Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! Thank you so much for this wonderful reply! Adam On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Marty Deveney <freakscene@weirdness.com> wrote: > > 8 hours is a little tight but it's entirely possible. I've had short > stops in HK four times in the last couple of years but I've always had > 12-18 hours between flights. You can usually get out of HK airport fairly > quickly. There is good luggage storage in the airport: > http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/passenger/departure/all/baggage/left-baggage.html > > the Airport Express leaves every 12 minutes > http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transport/to-from-airport/airport-express.html > and takes 24 minutes to get you into Hong Kong station, from which you can > transfer to the MTR > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_MTR > and move around easily. > > So it's entirely possible to be in Central or Kowloon 90 minutes after > disembarking your plane. > > Plenty to do once you're there. Just walking around in Kowloon or Central > is pretty amazing - plenty to see. I really love the bird markets and > ornamental fish markets in Mong Kok, though the bird markets had a lot > more character in their old incarnation prior to 1997. The Tim Hau > temples are pools of serenity in the middle of the buzzing swarm, Curio > Alley in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST) has more little buddhas, bells and things > than you'll see anywhere, the jade markets are a fantastic place to pick > up some cheap but beautiful cultured pearls . . . I could go on. Food: I > like the abalone dishes at Forum at Causeway Bay, the peking duck at > Spring Deer in TST and a million other places. > > On topic - http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Randomness/ MP, > 35/1.4 aspherical, Acros, Xtol 1+1. > > Howard Cummer lives in HK and can probably give better advice about what > to do when you get there. As long as your daughter and her boyfriend are > reasonably experienced travellers and/or are realistic about how long > getting back to the airport and checking in will take, and have good time > management they should have a few fun hours in a great place. > > Marty > > > Gallery: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene > > > -- > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >