Well, i be staying in Dorsett Seaview Hotel. Seem pretty close maybe we can meet up for cup of tea .. LOL. Well, I also still blur with the bus stop location due to the road sign, but as advice will keep trying to ask & ask ppl around. I'll be reach quite late in HongKong during the first day.. maybe take a visit to "Hui Lau San" the dessert restaurant and fa yuen street maybe.. dinner still thinking maybe 海皇粥店 since quite close to Yau Mai Dei where we stayed.

I already add you in my msn feel free to ping me can share share some idea~ 

Dorsett Seaview is in Yau Ma Tei, very close to Temple Street.
Hey I haven't replied your email 'coz I need some time to find how to go to Po Yan Street....

@takki87

IMO, you should try to use "ding ding" as a form of transportation, rather than purposely go and take it, so that it won't be a waste of time lor...

Using "ding ding" as mode of transportation, for eg after visiting Ocean Park, go to Causeway Bay, from there "ding ding" all the way to Central.

Take "ding ding" from the terminal station to secure the front seats on the upper deck...

From Google Map, it seems not very far away from Sheung Wan MTR station.. so I think it wouldn't be over HKD40 or just around that price..

Best time to take ding-ding is non-peak hours, ie. before and after office hours. Take it after dinner la, so you can enjoy the night city view + less crowded. It is NOT a waste of time for sure! I enjoy taking ding-ding when it's not packed, very relax!
Yes you're right, if one can recognise landmarks in different areas, it's a good and cheaper transportation to replace MTR to travel along main spots on HK Island. Why I say so, becoz ding-ding doesn't have station name, so if you are first time visiting HK Island, you may not know where is Causeway Bay and where is Central by just looking at the buildings & surrounding... Even myself living in HK for decades, sometimes I am not sure where to get off when I am on the tram 'coz I never live on HK Island side....

Po Yan St there got any attraction?

hey, btw, i suggest you to take bus from The peak to go back to Central..the buss stop at Pedder St.. The bus ride is very interesting!~ And got night view to see too.. And you can walk from Pedder St to Lan Kwai Foong..

oic.. what i did is take tram up to the peak then come down by bus 

You wanna take ding-ding after going down from the Peak, don't you? You can find ding-ding stops on the main street of Central (i.e. where the HSBC building located), then take ding-ding with the direction to Kennedy Town if you're going to Sheung Wan (btw, are you going to Sheung Wan or Shau Kei Wan?! as I don't know what you meant by Sheung Wan Kei...)

But the bus ride is really interesting!

I salute their bus drivers! super good driving skills!~

Remember to take the upper deck front seat to enjoy the ride!~

nope..

The bus start at The Peak itself.. Bus no. 15 and 15c..

looks like you confused by the The Peak Tram and the Ding Ding tram.. they are different..

@takki87

I think you've confused yourself with the Peak tram and the "ding ding" tram liao ah?

The Peak tram is something like the one going up Penang Hill, but very much faster.  (the Penang Hill's one is going to be upgraded)

The "ding ding" tram is the what we called "dian che" ("electric car")..

This is the HK tramway's site, you can click on Tram Route Map to (East Bound or West Bound) to see the tram stops:
  http://www.hktramways.com/en/service/index.html

Then you check and match the location on Google Map to have an idea how to go from one place to another, which tram stops etc.

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Added on November 6, 2009, 7:19 pmOh, I forgot...

I suggest you Google or Wikipaed for some famous building on HK island, see the pictures of the buildings.  Then you can recognise them and use them as landmark.

For eg:
Bank of China Tower - the one that looks like bamboo, with sharp edges/point, er bad fengshui...

Hopewell Centre - the only one cylindical builiding, with a revolving restaurant above

Cheung Kong Centre - rectangle shape, like a match box.  Garden Road is in between Cheung Kong Centre and BOC tower.

Two IFC - the tallest building

Oh, ya, unfortunately, Google Map does not show the tram track.  I used it to "agak agak", matching the road names with the tram route.  I know it's a bit seeing stars ah... I try to explain..

Example, going to the Peak tram station at Garden Road:
- Use Google Map, locate Garden Road.
- Check the tram route (eg from Causeway Bay, so the West Bound), and match with the above map, nearest tram stop would be at Bank Street.
- Take note that it's 2 tram stops after Admiralty MTR station (get ready to look out and alight)

This following map shows the track but no detailed map, it's in Chinese:
http://www.chinatouristmaps.com/travel/hon...s-stations.html
Also, the tourist maps collected at the airport show the tram track.  But tram stops are not shown, coz they are quite near to each other, about 250m apart.

Btw, bus no 15 goes all the way up to the Peak, no need to take Peak Tram.  It's a scenic bus ride.  Going up the Peak, take the front seat, right hand side, upper deck.

If you happen to visit Stanley or Repulse Bay before the Peak, can take bus no 6 from Stanley/Repulse Bay and catch bus no 15 along Stubbs Road (alight no 6 after the small round-about and cross the road to take no 15).

No need to take ding ding all the way from Shau Kei Wan la... it's really kinda wasting time unless you got a lot of spare time in the trip. I think it's enough to experience the ride to take ding ding between Central and Causeway Bay. Since both are main spots on the tram track, you can treat it as a replacement of MTR instead of riding it for no purpose...

lan kwai fong is near to pedder st

the peak tram station is located in garden road..

so you need to drop off near the road itself then walk to your destination ..

i have replied your question on which station to drop off le!~~

You can do it in this way, take ding ding tram till

not sure about what time the shops on those street close

Depends where you take the bus from la...  Refer here for bus route, time and fare, click on the magnifying glass at bus stop no. to see description and photo of the bus stop:
http://www.nwstbus.com.hk/routes/routeinfo...ype=D&company=7

Scroll to the very end for total distance and total journey time..

It's up to you, whether to take bus all the way up to the Peak, or walk from Garden Road to peak tram station to take the Peak Tram, or take bus 15C that just bring you to the peak tram station at Garden Road then take the Peak Tram..

Can take bus go up, sure can take bus come down la... aiyo...apala..

Bank of China Tower observation deck, just +/- option, if you happen to walk along Garden Road, and got time, can go up to the 43rd floor and have a look.  Small place nia, 5-10mins stop will do, view not bad, and can collect free, very nice brochure about the building there.

It takes roughly 20-30mins to go up/down the peak by bus, if I'm not wrong..
Stalls in Fa Yuen Street generally start closing at around 10pm... but stalls in Ladies Street would close a bit later at around 11 or 11:30pm 'coz more people there. Therefore I suggest you to visit Fa Yuen Street before Ladies Street, 'coz items in Fa Yuen Street would be cheaper than Ladies Street 'coz more locals shop there. Ladies Street is somehow too "tourist-oriented".

I think it would be faster than you wait for the long queue at the Peak Tram station if you're going on weekends or during peak season! You know, it could take more than 30mins for queueing up for the Peak Tram in festive season!!!!

Oh you departs tomorrow la? Good~ How long will you stay iyup,n HK? Hey, temperature will drop from Thursday, and drop below 20'c on Friday and would have a bit rain too, please bring along warmer clothes & umbrella!