Ok I replied 2 posts in 1 time~

For camera stuff, muskins is right, DO NOT EVER buy in those camera shops in Tsim Sha Tsui! They mark up very high price!! When you are here, you can see there are not many people shop (even locals) in those Tsim Sha Tsui camera shops.

Do buy in Mongkok Sai Yeung Choi Street as muskins suggested. I can't remember Wing Wah, but I remember there is a big camera shop called Wing Shing ( http://www.wingshingphoto.com/index.html ) there. You will see there are many many people (mix of tourists & a lot of locals) shopping there. Actually you can walk around and compare the price before you decide which shop to buy from 'coz there are quite a lot of camera shops/electronic shops along Sai Yeung Choi Street. This street is just next to (parellel to) Ladies Street, very easy to find.

I found a list of camera shops, you can see most of them are located in Mongkok :
http://www.ygdragon.net/shops.htm
(Try DC fever as well, my colleague got a DC with quite cheap price from there too)

The trade-off is, fewer discounted (i.e. slightly higher price) is offered in larger shops... So, the best way is to compare, 'coz all the shops are on the same street. Then you calculate which way to pay is the cheapest..

Just a reminder.. Your credit card bank will impose certain percentage of handling charge if you use your credit card overseas. For example in HK for all my credit cards, some banks impose 2% and some impose 1.8% + a higher rate of exchange. So it's better to exchange at money exchange counter, unless you're going to buy very expensive things in HK that you don't want to carry so much cash on hand.

best rate is among the cheapest at bukit bintang area.. after some survey there...

is wawasan better? but it's at mv

Actually I always suggestion people to seperate these 2 places in 2 days 'coz afraid 1 day not enough time to enjoy... 'coz after eating the veg lunch, visiting the wisdom path + taking cable car down, take MTR to Disneyland, it's about 3pm already..

As I know, the buddha statue cannot be enter... you can only walk up the hundreds of stairs and see it from outside only, and it's free of charge. Any forumer please correct me if I am wrong 'coz it's been ages I haven't been to there.
Of coz weekdays will be less crowded 'coz parents need to work on weekdays anyway, right? So in your case, I think 29DEC (Mon) will be better.

I'm afraid you can't make that within a day. Visiting Ngong Ping + Disneyland is just enough (or not enough if going with the youngs and elderly).. For me, I like to take my time to explore each spot when travelling and hate rushing in order to visit as many places but I can't really enjoy and fully explore each place. So I will suggest you to seperate Disneyland on another day, or skip the shopping at Tung Chung..

I haven't been to the Tsing Ma Bridge viewing point, 'coz the transportation not convenient.... So sorry can't advise on that..
It depends on model, brands & shop you buy. There are too many shops selling mobile phones in HK, so I can't tell which website that can provide the most accurate price..

sifus,
i will be going to HK soon, and this will be my 2nd visit.  and since it's my 2nd visit, am planning to go to places i didn't manage to go before, eg. outlying island.  am thinking of going Cheung Chau if permissible.  so would you recommend i spend 1/2 day there?  free-n-ez or should i take a package?  or would you have gone to another island?

plz advise.  thanks a bunch... and am glad that this thread is still kicking. 

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Somethings new in Hk to try

Go Cheung Chau no need tour package wan la...  Just take New Ferry from Central Pier No 5.  Once there, can either walk or rent a bicycle to cycle around.  There's a map near the Cheung Chau ferry terminal.

You can read up on places to visit, and how to go about walking round Cheung Chau from the web.

If you like, can also overnight at Cheung Chau.  Cheap accommodation there.

yeah, we were thinking of going the extra mile and off the beaten tracks,
with visits to cheung chau, and the fishermen villages.
but to no avail, time was rather tight.
maybe in the next trip?

and this time I swear to go during the cooler season!!!
Sept was DAMN DAMN hot last year. but thankfully we avoided the typhoon/heavy rains.

Hi, I found this website more useful(to the traveller) than the official HK tourism web(official web is more towards promoting/advertising):
http://www.hongkongextras.com/index.html

My previous trip, I did go to Cheung Chau.  A bit late at 3pm and my parents are tired liao.  Also, rain a bit shortly after we reached there.  So, only see the Pak Tai temple, walk along the beach and around the town area.  There are many seafood restaurants there, live seafood, price looks reasonable but we didn't eat there.

I reckon if go in the morning, energetic and adventurous, can follow the walking trail and explore Cheung Chau.  Do take note that the ferry fare is more expensive on weekends.  If you are generous with your time, take the "ordinary" ferry will do(which I did), no need to take the "express" service.  You can find the ferry schedule and fare from New Ferry web.

Btw, have you visited the Ten Thousand Buddhas' Temple (Man Fatt Tze) previously?  I would recommend this temple.

Do check on the link above, lots of idea, esp those off the beaten tracks.  I did the "scenic bus ride" to Stanley.  And I visited Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island, that's after Big Buddha and Wisdom Path.

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Added on October 27, 2009, 11:26 pm

Hiya, I read your blog while preparing for my trip.  I went 6 months after your trip, in March, on first day of second month (Chinese calender) - nice cool weather.  That's according to the Chinese Calender, a few days after the "Spring starts" day.  I'm now starting to believe in those special days (those "seasons") reflected in Chinese calender, quite accurate to predict weather, esp if pertaining to the Northern China..