Even more Hong Kong
2003-06-18 00:59:23.823934+00 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.