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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 #1280 on: October 26, 2015, 02:04:55 PM »
Good one..... but Eilat has shuls too. 
It's a joke, don't take it too seriously.
Point is, Americans are always very disappointed if they waste time in Israel going to Eilat (assuming they've been to MIA before). I'd daresay the same is true for Macau for the same reason (assuming they've been to LAS before).
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1281 on: October 26, 2015, 02:09:13 PM »
Another key factor that's been left out during this whole Macau debate, is whether you are the party/bar type of guy or not.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1282 on: October 26, 2015, 02:12:13 PM »
Another key factor that's been left out during this whole Macau debate, is whether you are the party/bar type of guy or not.
And I think you and Dan both know I'd most definitely not.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1283 on: October 26, 2015, 02:13:24 PM »
Asians love to gamble big. Much bigger appetite for losses than Americans. LAS heavily markets to them. Never seen Macau pushing for us to go there...
But why would they come to LAS (unless they're in the US already) when Macau is so much closer? They even have many of the same hotels, and they speak the same language/understand the culture in Macau.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1284 on: October 26, 2015, 02:13:48 PM »
And I think you and Dan both know I'd most definitely not.
True, but I just wanted to throw it out there for future reference.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1285 on: October 26, 2015, 02:15:30 PM »
But why would they come to LAS (unless they're in the US already) when Macau is so much closer? They even have many of the same hotels, and they speak the same language/understand the culture in Macau.
More shows, more compact strip to explore the hotels, more variety of hotels, more sights to see?
I'm sure it's a harder sell these days than it was before the Macau explosion, but my view is that Macau is a poor knockoff of LAS.

If you have 5+ days in HKG then maybe it can make sense. Otherwise, meh.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1286 on: October 26, 2015, 02:18:13 PM »
More shows, more compact strip to explore the hotels, more variety of hotels, more sights to see?
I'm sure it's a harder sell these days than it was before the Macau explosion, but my view is that Macau is a poor knockoff of LAS.

If you have 5+ days in HKG then maybe it can make sense. Otherwise, meh.
But with that explosion, might it have changed since you were there 6 years ago?  Might it be something to see now?

I have 4 days, so it's nearly border line.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1287 on: October 26, 2015, 02:20:30 PM »
We checked out the old city, the Wynn, the Venetian, the Grand Hyatt, the dancing water show.
If another LAS knockoff opened up will that make the trip worthwhile?
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« Reply #1288 on: October 26, 2015, 02:21:46 PM »
We checked out the Wynn, Venetian, the Grand Hyatt, the dancing water show.
If another LAS knockoff opened up will that make the trip worthwhile?
No wonder you weren't impressed, you couldn't go to the Galaxy because it wasn't built yet!!

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1289 on: October 26, 2015, 02:22:31 PM »
No wonder you weren't impressed, you couldn't go to the Galaxy because it wasn't built yet!!
Is the Galaxy really that worth it?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1290 on: October 26, 2015, 02:23:04 PM »
I've been to LAS several times.
Another copycat hotel/casino with $100 blackjack tables isn't going to impress me. Especially when in LAS it's so easy to hop from hotel to hotel by foot or thanks to free parking, while in Macau it's not.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1291 on: October 26, 2015, 02:23:24 PM »
Is the Galaxy really that worth it?
IMO yes, but it seems that I'm in the minority here with my Macau opinion.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1292 on: October 26, 2015, 02:26:15 PM »
I've been to LAS several times.
Another copycat hotel/casino with $100 blackjack tables isn't going to impress me. Especially when in LAS it's so easy to hop from hotel to hotel by foot or thanks to free parking, while in Macau it's not.
We'll getting between hotels in LAS by foot is doable I wouldn't say it's easy or close. Each hotel is about a 10 minute walk from the next one (at least) and that doesn't count having to cross a side street via bridge.  Driving (and free valet parking) is so much easier. Obviously not talking about hotels that are connected like the Palazzo/Venetian and Encore/Wynn.

So how do you get between hotels in Macau? Taxi? Bus? Free shuttle?

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« Reply #1293 on: October 26, 2015, 02:26:43 PM »
IMO yes, but it seems that I'm in the minority here with my Macau opinion.
So I guess we need another opinion of someone who's been to the Galaxy recently.

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« Reply #1294 on: October 26, 2015, 02:26:53 PM »
We'll getting between hotels in LAS by foot is doable I wouldn't say it's easy or close. Each hotel is about a 10 minute walk from the next one (at least) and that doesn't count having to cross a side street via bridge.  Driving (and free valet parking) is so much easier. Obviously not talking about hotels that are connected like the Palazzo/Venetian and Encore/Wynn.

So how do you get between hotels in Macau? Taxi? Bus? Free shuttle?
Taxi

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1296 on: October 26, 2015, 02:34:35 PM »
Expensive/approximate cost?
Don't remember exactly, but it's not expensive.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1297 on: October 26, 2015, 02:54:38 PM »
They have Uber now
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1298 on: October 26, 2015, 02:56:54 PM »
They have Uber now
Good to know, but is it cheaper than a cab?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1299 on: October 26, 2015, 05:26:12 PM »
According to the MTR website, if you get an Airport Express ticket you can get a free shuttle to your hotel. Has anyone used this? Is this the easiest way to get to the HR TST or Sheraton?