Anyone been to Hong Kong?

I have family in Hong Kong so last time I went over I went to see a few landmarks mentioned in this thread plus the Giant Buddha on Lan Tau Island with it's over 100 steps up that was fun, paid my respects etc. Jade market is fab for little presents and trinkets.

Highly recommend you buy a travel card I think they're called octopuss cards to get on all public transport except the tram, I think that's $1HK (about 10p) that's an experience to see.

Travel to some of the Islands Sek O is a popular beach Island, we usually stay at the Warwick Hotel Cheung Chau Island nice and peaceful. It's a hike on the ferry if you wanna go to mainland but the boat ride is stupendous especially at night or sunset. Oh there's a beach that is clean and tidied by little old ladies at the crack of dawn each day literally over the road.

Like with anyplace there is a seedy side to it and be careful.

Depending on the time of the year to go there are festivals on like the mid autumn festival or Chinese New Year. If you don't like humidity don't go summertime I made that mistake foo-ee!!!

One phrase to learn, phonetically of course ... "lay ho ma?" How are you in Cantonese

PS majority of people can speak broken English, if you see any young people observe their conversation so funny, they use Chinglish to sound cool I have to cos I don't know the words in canto, I'm fluent but there are sometimes I get caught out :) I had a giggle and found myself speaking extra loud in English to show off on the tube (The tube is amazingly clean) with my little brother when I when with family.
 
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panthro said:
Hope you like bogan aussies, becauses Bali has them by the plane full.
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Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that, but I'm hoping where I'm staying its a bit more secluded and away from the very busy areas. Plan was to take it easy in the pool villa anyways:cool:
 
Linda said:
One phrase to learn, phonetically of course ... "lay ho ma?" How are you in Cantonese

PS majority of people can speak broken English, if you see any young people observe their conversation so funny, they use Chinglish to sound cool I have to cos I don't know the words in canto, I'm fluent but there are sometimes I get caught out :) I had a giggle and found myself speaking extra loud in English to show off on the tube (The tube is amazingly clean) with my little brother when I when with family.
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I know, even the tv programmes, they drop in some english words in the sentence. Even if they can't speak English fluently they know what words in English to use.

I just talk to my sister in English the whole time, like I do since we were little and sometimes we get funny looks.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Those who lived there for long periods or with relations over there to show them around the place loves it.
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I'm in this camp, got some very good friends living there, they took me everywhere Aberdeen, Victoria Park, Ocean Park, Lantau, Happy Valley, Macau, and to all the best restaurants (one of my friend is seriously into his food)

Been twice now.
 
Loved Hong Kong... but I wouldn't want to stay there for more than a week. I did 3/4 days and thought that was the perfect amount of time. :)
 
Ironic Namesake said:
If you hear someone saying "Gwai Loh" (not sure how that's meant to be spelt) they're talking about you :D
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Basically it's slang for 'white person'

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LOL sorry just read the bit in the bracket again really no right way of spelling it, phonetically is good
 
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Stopped off there on the way to Oz.

The Good: Prices, Metro, Peak, Gardens/foliage
The Bad: Humidity, cleanliness

Personally we preferred Singapore but it depends on what you are after.
 
Linda said:
Basically it's slang for 'white person'

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LOL sorry just read the bit in the bracket again really no right way of spelling it, phonetically is good
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Yeah, seen it spelt quite a few different ways.

For black its something like Lok Gwai right ? Can't remember now ...


HangTime, you preferred Singapore and the bad parts about HK are cleanliness and humidity? Singapore is cleaner, and more hot/humid than HK :p
 
^ its huk gwai. theres a brand of toothpaste in HK called 'Darlie' - 'huk yun nga go'... in chinese it means black man toothpaste :p

I'm in HK at the moment, and I cannot wait to get back to the UK.... I'm craving for yoghurt and sausages... but they're so expensive over here. £1 for one small pot of yogurt, and £5 for a pack of sausages :eek:
In fact, everything seems expensive over here now.. electricals especially, are actually cheaper in the UK now.

I would probably go to somewhere like Malaysia or Singapore instead.
 
MisChief said:
^ its huk gwai. theres a brand of toothpaste in HK called 'Darlie' - 'huk yun nga go'... in chinese it means black man toothpaste :p

I'm in HK at the moment, and I cannot wait to get back to the UK.... I'm craving for yoghurt and sausages... but they're so expensive over here. £1 for one small pot of yogurt, and £5 for a pack of sausages :eek:
In fact, everything seems expensive over here now.. electricals especially, are actually cheaper in the UK now.

I would probably go to somewhere like Malaysia or Singapore instead.
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the history behind this toothpaste is that it used to be called "darkie" toothpaste, hence the name in chinese and it's literal translation to black man toothpaste. It also used to have a logo of a black man with white teeth

whilst the chinese name has remained the same, they have changed it from darkie to darlie because the former could be/is racist. They also inverted the logo to have a white man with white teeth instead!

google it for more info!

I'm off to hong kong in november, really looking forward to it, haven't been back in 2 years and already got a ticket to see the flaming lips + the raveonettes play live!

roll on november!
 
HK Disneyland has to the cleanest place in the world.

I got told off for dropping one piece of pop corn.
 
Hong Kong is fine for a few days, only if you can't speak Cantonese and can't understand what they are saying about you, while smiling innocently
 
I went to Hong Kong for a few days after back packing SE Asia, but then got stuck there due to that damn Volcano. Had just over a week there in the end (was meant to be a 2 nighter).

Was quite a cool place, nothing special i'd say, the weather was pretty crap when i went so the symphony of lights was "ok" good to have seen it. The peak was a waste of time and money (couldn't see anything lol) the train/tram ride up was quite cool tho, i went during the night.

Ocean world was pretty cool, has a "breeding pair" of giant pandas.

Tian Tan Buddha was good and well worth a visit. You have the space centre etc they have them planatariun shows which i am sure would have been amazing if i hadnt fallen asleep in the theatre lol (it was so cool and comfy i couldnt help it lol). Also did a the big bus tour around the hk which again is a nice way to do it as you can hop on and off the bus as much as you like. But as another poster mentioned the train/underground is stupidly simple and easy to navigate.

I found prices are a little steep (although i'd say mostly they compare to London) but that could have been because i'd just been around SE Asia which is stupidly cheap (pint of local beer in vietnam for 12p anyone?).

I did quite enjoy walking around Kowloon at night (ladies market etc) pretty cool with all the lights and the thousands of people just walking around, the market stall vendors are quite pushy when it comes to selling you things lol but its all part of the experience.
 
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