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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).


Trip reports:
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #900 on: March 11, 2015, 06:57:54 PM »
HR is a 5-7 minute walk to KZ

Thanks I updated my post. Looks like my best option. http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/10/05/review-hyatt-regency-hong-kong-tsim-sha-tsui/

Says here that u get a free phone with WiFi hot spot during your stay. Is this for everyone or only diamond members?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #901 on: March 11, 2015, 07:27:00 PM »
Thanks I updated my post. Looks like my best option. http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/10/05/review-hyatt-regency-hong-kong-tsim-sha-tsui/

Says here that u get a free phone with WiFi hot spot during your stay. Is this for everyone or only diamond members?
Everyone gets it.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #902 on: March 11, 2015, 07:27:36 PM »
Shabbos is an issue there, they don't make staircase access easy.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #903 on: March 11, 2015, 07:29:12 PM »
Shabbos is an issue there, they don't make staircase access easy.

Darn. Anyone else have experiences? It looks like my best option. Would be 75k points total for 5 days.

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« Reply #904 on: March 11, 2015, 07:31:00 PM »
Darn. Anyone else have experiences? It looks like my best option. Would be 75k points total for 5 days.

If you don't take elevators on Shabbat the HR TST is not really an option. If you do take elevators then it is a great option.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #905 on: March 11, 2015, 07:37:31 PM »
There have been mixed experiences.

Email them the issue and see what they say they can do.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #906 on: March 12, 2015, 12:08:38 AM »
If you don't take elevators on Shabbat the HR TST is not really an option. If you do take elevators then it is a great option.
I have heard good things about the stairs recently. I have laos heard that they allow after shabbat checkout for all the shabbat members at no additional cost. Speak to the front desk manager,
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #907 on: March 13, 2015, 01:28:57 AM »
Any chance for kosher breakfast at the Hyatt regency?

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« Reply #908 on: March 13, 2015, 08:57:56 AM »
Any chance for kosher breakfast at the Hyatt regency?
I do not think so. As i mentioned somewhere else, they just handed me a sheet of paper with kosher stores. No breakfast provided.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #909 on: March 13, 2015, 09:54:32 AM »
I do not think so. As i mentioned somewhere else, they just handed me a sheet of paper with kosher stores. No breakfast provided.
Did you email the GM with the request preceding your stay?

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« Reply #910 on: March 13, 2015, 10:06:57 AM »
Did you email the GM with the request preceding your stay?
Yes. That is why they had a list of kosher places prepared for me.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #911 on: March 13, 2015, 10:41:40 AM »
Yes. That is why they had a list of kosher places prepared for me.

LOL

Where you there for shabbos?

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« Reply #912 on: March 13, 2015, 10:42:38 AM »
LOL

Where you there for shabbos?
I was. Ate at KZ Friday night and had some food from the JCC for lunch.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #913 on: March 13, 2015, 10:45:41 AM »
I was. Ate at KZ Friday night and had some food from the JCC for lunch.

any issues with using the stairs as alluded to above?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #914 on: March 13, 2015, 10:46:30 AM »
any issues with using the stairs as alluded to above?
Personally i was/am ok with having them do the elevator for me. Can't comment on the stairs.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #915 on: March 13, 2015, 11:07:47 AM »
Personally i was/am ok with having them do the elevator for me. Can't comment on the stairs.

I was going to ask my LOR that but i just want to make sure they are willing to do it.

did they open the room too or did you prop it open?

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« Reply #916 on: March 13, 2015, 11:09:06 AM »
I was going to ask my LOR that but i just want to make sure they are willing to do it.

did they open the room too or did you prop it open?
They will open for you or a piece of cardboard works.
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« Reply #917 on: March 13, 2015, 11:11:05 AM »
They will open for you or a piece of cardboard works.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #918 on: March 15, 2015, 01:34:47 PM »
thats that....

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #919 on: March 15, 2015, 02:42:37 PM »
thats that....
You always take no for an answer?  ???