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Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / April 2007Hong Kong - Canton Tour - early Feb 2008
Please can someone advise. Is it possible to do a day trip to/from Hong Kong and Canton by train?. Also if we went from HKG to Canton one day, and then returned the next day would it be easy to find a hotel for the one night? Are there any tour companies offering day tours or 2-day tours to Canton? Many thanks - SB. > Please can someone advise. Is it possible to do a day trip to/from > Hong Kong and Canton by train?. Also if we went from HKG to Canton one > day, and then returned the next day would it be easy to find a hotel > for the one night? Are there any tour companies offering day tours or > 2-day tours to Canton? Many thanks - SB. Canton is now known as "Guangzhou", and a day trip is definitely possible. The train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou takes about 2 hours. BTW most Western nationalities can enter Hong Kong visa free, but need a full Chinese visa to go to Guangzhou. OK - thank you. Do we have to walk acxross the border though? SB On Apr 30, 4:43 pm, oneofc...@yahoo.com wrote: > > Please can someone advise. Is it possible to do a day trip to/from > >HongKongandCantonbytrain?. Also if we went from HKG toCantonone [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > BTW most Western nationalities can enterHongKongvisa free, but need > a full Chinese visa to go to Guangzhou. >OK - thank you. Do we have to walk acxross the border though? SB IIRC, you exit Hong Kong customs at the HK station, then the direct train takes you "in bond" to Guangzhou and you pass through Chinese customs at Guangzhou station. IIRC, it's fairly civilized compared to the Shenzhen <-> HK crossing at Lo Wu. There are plenty of hotels in Guangzhou, and they are easily available and reasonably priced (except during the two two-week periods of the bi-annual Canton Fair fair, when the prices triple). 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 Thank you - that's what i thought - a bit like Eurostar except they don't seem to bother as much re: the latter!! SB. On May 1, 12:43 am, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: > On 30 Apr 2007 08:57:15 -0700, the renowned SB > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Best regards, > Spehro Pefhany > Canton is now known as "Guangzhou", and a day trip is definitely > possible. The train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou takes about 2 hours. Two hours sound plausible, but don't you lose time with the border controls? Every time I crossed the border you had to walk through immigration with all your luggage and pass through the thermal cameras which check if you have fever. I can't imagine that they will just let you cross the border comfortably seated in a train. And is there really a direct train from Hong Kong to Canton? By the way, it's better spending one night in Canton. Doing it in one day is a bit too rushing. SignatureAlfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe >> Canton is now known as "Guangzhou", and a day trip is definitely >> possible. The train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou takes about 2 hours. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > By the way, it's better spending one night in Canton. Doing it in one > day is a bit too rushing. Details of direct trains are at www.kcrc.com (intercity services) Why can't you imagine that the border can be crossed comfortably seated on a train? I've travelled that route many years ago on a direct train (in the HK direction) and immigration checks were carried out at Guangzhou and HK (Hung Hom) stations, the train proceeded through the border without even stopping. The only discomfort was that the toilets were closed off at the border for the final half hour or so run into Hung Hom - they were then the old type which discharged on the tracks, but it seems that the trains have been upgraded since then. Regards David Bennetts Australia |
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