<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by christep:
If you were going round in the other direction (i.e. westwards) then:
1) the jet lag would be better
2) you'd come to HK first so you could get a visa here in a matter of hours
3) you could find out all about the trains from:
http://www.kcrc.com.hk/eng/services/...itts_intro.asp</font>
I'm very aware of #1, the others are duly noted