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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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http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=3634.0
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http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=1885.msg17999#msg17999
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=25610.msg422555#msg422555
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1360 on: November 17, 2015, 12:31:31 PM »
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?

Took pics of Big Buddha. Watched people burn incense to Buddha (and took pix of them). Walk around the shops in the "village".

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1361 on: November 17, 2015, 12:37:12 PM »
Took pics of Big Buddha. Watched people burn incense to Buddha (and took pix of them). Walk around the shops in the "village".
Did you do the Crystal car or regular, and did you pre-book tickets online?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1362 on: November 17, 2015, 12:40:39 PM »
Did you do the Crystal car or regular, and did you pre-book tickets online?

Crystal (that's the glass bottom one). Didn't pre-book.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1363 on: November 17, 2015, 12:45:44 PM »
Crystal (that's the glass bottom one). Didn't pre-book.
Did you do the Wisdom path?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1364 on: November 17, 2015, 12:52:14 PM »
Did you do the Wisdom path?

No. What is that?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1365 on: November 17, 2015, 01:01:34 PM »
No. What is that?
It's basically a path that passes these huge wooden posts with Chinese sayings carved into them. It's near the Big Buddah. See here or here for more info.

Thanks for the ideas. I'll probably make Lantau Island my trip for Friday. Hopefully I'll be able to get some food to go from Mul Hayam the night before for lunch on Friday.

Did I miss anything in the city that I didn't have down for Thursday? Is there something else you'd recommend over a bus tour Thursday afternoon?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1366 on: November 17, 2015, 01:17:48 PM »
Someone mentioned a bus tour they took that went to a different side of HKI, maybe a fishing village, and highly recommended that particular tour. Does anyone remember which one that was?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1367 on: November 17, 2015, 04:10:56 PM »
Someone mentioned a bus tour they took that went to a different side of HKI, maybe a fishing village, and highly recommended that particular tour. Does anyone remember which one that was?
Gray Line Tours (Hong Kong) Ltd. - http://www.grayline.com.hk/hk/101AI-SK.html
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1368 on: November 17, 2015, 04:11:44 PM »
Gray Line Tours (Hong Kong) Ltd. - http://www.grayline.com.hk/hk/101AI-SK.html
Thanks. Was it you who took that tour?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1369 on: November 17, 2015, 05:33:40 PM »
Gray Line Tours (Hong Kong) Ltd. - http://www.grayline.com.hk/hk/101AI-SK.html
Why did you choose that one over the Big Bus Tour?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1370 on: November 17, 2015, 07:11:18 PM »
Why did you choose that one over the Big Bus Tour?
I didn't check out Big Bus Tour but they're located right outside HR TST and it worked out for me to leave after I Daven and eat at KZ
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1371 on: November 17, 2015, 07:14:46 PM »
I didn't check out Big Bus Tour but they're located right outside HR TST and it worked out for me to leave after I Daven and eat at KZ
Who's located outside KZ? Greyline? They didn't get great reviews on TA. Just wondering how you found them?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1372 on: November 17, 2015, 10:07:17 PM »
Do people even bother getting an Octopus card? I mean the difference in fare seems to be a couple of cents; is it worth getting?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1373 on: November 17, 2015, 10:32:06 PM »
Is the walk from the Sheraton to KZ easy? From GMaps it looks like walking along Salisbury Rd is difficult. Is it?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1374 on: November 18, 2015, 12:54:55 AM »
Is the walk from the Sheraton to KZ easy? From GMaps it looks like walking along Salisbury Rd is difficult. Is it?

The walk is simple as can be.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1375 on: November 18, 2015, 12:58:20 AM »
The walk is simple as can be.
It just looks from streetview like the sidewalks have all these bridges and things. Just making sure there wasn't some trick that I should know about.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1376 on: November 18, 2015, 12:58:54 AM »
It just looks from streetview like the sidewalks have all these bridges and things. Just making sure there wasn't some trick that I should know about.

No trick needed.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1377 on: November 18, 2015, 01:25:31 AM »

It just looks from streetview like the sidewalks have all these bridges and things. Just making sure there wasn't some trick that I should know about.

No tricks. Only a couple blocks away. Very simple

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1378 on: November 18, 2015, 01:26:27 AM »
No trick needed.

No tricks. Only a couple blocks away. Very simple
Thanks guys.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #1379 on: November 18, 2015, 02:21:49 PM »
Who's located outside KZ? Greyline? They didn't get great reviews on TA. Just wondering how you found them?

The fishing village is not something that is mind blowing, its just interesting to see (and there's an extra charge).

The reason why I picked this tour is because the guide gave a lot of good info and we got to cover a few places. I also found a place in Stanley market with great handbag knockoffs.