Tane Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Heading out tomorrow for a week with my work and I could do with some suggestions for what to do this weekend. I'll be staying in Kowloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 If it's on get yourself to the horse racing at Shatin, only about 5 miles from Kowloon and an incredible experience and very cheap. We were treated like royalty with food, drinks and a visit to the owners enclosure for about ?10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hovercraft over to Macau might pass one day. Mind you, just walking around HK is pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecce Romanov Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Have to say i was a bit disappointed with Macau. A trip up the peak is good to get your bearings. Stanley is good for a wee trip too, if you time it right there is a decent market there. The best thing I did in HK was a day trip called Kayak and Hike (unfortunately it doesn't start up again til April - are you going back?). You go off in a speed boat to an outlying island kayak through tunnels in the rocks and they take you for lunch to a fishing villiage that is inaccessable by road. You then land on another island and go for a walk through the Mangrove trees and up onto a peak that gioves fab views. Not a traditional trip in HK, but just great. A few years ago it cost ~?80. Well worth ith though. Great place to visit. Have a good time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 if you only have the w/end free, i would suggest just wandering around HK rather than going off on day trips else where.We stayed in the Novotel Kowloon, we would walk down to get the star ferry across to the island,jump on one of the trams to see some off the sites, as some one suggested go up the Peak using the funicular for somme stunning views, sample some of the street food, go for dim sum.There are loads of new building work with all the land reclamation going on,there is a new building which i think is the 3rd tallest in the world you can go up to the 100th floor for some great views.On the kowloon side the temple street market and ladies market at night is worth a wander,plenty of places to eat as well around these markets.We were there last year and loved it, its a place we would like to go back to, but we like to try different places each year.Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 if you only have the w/end free, i would suggest just wandering around HK rather than going off on day trips else where.We stayed in the Novotel Kowloon, we would walk down to get the star ferry across to the island,jump on one of the trams to see some off the sites, as some one suggested go up the Peak using the funicular for somme stunning views, sample some of the street food, go for dim sum.There are loads of new building work with all the land reclamation going on,there is a new building which i think is the 3rd tallest in the world you can go up to the 100th floor for some great views.On the kowloon side the temple street market and ladies market at night is worth a wander,plenty of places to eat as well around these markets.We were there last year and loved it, its a place we would like to go back to, but we like to try different places each year.Enjoy Wow!! That pretty much sums up my week in HK. Great post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Wow!! That pretty much sums up my week in HK. Great post Cheers Graygo HK actually featured on a holiday programme on channel 5 last night,it brought back all the memories,the presenter was on the mid-level escalators among other parts of HK, definetly want to go back sometime, off to Vietnamm this year tho' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cegaiga Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Macau is great if you like to gamble. Mum is from HK, brilliant city Love the food there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Cheers for the suggestions lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Agree with posts about Macau. If your not into gambling it's not great. We went in 2009 and I was pretty disappointed with it, not really much to see. Lots of the islands around HK are pretty cool, and they're so cheap to get to. Get the cable car up to the big Budha for some quality views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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