at have a hearty meal there, before walking off those excess calories by walking down the hill. (Yes, the escalator only goes 1 way, so be warned!).
End your day partying the night away or just people-watching at Lan Kwai Fong, also conveniently located nearby. This stretch of pubs, clubs, bistros and cafes are where the hippiest and most fashionable hang out during the night, so dress to kill, enjoy your drinks and feast your eyes on a great party scene. Groovy Baby!
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| C Toves |
27 October 2004 |
Stayed at Caritas Bianchi Lodge - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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It was the first time that we had visited Hong Kong and we will definitely return next year again. We walked to get to shopping districts which was not too far away. The 24 hour restaurant in the area that had great food was the Macau Restaurant. We stayed in Kowloon for 2 days then took a ferry out to Macau, China for about another 5 days for the Asian Motocross Championship Race (which our son had raced in and won the championship in the Peewee Division). Then returned for 1 day of more shopping before we returned home to Guam.
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| A Glorney |
11 October 2004 |
Stayed at Metropark Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Manic but fun city - we were there for 4 days and tried to pack in as much as possible (without too much shopping!)View from the Peak is a must - Cafe Deco restuarant - excellent and not horrendously expensive (compared to Dubai/UK)- but reserve if you want a table with a view. Ladies market is OK but not as good as Chinatown in KL or Singapore. Stanley is a bit like an English seaside town - very busy at weekends - market is good but prices are comparatively high for souvenirs - some excellent art galleries/shops and a couple of good shops for good quality ladies linen clothes. Went for a day to Macau - which was a lovely contrast - also took a half day tour to the New Territories. Excellent Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong 27 Percival Street, Causeway Bay is the Tai Woo Restaurant - Executive Manager Raymond Sinn is wonderful - let him teach you how to eat a crab properly!
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