Hong Kong

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£1273 Cat

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Flight 2nd Hong Kong ✈ London 23:55PM - 05:45AM+1 - Cathay Pacific
£863 Ricky

14th/16th-20th/21st Sydney : Accommodation sorted.

20th-2nd Hong Kong : 14 days : Airbnb 26 £540 9/F, James S Lee Mansion, 33-35 Carnarvon
Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

General idea of what we could with areas grouped together to show how much we might do
day by day

Mon 20th
- R arrive. Breakfast/lunch w Grandma. Rooftopping in central and meet friends? Stay
at Grandmas or find accommodation.

Tue 21st - Central Kowloon (Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Jordan)

- Cat arrive. Meet at airport 6am/7am. Leave luggage at airbnb in TST. Camera shops.
- Breakfast at Mui Kee Congee
- (Mong Kok) Yuen Po Street (bird street), Flower Market, Fa Yuen Street Market,
Ladies Market
- (Yau Ma Tei + Jordan) Lunch (Mido?) YMT fruit market, Lee Wo Steelyard, Sze
Cheung (boat pulley), Jordan Jade Market, Mahjong+frame+calligraphy shops.
- Chungking mansions and roof.

Wed 22nd - Central and West Hong Kong Island - Whenever

● Walk around TST, pier walk. Ferry across to HK island
● Central HKI: Central, Pottinger Street, Locksmith and barber vendors, mid levels,
man mo temple, cat street
● West HKI: Sai Ying Pun, bamboo steamer shop, Ramada hotel pool rooftop,
● Kennedy Town: Tea shop, Kwun Lung Lau roof, explore area try roofs
● Victoria peak?

East Hong Kong Island - Nice to do if partially sunny

- Causeway Bay, Tin Hau, Fortress Hill, North Point, Quarry Bay
 - Slowly head east up the island through residential districts taking it in, photos, trams,
should be plenty of roofs/balconies to get roof to roof photos.
- Yick Cheong building
- Try some higher profile roofs?
- BRAEMAR HILL (sunset - not raining)

Yuen Long - (Not raining or extremely cloudy)

- Walled villages
- Yuen long + park pagoda
- Wetlands park
- Tai Sang Wai

New Territitories NE: Abandoned Village Trail (Weekday) (whenever)

- Sheung Shui - Sheung Shui Wai and Fanling Wai walled villages
- Plover Cove Country Park - Trail of abandoned villages

Lamma Island - Weekday (not raining)

- Lamma island start at Yung Shue Wan. Probably 12pm-8pm.

Sai Kung - Weekday LOOK INTO THE TRAIL ROUTE AND ACCESS (sunny)
- Sai Kung Town
- Kayaking??
- Maclehose Trail

East Kowloon & Dragons Back Hike + Beaches (The hike might have to be its own day)
(Sunny)
- Yuet Tung China Works
- Ma Wan Village (Squatter settlement - 2hrs)
- Shek O Beach and Big Wave Bay Beach
- Dragons Back Hike + Shek O Peak

Lantau Island
- Abandoned Sea Ranch,
- Chi Wan Trail,
- Buddha??
- Tai O

North Kowloon - (whenever)

- Kowloon Walled City Park
- Kowloon City Wet Market
- Chi Lin Nunnery
- Wong Tai Sin Temple
- Enjoy north kowloon residential areas, take photos, find roofs
- Lion Rock?? / Photo of lion rock head at sunset from residential area
Pok Fu Lam (not raining)

Lan Kwai Fung (Friday/weekend)

Tsang Tai Uk Hakka Village

Temple Street Night Market

Day Trips:
- Yuen Long: Walled villages (morning), Yuen Long + park, Wetlands Park/Mai Po Reserve
(afternoon), Tai Sang Wai (sunset)
- New Territories NE: Fanling Wai, Plover Cove Country Park abandoned village trail.
- Sai Kung: Kayaking, Maclehose Trail, beaches, (Help me look more into Sai Kung pls - see
below)
- Lamma Island (check ferry times and location)
- Lantau Island: Sea Ranch abandoned resort (maybe we can bring snacks and spend
morning/afternoon hiking and have lunch here), Tai O fishing village (sunset)

Half Day Trips:

- Ma Wan island abandoned town (check ferry/bus routes)

- Pok Fu Lam squatter settlement

Look into:
- Maclehose trail
- Bus routes/times for far out locations (lai chi wo)
 - Ferry times (Lantau island?, Lamma island)
- SIM cards (https://www.traveltomtom.net/destinations/asia/hong-kong/sim-card-hong-kong)
- Lens

r:

Bags:
- Day bag
- Sling bag (C)

Clothes:
- Underwear and socks x6 (4 underwear, 4 short socks 4 long socks w cat)
- T shirts (pack all)
- Shirts (pack linen shirt)
- Jeans x2 (pack both jeans)
- Other pants (C)
- Shorts x2 (pack running shorts)
- Swimming trunks (C)
- Sweaters/hoody x2 (pack both)
- Hat
- Waterproof jacket x2 (1 w C, pack 1)
- Brown jacket? ©
- Black jacket
- Vans
- Trail runners (C)
- Watches

Electronics
- Sony cam
- Nikon cam
- 24-70mm
- 14mm
- 28mm
- 50mm
- 100-400mm
- Tripod (C)
- Chargers (phone brick, camera brick, phone wire, camera wire)
- Power bank
 - earphones
- Headtorch (C)

Misc
- Toothbrush
- Contact lens + solution and case
- Glasses + case
- Passport
- Cash + Cards
- Book
- Cologne? (C)
- Razor (C)
- Face masks

- Tools (plastic, wallet C, keychain, copper wire)

Kayaking:
Sometimes Kayak only available during late May to mid-November
Prices range between $130-160 a day for each Kayak. (After 10Am return by 5PM).
Get Waterproof bag? Alternatively rent a locker to keep some belongings?
- Kai Kung Kayak - https://seakayakhongkong.com/circumnavigate-kau-sai-chau/ (this website
is available for march rental tho, please mind this link is only for weekends rental there’s one
for weekdays).
- Ah Kwok at Sha Ha Beach Perfect spot to rent privately around Sai Kung.
- Wu Kai Sha Beach
- Sheung Sze Wan -a bit more remote
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076043331821 Price: $150-200 (WhatsApp
6109 4445 to reserve kayaks. Their weekends fill up soon, so it’s recommended to reserve
kayaks for the weekday.)
- Sha Ha rental - https://bluesky-sc.com/online/single_kayak_shaha_weekends/
Would be nice to be able to get somewhere close to Kai Sai Chung to go to an abandoned village.
- Hoi Ha rental - Ho King Store https://chestnutjournal.com/2021/10/09/kayaking-at-hoi-ha/

Sai Kung:
minibus to Sai Kung from Hang Hau MTR Station (minibus 101M), Mong Kok MTR Station (red
minibus – it will say Sai Kung on the front), or Choi Hung MTR Station (minibus 1A or bus 92)
- St Joseph’s Chapel
- Fishing Villages and loads of food stall markets
 - Kayaking
- Hap Mun Bay Beach (more remote has changing rooms and bbq pits tho)
- Trio Beach
- Sunrise at Hong Kong's largest reservoir, High Island Reservoir East Dam, is apparently
beautiful. You can get there by taking a 30-minute taxi from Sai Kung Town that will take you
to the area, or can hike our way here before daybreak to catch the sunrise views.

Mai Po Reserve: Their website is a mess. The best thing would be calling them in my opinion.
- Tours are held and the reserve is normally open 9 to 5pm.
- Cost varies from $450-$550 per ticket, with shuttle bus fare included.
- Times of Freshwater marsh tours Link
10:30 – 11:15 11:30 – 12:15
12:30 – 13:15

- Times for Boardwalk tour

13:00 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00
15:00 – 16:00
- Taxi from Yuen Long should take about 15min and cost $70.
- There’s also a shuttle bus from Yuen Long - Times.
- Or Bus 76 K to Mai Po Village, then walk 20 minutes to Mai Po Reserve
- In order to get a free tour (no guide) we need to submit a form (that I can’t find any working
links to) a week at least before the visit, and be enrolled with a recognized bird watchers
society or WWF (world wide fund for nature) affiliate. Also submit our passport information.