Hong Kong Hostels - Comments and Reviews

Hi All,

Well what a start to our journey! Where to begin? It started before we even left Melb airport, with lil Lewey being very anxious, having never been on an international flight, was lucky enough to experience the full customs experience, with a random body search/pat down at Melb customs.

The flight was interesting, Dani laug...

Day 21

After having a stressful episode getting through customs we made it to our hotel at 130pm. After the orientation walk with Chris we walked along the Avenue of Stars, where they have the famous Bruce Lee statue, and relaxed and looked across the water to the Hong Kong Skyscrapers. We did very little until we met up in the evening at...

Day 34)
After an 11 hour flight we arrived in Hong Kong, which was by far my longest journey on a plane, and it was definitely weird trying to sleep like normal in the air.
I was amazed at how easily we were able to get into the city via their transit system and along the way visited what had to be the cleanest public airport bathroom in t...

Hong Kong kind of reminds me of what San Francisco might be like if it was hot and a lot more crowded. During our stay we barely saw the sunshine; which was probably a good thing given how hot it was even in the grey fog. When we stepped outside the first morning it kind of felt like walking out into a soupy thick air and we were hot and sweaty ...

Kowloon Park is just a stone throw's away from Mirador Mansion, where we were staying at and came recommended by the guidebook I was reading. So off we went to explore and I'm happy to report that yes, indeed Kowloon Park is a very pleasant park. Complete with sporting facilities, including a very nice swimming complex, complete with in as well ...

Early departure from hostel, subway to high speed train to airport. Buy ticket at airport to Hong Kong. Arrive early PM. Bus to Tsam Sat Shui ? get claustraphobic room in Chungking Mansion. Next day move to Chungking House de luxe hotel'in same Ç Mansion'2500 HKG dollars [~7 HKD = US$1] Hammered by sudden respirtory problem. Touristed out. Spent...

Today, I took the ferry from Hong Kong Island to Lantau Island, lush and green mountains rising out of the South China Sea! The first stop was to a beautiful beach called Cheung Sha. Next, I headed off to Tai O fishing village. The houses in the village are built on stilts and the livlihood of the people is fishing. Dried fish line the lanes eve...

Week 1 in Hong Kong has ended. It was a very busy week starting classes and trying to navigate my way around this big city. I will attempt to summarize what I have been up to over the past week but promise to make a better effort to write more entries. Monday February 11th: First day of classes... 9am: Wake up- I went to eat at this place called...

Arrived in Hong Kong and got the MTR Airport express into Kowloon and then a free bus service to the YMCA where we had booked up. An amazing room on the 15th floor with quite a good view from the window. Had room service as we were knackered Suzy had carbonara and Dave asked what Chicken congee was then although he decided not to have it couldn'...

Hong Kong- what a place! I thought New York was the city that never sleeps but I think it has some strong competition. It's amazing anytime of day or night you can go for a meal, have a drink or even go shopping. This however didn't help my jet lag one bit and confused my poor body clock even more than the 7 hour time difference. By midnight (ab...