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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 #1320 on: November 05, 2015, 12:18:23 AM »
Thanks guys. I guess I'll call to see if they're open, or will be open when I'm going. How was the food?
Very good.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1321 on: November 05, 2015, 09:07:38 AM »
Thanks guys. I guess I'll call to see if they're open, or will be open when I'm going. How was the food?
Very good.
Especially when you are not in LA with a million options.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1322 on: November 05, 2015, 11:20:46 AM »
Especially when you are not in LA with a million options.
lol, I assume they were being as objective as possible.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1323 on: November 08, 2015, 07:39:55 PM »
Seems like the GH now has 4G phones in the rooms.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1324 on: November 08, 2015, 07:45:38 PM »
Seems like the GH now has 4G phones in the rooms.
HR TST and the IC also do
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1326 on: November 08, 2015, 08:05:49 PM »
And the W.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1327 on: November 08, 2015, 08:11:57 PM »
Seems like it's common in most places, though the GH just jumped on that band wagon. I wonder why more hotels in other cities don't do that?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1328 on: November 08, 2015, 08:12:50 PM »
Has anyone done any nature hikes/walks in Hong Kong? If I stay Sat night I thought it'd be nice to do one in Sunday instead of staying in the city again.

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« Reply #1329 on: November 08, 2015, 08:12:53 PM »
Seems like it's common in most places, though the GH just jumped on that band wagon. I wonder why more hotels in other cities don't do that?
It's very low cost in HKG. Not like that everywhere.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1330 on: November 08, 2015, 08:14:56 PM »
Has anyone done any nature hikes/walks in Hong Kong? If I stay Sat night I thought it'd be nice to do one in Sunday instead of staying in the city again.
Is the Dragons Back or something like that in Hong Kong?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1331 on: November 08, 2015, 08:15:14 PM »
It's very low cost in HKG. Not like that everywhere.
Why is that? There aren't any other places in the world where it's also cheap?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1332 on: November 08, 2015, 08:16:10 PM »
Is the Dragons Back or something like that in Hong Kong?
That's the one I saw in my research, too. Have you done it? Is it nice to do and easy to get to?

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« Reply #1333 on: November 08, 2015, 08:16:19 PM »
Why is that? There aren't any other places in the world where it's also cheap?
Cheap is relative. But a SIM in HKG is very cheap while hotel rooms are very expensive, yet competitive.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1334 on: November 08, 2015, 08:16:45 PM »
That's the one I saw in my research, too. Have you done it? Is it nice to do and easy to get to?
I have not done it, but IIRC, it was something we wanted to do if we had time.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1335 on: November 08, 2015, 08:23:43 PM »
I have not done it, but IIRC, it was something we wanted to do if we had time.
I guess I can look into it more. Thanks.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1336 on: November 17, 2015, 12:48:30 AM »
So the plan is to visit from Wed night though Sat night or Sun afternoon. I'll be staying at the HR TST. I was thinking of doing the following:

Thursday:
• Look into a tailor in Kowloon
• Subway to Victoria Peak.
• Walk from Peak tram to Mid-Central Escalators (is there anything to see along the way?), take to JCC for lunch.
• Maybe a bus tour in the afternoon?
• Dinner from JCC or Mul Hayam (suggestions?)
• Make it back to Kowloon in the evening for the Symphony of Lights
• Lady's Market

Friday:
• Visit tailor again (if necessary)
• Star Ferry tour

I really wanted to also walk around the downtown area at some point.

If I stayed until Sunday afternoon, would a good activity be Lantau Island and the Budda there? I assume it's not actually a temple and therefore ע״ז, right?

Any thoughts?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1337 on: November 17, 2015, 01:48:47 AM »
So the plan is to visit from Wed night though Sat night or Sun afternoon. I'll be staying at the HR TST. I was thinking of doing the following:

Thursday:
• Look into a tailor in Kowloon
• Subway to Victoria Peak.
• Walk from Peak tram to Mid-Central Escalators (is there anything to see along the way?), take to JCC for lunch.
• Maybe a bus tour in the afternoon?
• Dinner from JCC or Mul Hayam (suggestions?)
• Make it back to Kowloon in the evening for the Symphony of Lights
• Lady's Market

Friday:
• Visit tailor again (if necessary)
• Star Ferry tour

I really wanted to also walk around the downtown area at some point.

If I stayed until Sunday afternoon, would a good activity be Lantau Island and the Budda there? I assume it's not actually a temple and therefore ע״ז, right?

Any thoughts?

It is a temple, but you can take the glass bottom cable car up the mountain, and not go into the actual temple(s).

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1338 on: November 17, 2015, 08:42:00 AM »
It is a temple, but you can take the glass bottom cable car up the mountain, and not go into the actual temple(s).
Did you do that? What do you think of the rest of the itinerary?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1339 on: November 17, 2015, 08:43:37 AM »
So the plan is to visit from Wed night though Sat night or Sun afternoon. I'll be staying at the HR TST. I was thinking of doing the following:
How does that work out for Shabbos?