Gud afternoon Northasian.Sorry if my question annoy you because I'm sure you have rcvd tons of questions abt HK.

My name is June and I'm planning to visit HK this Aug. Actually, working trip but I combine with leisure

This is what we plan to do;

Day 01
Arrive by MAS at 1315hrs. Chk in hotel. We stay in Hotel Benito,Tsim Tsa Tsui. After chk in go to Avenue of Star and surrounding for phostopstop. Later that nite visit to Ladies Market.(or any other market worth our money?? I mean worth to shop)

Day 02
Visit Disney land and Citigate outlet (we don't intend to spend so much time in Disneyland. A little bit photo session here and there will be enough for us.)

Day 03
Visit The Peak, Victoria Park, Bouhimia Square, Longest Escalator and Ocean Park.

Day 04
Day trip to Macau if time permitted other wise you can recommend us what else we shud include.

Day 05
Flight departure back to KUL at 1445hrs.

Our plan is to visit as many places as possible. Shopping is also my top priority.Heheheheh!! I'm looking for stuff like Adidas,Levi's,perfume,cosmetics,bags. We don't follow any tours. We just take the train,tram or buses.

Do you think our programme above is good??

Tks Moody5 & Bella,

Tks a lot of guys

Yup!! have to.Otherwise I'll become toast.hehehehe!! I like warm and hot weather anyway compare to cold winter,spring or autumn weather. I'm true blue Malaysian.

Like Moody said. There's no food like we have in Malaysia.

They said the best time is between Jan-May but I'm not a big fan of cold weather. So I choose to come during summer.Plus,summer time is where u find discount/sales everywhere in HK.

U need more than RM1 thousand. I'm going there in August and I plan to bring RM2 thousand and also my credit card just in case. The budget hotel alone already cost RM500 for 4 nites. Hongkong is expensive in terms of food and entrance fees. Entrance fees to Disneyland is HK350.that is abt RM148.

1 day only.

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Added on July 5, 2010, 2:52 pmI book Benito Hotel in Kowloon area. Location wise is superb. I can take airport express bus and stop at Nathan Road and walk abt 2 minutes to the hotel. Some more the hotel is close to train station and the market.

This post has been edited by Listiani: Jul 5 2010, 02:52 PM

Bro, I read your blog on HK. Superb!! I can't hardly wait for my trip on 15/8.

Can I ask you if you know where is the best place to buy perfume in HK?? Perfume like CK,Tommy Hilfiger, Estee Lauder, Blvgari, Hugo Boss,Issey Miyaki, DKNY. Some friends told me is cheap to buy perfume in HK compare to Malaysia. Is that true??

I'm going 15/8-19/8.

To go to Citigate Outlet, you can take MTR Tung Chung line.From Tsim Tsa Tsui station go straight to Lai King station and interchange to go to Citigate Outlet station (I forgot the station name at Citigate outlet).

Harbour city is walking distance if you stay at Tsim Tsa Tsui area.

You can also go to Fa Yuen Street and Ladies Market in Mongkok area. From TST, take MTR to Prince Edward station (if you want to go to FaYuen Street) and Mongkok Station (if you want to go to Ladies Market).

Once you are in HK,get yourself an Octopus Card from any MTR station. This card can be use to take MTR,buses, several stores like 7E, bakeries, Circle K etc.

Near China Ferry Terminal (which is not far from Harbour City) got 1 Esprit outlet and 1 more outlet but I forgot the name because I didn't go inside. Harbour City is high end shopping mall like Pavillion. Fa Yuen street is close to Sg Wang. In my opinion, Citigate Outlet is the best place to buy stuff for branded clothing and shoes. I got my original sandal Crocs for RM50, nice Roxy t-shirt for RM30 and out of season Levi's jeans for RM180. U won't get this price in KL.

I heard abt Argyle Centre but don't have time to go there. Ladies market is like Petaling Street. Open around 4-5pm.

Octopus Card is like Touch n Go but more user friendly unlike inefficient Touch n Go. When you buy the card, minimum is HKD100 with HKD50 as deposit. When u return the card, they will refund u all the unuse balance and deposit but minus HKD7 as handling fee. No question ask,no form to fill. Not like Touch n Go.Hahahahah!!

Citigate Outlet is in Lantau Island (same island with Disneyland HK). If you drive,takes about 40-50 minuteslah.

BTW, I like Causeway Bay nite spot. Very happening.


This post has been edited by Listiani: Aug 25 2010, 02:52 PM

Causeway Bay got shopping also but maybe you are not interested because you are not looking for high end brand. But I like the nite entertainment there. That's what I mean in my earlier post

However, around TST, Mongkok, even Causeway Bay, I saw many small boutique selling good quality of clothing,shoes and handbag at reasonable price. I bought many clothes,shoes and handbag for my friends, family. They like it. So it is really not neccessary you have to buy from shopping mall.

As for Ladies Market,hmm! that is not my cup of tea because most stuff come from China and you can tell already the quality.

Yeah,agree with u. I bought many many stuff from Giardano and Bossini

I bought dress for my sister from small boutique for RM32 which I will definitely pay more if I buy from KL.

Ballerina pump I bought it from small boutique cost me RM80 but the shoes is so comfortable. I felt like I walk on a sponge

Citigate sell mostly ouf of season stock and that's why they are cheap. But who care,right?? Is not like people can tell my baju are from last season stock? Hahahahaha!!

Mongkok have only 1 station but several exit. Don't limit yourselves to one exit. Take any exit from Mongkok station and you can browse and walk from 1 street to another. From Mongkok you can actually walk to Fa Yuen street. But if you feel tired,you can take MTR and stop at Prince Edward station.

Don't use Mongkok East. That is East Rail line. U must take Tsuen Wan Line MTR. Like Putra LRT,Star LRT and Monorail LRT. In HK they have 10 MTR lines.

Not exactly. It depend on where you want to go. For example, if you want to go to Causeway Bay, you take from Tsim Tsa Tsui station (Tsuen Wan Line) to Admiralty station (Island Line) & interchange train and stop at Causeway Bay station.

I give u an example, u want to go to Kelana Jaya from Ampang. U take STAR LRT from Ampang and interchange at Masjid Jamek. From Masjid Jamek u take PUTRA LRT to Kelana Jaya station.

HK MTR are efficient and reachable many places so u must know which station u must start and where u want to stop. Once u are familiar with the system,is very easy and convenience. It takes me only 1 nite to understand the system (I arrive HK around 4pm). Signage and MTR map are plenty.

My husband and I went to HK last month and I spent myself alone RM2000 for shopping. There were so many things to buy because most stuff I bought is so much cheaper in HK than in Malaysia.

So be prepare to bring extra money in case your gf wants to shop and shop and shop

This post has been edited by Listiani: Sep 3 2010, 12:41 PM

not WongKok but Mongkok.

Moody, my fren went to HK last year Dec for Christmas and she was dissapointed when most clothing she wants doesn't have discount/sale. Wondering why because I thought Christmas sale is better??

I was there in Aug 2010. Soooo hot. Same weather like we have right now. This is due to summer in HK.