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Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / March 2006Hong Kong suggestions neeed
Greetings, Soon my wife, son and I will be adventuring off to Singapore and Hong Kong for the first time. I am hoping that there is a knowledgable traveler or local out there who can provide us guidance towards a place to stay. We are looking for a moderate to low cost place with good access to the immediate Hong Kong attractions ...especially the hikes!!! How bout out on one of the islands? Just read the messages from www.blueskyview.co.uk's Hong Kong topic from 2/24/06. Seems most suggest Kowloon with one vote for Tsin Sha Tsui. With the public transportation so easy and efficient are there any suggestions on the outskirts??? The Salisbury seems to only have single and double rooms...we are three. > Just read the messages from www.blueskyview.co.uk's Hong Kong topic from > 2/24/06. Seems most suggest Kowloon with one vote for Tsin Sha Tsui. > With the public transportation so easy and efficient are there any > suggestions on the outskirts??? > The Salisbury seems to only have single and double rooms...we are three. HK hotel rooms are typically very small compared to western standards. Check out asiahotels.com and see if you can find anything. Eventhough public transportations is efficient, it can get expensive. You want to stay close to where the action is. Thanks PeterL! Will do. Do you know anything about the YMCA Salisbury Hotel? > Thanks PeterL! Will do. Do you know anything about the YMCA Salisbury > Hotel? Salisbury Y has an excellent location, central to everything. If you can get a room there by all means. I think the rooms are a little larger than your standard HK hotels. Great advise! Thanks! any other suggestions besides the Salisbury?? Great place for the money when you consider the location and price of nearby hotels. rg > Thanks PeterL! Will do. Do you know anything about the YMCA Salisbury > Hotel? > Thanks PeterL! Will do. Do you know anything about the YMCA Salisbury > Hotel? Yes, the Y is great. Shell out money for the Harbor View Rooms. It's worth it. :-)  SignatureNick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de > HK hotel rooms are typically very small compared to western standards. > Check out asiahotels.com and see if you can find anything. Eventhough > public transportations is efficient, it can get expensive. You want to > stay close to where the action is. Actually public transportation is not expensive, but it's a good idea to stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best choice. SignatureAlfred Molon http://www.molon.de - 7000 photos of Asia, Africa and Europe > > HK hotel rooms are typically very small compared to western standards. > > Check out asiahotels.com and see if you can find anything. Eventhough [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best > choice. Not expensive by western standards. But if you have to take the subway to and from work it can be pricey, esp. if you cross the harbor. And it's crowded during commute time. So if you take a taxi it really bumps up the cost. > -- > > Alfred Molon > http://www.molon.de - 7000 photos of Asia, Africa and Europe Suibway and star ferry aren't so expensive !! >> > HK hotel rooms are typically very small compared to western standards. >> > Check out asiahotels.com and see if you can find anything. Eventhough [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Alfred Molon >> http://www.molon.de - 7000 photos of Asia, Africa and Europe > Actually public transportation is not expensive, but it's a good idea to > stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best > choice. I'd say there is also action going on on Hong Kong Island. ;-) I find more stuff to do on HKG Island than in Kowloon. Moreover, Star Ferry rides and subway are not too expensive. SignatureNick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de >> Actually public transportation is not expensive, but it's a good idea to >> stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >stuff to do on HKG Island than in Kowloon. Moreover, Star Ferry rides and >subway are not too expensive. They stop pretty early if you're staying Kowloon side and into boozing it up in Lan Kwai Fong. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Signature"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com >>> Actually public transportation is not expensive, but it's a good idea to >>> stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >They stop pretty early if you're staying Kowloon side and into boozing >it up in Lan Kwai Fong. Cross-harbour journeys at night have always been a bit awkward in Hong Kong unless you've familiarised yourself in advance what your options are. Its almost impossible to persuade a taxi to do the journey unless you know where to find the unofficial waiting places where cabs wanting to go to the other side hang out. There are night busses, but, especially for a tourist, it can be difficult to know which one to take without being whisked off to another part of Kowloon to where you need to go. I've often wondered why they can't keep the MTR running until later into the night on weekends, even if it served only a couple of stations on either side of the harbour. Chris > > Actually public transportation is not expensive, but it's a good idea to > > stay not too far away from where the action is. Kowloon is IMHO the best [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > stuff to do on HKG Island than in Kowloon. Moreover, Star Ferry rides and > subway are not too expensive. But they close up early. Not too condusive to late night partying, unless you want to go all the way to the morning. |
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