
Dad didn’t choose Mong Kok (旺角) simply because we needed another hotel. He chose Mong Kok (旺角) because Dad wanted Elaine to experience another Hong Kong. We had already stayed in Sheung Wan (上環) on Hong Kong Island (香港島), where Dad...

Dad didn’t choose Mong Kok (旺角) simply because we needed another hotel. He chose Mong Kok (旺角) because Dad wanted Elaine to experience another Hong Kong. We had already stayed in Sheung Wan (上環) on Hong Kong Island (香港島), where Dad...

Sleep → Eat → Walk → See → Coffee. When Dad was choosing where we should stay in Hong Kong, there was a strategy behind it. I didn’t want Elaine and me to stay right in the middle of the busiest...

Where We Stayed in Hong Kong: Dad & Elaine stayed at ibis Hong Kong Central & Sheung Wan — good value, a relatively spacious room by Hong Kong standards, convenient airport and MTR connections, and everyday local Hong Kong just outside the door. Some...
You’re already in Hong Kong. Then you look across the Pearl River Delta and think: Macau is right there. Should we go? For many first-time visitors, Macau (澳门, Àomén) is one of the most tempting additions to a Hong Kong trip....
Hong Kong (香港, Xiānggǎng) creates a dangerous temptation for first-time visitors. You open Google. You make a list. Victoria Peak. Star Ferry. Big Buddha. Mong Kok. Temple Street. Central. Tsim Sha Tsui. Ngong Ping. Tai O. Disneyland. Macau. Twenty-seven food stops....
Hong Kong (香港, Xiānggǎng) can look intimidating on a map. Hong Kong Island. Kowloon. New Territories. Lantau Island. MTR lines crossing everywhere. Buses with numbers you’ve never seen before. Ferries crossing Victoria Harbour. Double-decker trams slowly rumbling through the middle of...
Choosing where to stay in Hong Kong (香港, Xiānggǎng) can look complicated. Tsim Sha Tsui? Central? Sheung Wan? Mong Kok? Jordan? Somewhere cheaper farther out? For a first-time visitor, the answer isn’t simply: Which Hong Kong neighborhood is best? The better...
Hong Kong (香港, Xiānggǎng) can be one of the easiest places in Asia to explore independently — but first-time visitors still face a surprising number of decisions. Where should you stay? How do you get from the airport to your hotel?...
February is a very different Hong Kong from the hot, humid summer many travelers imagine. If you’re visiting Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay and other parts of the city — with a Macau side trip too — you’ll want a flexible...
Visiting Hong Kong around China’s National Day holiday can raise a lot of questions. Will everywhere be packed? What’s the easiest way to reach Tsim Sha Tsui after a long flight? And should you visit Victoria Peak first thing in the...
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