any recommendations? i'm staying near quarry bay in north point

i've got my nights free and all of tomorrow - today i had to work from the hotel room for the most part - i'm heading to wan chai in a bit for some dinner/drinks tho - if it ends up being dead then i'm heading to lan kwai fong

not sure how many days i'll be here but 2-3 at least and a week at the most

saw this thread but not a ton of useful info message_topic.aspx?topic=548568

10/30/2010 6:47:41 AM

i went in January but i was on a school trip so a lot of my time was spent visiting businesses and law firms :/

HOWEVER

if you wanna gamble, you can take the ferry to Macau...i didn't do this, its supposed to be a good time though.

i went to see the giant buddah at lantau. you just take the train/subway and then ride a gondola up the side of a mountain, which is really cool if it isn't rainy/smoggy. i did it in the drizzle and it was still really awesome, so i'd recommend that. giant buddah, temples, some other cool stuff. its probably worth doing.

you can also do victoria peak, or whatever. which is another typical touristy thing, but the view of the city is pretty awesome (that is really ALL you get here...there is nothing else cool at the top but like a mcdonalds...seriously...uber touristy). if you had to pick between this and lantau, do lantau.

we also went to lamma island (i think) to eat seafood one night. you take a boat over there...holy shit the night we went the ride was absolutely nauseating and i'm not normally a motion sick kind of girl. its just basically a market with fresh seafood. there are literally holes in the sidewalk with fish swimming. there are lots of restaurants to eat at and its fun to just walk around.

i stayed in Kowloon. basically i just wandered around the city a lot. i enjoyed it. its really clean and easy to navigate.


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10/30/2010 9:20:13 AM

great recommendation - went to lantau today and saw tian tan - i'd put it on the must-do list for hong kong

10/31/2010 8:01:49 AM

^ i'm glad you went! that was seriously one of my favorite things. i'm jealous of your picture! when i went it was pretty foggy so it was hard to get a good picture...but i still really enjoyed it. i think pilgrimshoes actually recommended that i do that when i went. did you enjoy the stairs up to the top haha

have you done anything else you enjoyed? were you over there for work? i'm jealous. i want to go back!!!

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10/31/2010 2:11:42 PM

i've been working a good bit - didn't get to the city until about 2pm on saturday

halloween here is crazy - went out in wan chai for saturday night and it was a big party

then went to lan kwai fong for sunday and it was a whole new level of party - the streets were as crowded as they possibly could be and tons of great costumes

10/31/2010 9:20:59 PM

after work today - went to the peak after riding the tram up - impressive view

11/1/2010 1:21:02 PM

^^ AWESOME! that is really, really neat. i didn't even think about what halloween would be like over there

^ and LOVE the pic. that view is really, really impressive. i went during the day so i really love the night shot with all of the lights.

11/1/2010 1:24:07 PM

Why can't Raleigh have a skyline like that

11/1/2010 1:26:27 PM

went to ladies market tonight and bought my wife a "jimmy choo" purse - very fun area

11/2/2010 12:36:29 PM

i loved hong kong. you'll have a great time!

11/2/2010 12:46:54 PM

Glad you are having fun its my 2nd home, may go this year to visit family.

11/2/2010 1:09:22 PM