We all know that Hong Kong is a shopping spree paradise, Hong Kong's duty-free store is the mainland girls dream place, eighty percent of the people to go to Hong Kong first of all is to shop, there are netizens spit said to go to Hong Kong's cheapest is to shop, because the food and housing are very expensive, then in Hong Kong we do not shop if you can play some of what? The following follow the editor together to see it ~
Hong Kong in addition to the well-known shopping, and once popular movie and television drama, when those who grew up to see the big movie and television drama scenes really appear in their own side, is undoubtedly exciting.
Pre-departure preparation this is my first trip to the city outside the mainland, more or less still some apprehension, but not much to do before the departure of the strategy, because there are friends in Hong Kong, after going to find that they still do do do the strategy is more reliable ~
1, Octopus is similar to the mainland's metro card, but it is much more functional, in Hong Kong, Octopus not only can be used to pay for public transportation, MTR, it can also be used to brush convenience stores and small local restaurants.
And at the end of the day, if you don't want it anymore, you can also return it at the MTR station or clearance point, returning you cash (HK$: 50 HKD + card balance,).
But I was also charged a handling fee of HK$9 when I returned the card.
For top-ups, you can top up at MTR stations and convenience stores. Be sure to note: top-ups are only accepted in amounts of 50 or 100, and the self-service top-ups at MTR stations only accept
whole 50s or whole 100s
as cash top-ups.
As for the purchase path, you can buy it at the border crossing or at the airport, and I bought it on Taobao for about 140 soft pesos (including 50 HKD deposit and 100 HKD balance).
2, phone card out of the mainland, the mainland phone card certainly can not be used, of course, you can also apply for the three major carriers of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan international roaming services, but it is said that you have to store value in advance several hundred of the phone bill, there is no need.
I bought a temporary phone card on Taobao, I bought a 4-day, about 20 soft currency, 4G wireless traffic, but also give N hundred minutes of airtime, very convenient, the signal is also good.
In addition to Taobao can buy, clearance ports and airports can buy.
3, conversion head Hong Kong's charging plug and the mainland is not the same, if you feel the need to prepare one in advance, but the general hotel has to provide, so do not necessarily have to buy in advance, personal needs it.
I was not bought in advance, the hotel where I stayed paid a deposit of 20 Hong Kong dollars to borrow one, and finally left, did not succeed in the return, because he returned the conversion head for processing time is
11:00 ~ 13:00, we did not have to change the time to be too late.
4, cash 1 soft currency = 0.85 Hong Kong dollars, you can prepare some cash on the body, because the Octopus recharge needs cash, some restaurants also only accept cash payment.
The exchange of Hong Kong dollars can be handled at the border crossing, and the exchange rate is still 0.85. I see that there are also many exchange stores in the city, but I'm not too sure what the exchange rate is.
But you can rest assured that the big shopping malls in general, such as Langham Place and Harbour City, support CUP card payment, while stores like Sasa, Mannings, Joyo, and Watson's all support Alipay payment.
Alipay has expanded its overseas business, and many shopping stores now support Alipay payments and have discounts.
5, Shenzhen customs clearance time from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, especially convenient, just like taking the subway, only a few more checking the machine gate only.
By the way to list a port clearance time:
Luo
Lake: 6:30 - 24:00 (right next to the Shenzhen Railway Station)
Huanggang: 00:00 - 24:00 (the only one twenty-four hour clearance port)
Futian: 6:30 - 22:30
Shekel
Port: 8:30 - 22:30
Snake
Kou: 8:00--22:00Shenzhen Bay: 6:30--24:00
Note: Always remember to bring your Hong Kong and Macau Travel Permit before you leave!!!! If you are L visa, you need to go through the border crossing in advance it seems, I am not sure how to do it exactly.
Because I'm a G visa, I don't need to do any more formalities, just go through customs directly.
Walking in Hong Kong
In the past few days in Hong Kong, I feel like I have finished walking all the roads that I haven't walked in a month, 20,000 steps a day, and I will lose weight.
Because I didn't do any strategy, so every day I thought about where to go, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, start walking mode.
DAY1: Hotel check-in - Thai cuisine - Victoria Park - Hong Kong-style desserts - Lan Kwai Fong
Hotel booked in Yau Tsim Mong will be particularly convenient, our hotel in Mongkok, is the kind of youth hostel, Hong Kong is really a inch of gold!
The hotel is located in Mongkok, which is the kind of youth hostel, Hong Kong is really an inch of land.
Later I see, this price has risen to 300 Hong Kong dollars. So if you are traveling on a holiday, make sure you book your hotel in advance!!!!
Finding the hotel I still relied on Gold Navigation and the accuracy was ok.
On the other hand, there's one thing I'd like to remind you: if you're traveling from the airport to the city, don't take the Airport Express because it's expensive, and it'll cost you almost 100 HKD to get from the airport to the city, but of course if you're not too poor to pay for it, then feel free to do so.
I suggest taking the bus, Hong Kong's bus is very comfortable, and also quite fast, no traffic jam, I went from the airport to Mongkok to sit on the A21 only cost 37 Hong Kong dollars, the chair or leather, hahahahahahahahahahaha time almost spent half an hour it
Street in Mongkok
Well, there is the idea of dinner is to go to Central over there and ate a Thai food, don't ask me why I came to Hong Kong! Don't ask me why I came to Hong Kong to eat Thai food, because it was a restaurant highly recommended by a friend of a friend, and as for the taste, it's okay, but not very much to my liking.
After dinner, I went out to find a dessert store, and there was a long line at 10pm.
The long queue at the entrance was followed by a visit to Victoria Park, as I heard there was a dragon dance performance in the evening.
When I arrived, I only saw the lanterns and the Mid-Autumn Festival activities, but I didn't wait for the fire dragon.
Then we thought to go to the beginning of the fire dragon to see, but the result of walking over to find someone to ask, said the show has long been over, colorful lanterns can only end up with a drink.
Lan Kwai Fong
The legendary Lan Kwai Fong, a common setting in Hong Kong dramas.
Unlike bar streets in the mainland, such as Sanlitun and Houhai, 90% of this street is filled with foreigners, either quiet or restless
At night, there are many more people
DAY2: SHEK AU-_FISHERY CHUNG_ICAC- Victoria Harbor-Pacific Hill-Tsimshatsui-Victoria Harbor
When I came to Hong Kong I wanted to go to Shek O the most, after all, "The King of Comedy" can be considered one of my favorite of the Master Star's movies.
Take a bus to Shek O village, the road is all hilly, driving around and around, and finally come to that small fishing village. To go to Shek O to Shek O orphanage, found a long line of girls, waiting to recreate the look of the star in the beginning.
The orphanage that is popular because of Master Star
"Tian Qiu: Where to?
Peopeo: Going home?Tian Qiu: Then what?
Peopeo: Go to work?
Peopeo: I'm not going to go to work, okay?
Peopeo: If you don't go to work, you'll have to support me.
Tian Qiu: Hey!
Peopeo: What's wrong now?Peopeo: I'll take care of you!
Peopeo: You take care of yourself first, fool..."After slipping around Shi Ao, I realized that if it wasn't for the traces of Star, I think I might have been in Xiamen.
Shi Ao carousel back by the way to the _ fish Chung, do not know how to pronounce it, come on, with me to read: zéiyú
chōng This is the "Transformers 4" set, and the building inside is really quite distinctive.
Transformers 4 location is unique we see the Independent Commission Against Corruption is not far, so we walked.
Wow, the building is really good, think of so many movies and TV dramas, there will be a scene: a suited and booted police officers show their work card, said: Hello, I am ICAC original they are working in this building legendary ICAC building have a friend who wants to see the Bauhinia blossom, so we then took the bus to the Golden Bauhinia Square.
Through the Convention Center, a long walk, finally arrived at the Bauhinia Plaza, ouch, finally can sit down and rest.
Bauhinia we had planned to go to the Peak tomorrow to see the night view, who knows just the square this has a direct bus to the Peak, we will get on the bus directly to the Peak.
Another long section of the mountain road, we sat on the second floor, the car is often scraped by the tree branches on the road, I always feel like it is me who is going to be hit.
After we got to the top, we walked up the mountain road to the very top and thought this was the place to see the night view, but it turned out this was the back side and the viewing platform was right where we had just come up.
The path up the hill is full of luxury cars on the top of the Peak, maybe with a little luck, you'll run into a celebrity just ask you this license plate grizzly we rested on the top of the hill after a wave, and then back down the hill back to the crowded place, into the shopping mall, take the escalator to the top, the ticket is 50 Hong Kong dollars.
You can buy tickets with cash or swipe your Octopus. When you get to the viewing platform, it's full of people, so it's not easy to get a view.
It is getting late in the day black in the city from the top of the Peak there is a direct bus down the hill to the pier, we plan to take a minibus directly to the Star Ferry Pier, and then take the Star Cruises to the Victoria Harbour.
We went down from the hill around 7:00 and the queue for the bus was really long, it took an hour to get on the minibus down the hill.
Then went to Central Pier 7 to take the Star Cruise to Tsim Sha Tsui. The Star Cruise is very cheap, much cheaper than the bus price, around 5 HKD is enough, and you can use Octopus.
But I think the scenery on the cruise ship is average, not as good as the night view directly on land, but the emphasis is on experience.
The night view of the Victoria Harbor we did a long, long time on the side of the Victoria Harbor, talked a lot, about life, about the dream, about life left the school, and friends sitting somewhere, the opportunity to chat quietly less and less.
After work everyone is busy, busy with life, busy with hustling, busy with running around so it feels great to have this opportunity to sit and chat!
DAY3: Yau Ma Tei Police Station - High Court - Central - Hong Kong Chinese
Almost considered the last day, Yau Ma Tei Police Station, this card point can be sure to go, when the "Tourists", "Grouchy" but very classic.
Yau Ma Tei Police Station then we went to the High Court, also for carding. The High Court then went to the Mid-levels Escalator, a location made more famous because of Chungking Forest.
Mid-level escalator overlooking the next escalator by the way you can go to stroll Gaham Street, Duddell Street, some of the more literary flavor of the street, love to take pictures of the people who skulked around will be able to shoot some satisfactory works.
Web red graffiti wall and then go to the Chinese University of Hong Kong to shop, but also a school located in the mountains, the means of transportation is the bus, really more than my university mountain.
Chinese University of Hong Kong is most famous for a place should be the unity of heaven and man, really beautiful a landscape.
Autumn water *** long sky a color
In short, this trip to Hong Kong I am still very satisfied, did not go to the overcrowded Disney, did not go to Fat's hometown of Lamma Island, because the streets of Hong Kong is more able to realize my imagination of film and television drama scenes.
I will definitely go there again when I have the chance.
And that time, I will slow down my pace, slowly feel the charm of this city that never sleeps
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