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Hong Kong Island:
Things to do:
-Victoria Peak (tram),
-Ngong Ping 360 Glass bottom cable car (big Buddha),
-Downtown area
-Pink dolphin watching
-Ozone  Bar
-Tailors (Jantzen, tai panin admiraltyi cntr)
-Big Bus Tour
-Star ferry to Kowloon

Kosher Grocery Stores:
KosherMart On Hong Kong Island in the JCC
Kosher Original in Kowloon

Where to eat:
JCC Sunday night buffet can't be missed.
JCC Pizza - (Not open in the Summer)
Seven Zero - Dairy Resturant in the JCC
JCC Chinese
Shalom grill restaurant reported permanently closed by Mech
Shalom grill kosher market

Places to stay:
Grand Hyatt hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Four Seasons

Kowloon:
Things to do:
-8:00pm Laser show
-Ladies market
-Ave. of stars- pier
-Museums (science, space)
-Diamond hill- nan lian garden/chi Lin nunnery
-Big Bus Tour
-Star ferry to Hong Kong Island
-Drinks at Felix (Peninsula Hotel)
-Drinks in the Lobby (Intercontinental Hotel)


Only place to eat:
Mul Hayam Restaurant at Kehilat Zion (Breakfast is now $100 HKD)

Places to stay:
The W Hotel - Great Hotel but far from Synagogues
Grand Stamford Intercontinental Hotel - next to Chabad (for Shabbos),
Intercontinental Hong Kong, Sheraton, Shangri la , Peninsula, Hyatt regency. (All these hotels are in great locations if you would like to be near KZ. You can also walk through the TST subway station to KZ from all these except IC Grand Stamford and Shangri La which is next door) 

Shuls
Kehilat Zion -Location: Unit 105, 1/F Wing On Plaza 62 Mody Road East Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon kzionhk@yahoo.com, or call: (852) 2366 6364 (office) or (852) 2368 0061
Chabad - Location:  67-71 Chatham Road, Oriental Centre 1/F Unit D, Tsim Sha Tsui  Telephone:  (852) 2366 5770  Mobile Tel.: (852) 9674 4450  Email: kowloon@chabadhk.org

Macau: (Ferry from hkg)
-Casinos (las Vegas style hotels),
-Curque like water show
-aj hachet tower (bungi)

-Disney

Lhasa:
Lake, pilgrims , culture

Airline Checkin Counters: Kowloon Station (below the W Hotel) to check your bags in. You then take the MRT straight to the airport (with just a couple of stops). It's super convenient and quick. You don't have to stay at the W to check in at Kowloon station though (and FWIW you can check in at Hong Kong station on HKI, too).


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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #840 on: January 28, 2015, 01:30:49 AM »
Never done with kids, but the 9AM flight will be a guaranteed disaster with kids.

1AM is probably the best idea.


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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #841 on: January 28, 2015, 03:38:42 AM »
Anyone do JFK-HKG with CX with a toddler? What time is best for sleeping and transition? currently on a 9am and thinking between that and the 130pm or a 1am. Anyone with experience?
I've done the 9am with a kid. Def not ideal.

I would shoot for the 1:35pm as hopefully 5-6 hours into the flight your kids will be ready to go to sleep.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #842 on: January 28, 2015, 07:50:55 AM »
Anyone do JFK-HKG with CX with a toddler? What time is best for sleeping and transition? currently on a 9am and thinking between that and the 130pm or a 1am. Anyone with experience?
we went from tlv to hkg and took the 11 pm flight and it was grt as our 2 year old fell asleep about 2 hrs into the flight and slept the whole rest of the way-when he awoke it was about 1 pm hkg time so we just skipped his nap that day and put him in early that night and he got right on schedule-cant comment on jfk to hkg but if the overnight is the same sit I would say to go for that one........

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #843 on: January 28, 2015, 09:21:05 AM »
I've done the 9am with a kid. Def not ideal.

I would shoot for the 1:35pm as hopefully 5-6 hours into the flight your kids will be ready to go to sleep.
1pm is not available anymore, and in hindsight I think 9am may work better for us.

My logic is: kids waking up at 6am, they'll be on the plane for about 7 hours awake making it 4pm. They'll be tired by then (they normally go to bed at 6) and hopefully they'll sleep most of the rest of the flight. We'll get there at 2pm settle in and get some food. Then hopefully they'll be ready for sleep again at 7-8pm.


If I'm arriving on Thu at 2pm and planning on going to CNX from Mon-Thu (then return home), should I take the sun night flight or mon morning? Do I wanna spend a lot of time at the JCC BBQ so rather leave Mon morning?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #844 on: January 28, 2015, 09:25:18 AM »
CNX Sunday market or JCC Sunday buffet...now thats a toughie!
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #845 on: January 28, 2015, 09:28:14 AM »
CNX Sunday market or JCC Sunday buffet...now thats a toughie!
O forgot about the CNX market. So which one? I feel like I get enough food in NY maybe the market will be cooler? Or is it not THAT cool...?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #846 on: January 28, 2015, 09:38:44 AM »
1pm is not available anymore, and in hindsight I think 9am may work better for us.

My logic is: kids waking up at 6am, they'll be on the plane for about 7 hours awake making it 4pm. They'll be tired by then (they normally go to bed at 6) and hopefully they'll sleep most of the rest of the flight. We'll get there at 2pm settle in and get some food. Then hopefully they'll be ready for sleep again at 7-8pm.


If I'm arriving on Thu at 2pm and planning on going to CNX from Mon-Thu (then return home), should I take the sun night flight or mon morning? Do I wanna spend a lot of time at the JCC BBQ so rather leave Mon morning?
I think the BBQ is just a BBQ, you can do one in your house for cheaper. Yes, it is nice that the far east has so much kosher meat in one place, but at the end of the day, it is just grilled meat with mustard. I would go home, buy a few packs of choice meat at the supermarket and make a BBQ in my backyard with my family and friends for cheaper. An extra night in HK costs a lot and the BBQ costs a lot. The total with taxis and all might be more than $500 (or that value in points).
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #847 on: January 28, 2015, 09:44:19 AM »
I think the BBQ is just a BBQ, you can do one in your house for cheaper. Yes, it is nice that the far east has so much kosher meat in one place, but at the end of the day, it is just grilled meat with mustard. I would go home, buy a few packs of choice meat at the supermarket and make a BBQ in my backyard with my family and friends for cheaper. An extra night in HK costs a lot and the BBQ costs a lot. The total with taxis and all might be more than $500 (or that value in points).

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #848 on: January 28, 2015, 09:59:08 AM »
CNX Sunday market or JCC Sunday buffet...now thats a toughie!
Buffet over Sunday market IMHO and i haven't even done the buffet (yet. Third time may be the charm).

The regular night market has plenty to see.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #849 on: January 28, 2015, 10:11:15 AM »
Buffet over Sunday market IMHO and i haven't even done the buffet (yet. Third time may be the charm).

The regular night market has plenty to see.

I can't believe I'm agreeing do a buffet over an attraction in Thailand, but I agree.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #850 on: January 28, 2015, 10:25:11 AM »
O gosh now I'm torn

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #851 on: January 28, 2015, 10:27:07 AM »
I can't imagine that the buffet is that amazing. Rather, I found the night market underwhelming. It's cute, and something to do, but now having done it, had I skipped it, I wouldn't/shouldn't have cared.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #852 on: January 28, 2015, 10:36:42 AM »
I can't imagine that the buffet is that amazing. Rather, I found the night market underwhelming. It's cute, and something to do, but now having done it, had I skipped it, I wouldn't/shouldn't have cared.
To add on this, the regular night market has plenty to look at. That together with all the other amazing things to do in CNX, you shouldn't be too torn.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #853 on: January 28, 2015, 10:40:04 AM »
CNX has the reg night market, sat night wua lai market, and sun market.

They say the Sunday is the best (not cheap knockoffs like the reg night market) but I've never been.

Buffet is really nice, but nothing that will blow you away.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #854 on: January 28, 2015, 10:42:53 AM »
If you need to start playing around with flight times etc. don't do it. Just stay with your current plan.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #855 on: January 28, 2015, 01:33:58 PM »
Sunday market or even just a extra day relaxing
While the bbq is very good, last time it wasn't amazing... it's nice to have very good food in a far away place, but it's the topping on the strawberries... don't miss out on the strawberries for a little extra cream

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #856 on: January 28, 2015, 05:03:34 PM »
The best thing about the buffet is the amount of good kosher food you're eating in Asia. It's not particularly good.
That being said, there are plenty of markets in CNX to choose from.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #857 on: January 28, 2015, 05:04:11 PM »
The best thing about the buffet is the amount of good kosher food you're eating in Asia. It's not particularly good.
That being said, there are plenty of markets in CNX to choose from.
And the Chabad food is not that bad.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #858 on: January 28, 2015, 05:06:15 PM »
And the Chabad food is not that bad.
True. I liked the CNX food better than JCC. And it's way cheaper too.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #859 on: January 28, 2015, 05:07:53 PM »
True. I liked the CNX food better than JCC. And it's way cheaper too.
That's almost an understatement. You can have an "all you can eat" in CNX for half the price as JCC.
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