Even more Hong Kong
2003-06-18 02:59:23.823934+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Helpful Hong Kong travel tips:
- Get an Octopus Card
. HK$150 gives you HK$100 worth of travel dollars
and a deposit. These things are kinda like the Bay Area's
Translink
, except that they work (everywhere), including for purchases
in some convenience stores, and they'll let you avoid buying tickets or
fumbling for change at various tourist attractions like the Star Ferry
or the Peak Tram
.
- Every MTR
station has a Hang Seng Bank
branch. It's a great meeting
place, because at every station but the huge Central/Hong Kong complex
there's only one. So you often see people waiting outside the bank in
the stations.
- Some stations even have helpful vending machines to sell you games for your cell phone, like the one pictured here.
- The Peak Tram
is not a worthwhile trip during the day if the
visibility is low.