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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 #1340 on: November 17, 2015, 08:55:50 AM »
You'll probably need to go back to the tailor again on Sunday to pick up and make sure the alterations are good.
The glass bottom cable car experience is very cool.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1341 on: November 17, 2015, 09:09:35 AM »

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1342 on: November 17, 2015, 09:11:05 AM »
The glass bottom cable car experience is very cool.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1343 on: November 17, 2015, 09:13:45 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?
What's a Star Ferry tour?
If you just mean crossing from HKI to Kowloon, why not just do that Thursday when you go back from HKI to Kowloon?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1344 on: November 17, 2015, 09:35:47 AM »
What's a Star Ferry tour?
If you just mean crossing from HKI to Kowloon, why not just do that Thursday when you go back from HKI to Kowloon?

prob better off eating dinner thurs at Mul Hayam. That way you will be within a 5 min walk to the symphony of lights.

a little advice about tailors, if you are making shirts you will need at least 2 fittings. I assume its more for a suit.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1345 on: November 17, 2015, 10:39:45 AM »
How does that work out for Shabbos?
I'll be at the Sheraton for shabbos.

You'll probably need to go back to the tailor again on Sunday to pick up and make sure the alterations are good.
The glass bottom cable car experience is very cool.
True, if I end up getting something made I'll probably need to go back on Sunday to pick it up, I just don't know if I want to do that yet.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1346 on: November 17, 2015, 10:40:10 AM »
Yes
When? On Friday? How long does it take, both travel time there and travel time?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1347 on: November 17, 2015, 10:41:37 AM »
What's a Star Ferry tour?
If you just mean crossing from HKI to Kowloon, why not just do that Thursday when you go back from HKI to Kowloon?
Star Ferry does have a tour of the Harbour, but you're right, I can just take the ferry back to Kowloon from HKI and not go on the tour. In that case I'd probably want to go to Lantau Island on Friday. Is that doable?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1348 on: November 17, 2015, 10:42:26 AM »
prob better off eating dinner thurs at Mul Hayam. That way you will be within a 5 min walk to the symphony of lights.

a little advice about tailors, if you are making shirts you will need at least 2 fittings. I assume its more for a suit.
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That makes sense, eating close by. Thanks for the warning about random tailors. I've heard that many times before.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1349 on: November 17, 2015, 10:52:18 AM »
In that case I'd probably want to go to Lantau Island on Friday. Is that doable?
I don't see why not.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1350 on: November 17, 2015, 10:54:14 AM »
Go to Mul Hayam for Dinner and don't miss the Vietnamese Rice

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1351 on: November 17, 2015, 10:55:50 AM »
I don't see why not.
Ok, so let me ask a slightly related question. Assuming I do what I have planned for Thursday and Lantau Island on Friday, what else will I be missing? What would there be to do on Sunday?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1352 on: November 17, 2015, 10:58:15 AM »
Go to Mul Hayam for Dinner and don't miss the Vietnamese Rice
I can't find a menu online. What's in the Vietnamese Rice?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1353 on: November 17, 2015, 11:01:35 AM »
I can't find a menu online. What's in the Vietnamese Rice?

Its a spicy, sticky rice worth flying to Hong Kong to eat
Ok, so let me ask a slightly related question. Assuming I do what I have planned for Thursday and Lantau Island on Friday, what else will I be missing? What would there be to do on Sunday?

Harbour City is worth a visit

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1354 on: November 17, 2015, 11:04:29 AM »
Go to the W and chill in the rooftop pool  :)
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1355 on: November 17, 2015, 11:09:50 AM »
Its a spicy, sticky rice worth flying to Hong Kong to eat
Harbour City is worth a visit
Is the rice pareve? Harbour City appears to be a shopping mall. Am I missing something if I'm not a big shopper? Like are their unique stores there or something else making it worth a visit?

Go to the W and chill in the rooftop pool  :)
So you've mentioned. I'm not a person who's very good at just chilling. I like to travel at a quicker pace, as you seem to enjoy as well.

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But that aside, is there something else to do that can't be done on Shabbos (like walking on the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade)?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1356 on: November 17, 2015, 11:12:32 AM »
Is the rice pareve? Harbour City appears to be a shopping mall. Am I missing something if I'm not a big shopper? Like are their unique stores there or something else making it worth a visit?


Not sure if its Pareve

If you don't care for shopping then avoid Harbour City

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1357 on: November 17, 2015, 11:24:14 AM »
Not sure if its Pareve

If you don't care for shopping then avoid Harbour City
I mean it's one thing to check out a market (like the Lady's market) which seems to be more local, but just a shopping mall might not be too interesting.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1358 on: November 17, 2015, 12:23:01 PM »
When? On Friday? How long does it take, both travel time there and travel time?

IIRC took us about 5 hours from the time we left HR TST until we came back (if you rush, can probably be way less).

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1359 on: November 17, 2015, 12:27:38 PM »
IIRC took us about 5 hours from the time we left HR TST until we came back (if you rush, can probably be way less).
So it's totally doable on a Friday (even in the winter) if it's the only activity. Besides taking the cable car, what else did you do there?