Hong Kong,
China
Thursday, April 23, 2009
I arrived in Hong Kong yesterday in the evening. There are several ways to go downtown, including the Airport Express Train. Like in Vienna, and apart from taking a taxi, this is the more expensive version (100 $ to Central). I decided to be adventurous, following Lonely Planet's hints, and took the S1 bus to Tung Chung then changing to the MTR (= Mass Transit Railway, the most convenient way to travel in Hong Kong). The bus ride cost $ 3.50, and the trip on the MTR to Lam Tin station where I stay about $ 13. What a difference! Like in Singapore, you can also buy a re-loadable value card for public transport. In Singapore it's the EZ-Link-Card, here in Hong Kong it's the Octopus Card. Very convenient. Furthermore, it seems that places like restaurants are also connected to this system - at least at McDonalds you can pay with your Octopus Card.
The weather is a bit different to Singapore: today in the morning, we have some 23 degrees celsius, and it's pretty cloudy with a likelihood to rain (it did rain a bit yesterday in the evening). Plan for today: going downtown to Hong Kong Island, walk around Sheung Wan and Central districts, have something to eat in SOHO, and maybe go up to Viktoria Peak.
Comments
Ni-Hao
Hope you'll have time to meet Christine and enjoy the night life in HK :-) Don't forget about Pascal's pick-up lines at pubs!!
Re: Ni-Hao
Ni hao!
Pascal's pick-up lines - in case they ever worked, which I darely doubt - will not work in Cantonese, though. So different here!