Last edit by: christep
HKG DO 2014 | 8-9 November
HKG Arrival Transport Guide
Proposed Activities
Friday 7 Nov
During the day HongKongHikers (in the person of christep who manages that group) will be running a not particularly hard social hike anyway, which visiting FTers are welcome to join.
Information for this hike can be found in post 201. Please PM christep or comment in this thread if you wish to join to confirm details of where to meet etc.
5pm - Morton's in TST - Pre-pre-Do drinks, with complimentary filet mignon sandwiches
7pm - IC (Salisbury Road) Lobby Lounge - Pre-Do drinks with excellent views of the harbour
Saturday 8 Nov
Option 1:
Day trip on Hong Kong Island
Yum cha at 9am at Metropol (across the road from Conrad), followed by taking the Peak Tram up to The Peak and a walk around Lugard Road for excellent views of Hong Kong. Quick lunch while still at The Peak, then head down into town for a private tram tour for a maximum of 35 guests. Price of the tram tour will depend on the number of people signing-up but will not be more than HK$200 (around £15 or US$25) per person. Payment will be taken on the day. The tour will finish by 4pm, giving attendee time to prepare for the Do dinner on Lamma Island.
Option 2:
8.15am - meet at Admiralty or TST for day hike in the North East New Territories.
We will walk along the very picturesque shore of the marine geopark, visit the old (and now largely deserted) Hakka village of Lai Chi Wo, and finish around the edge of Starling Inlet, overlooking the border and the eastern end of Shenzhen. We'll take lunch at a local rice & noodles place at the end of the hike. The total distance is about 15km (a little under 10 miles) and there's only one significant bit of hill climbing of about 180m (60 floors of a building). It should be doable by anyone with the fitness to walk at a reasonable pace for about 4 hours. No specialist gear is needed - just lightweight clothing (no denim/heavy cotton please), strong trainers/sneakers, a hat to keep the sun off (if we're lucky), and a small backpack to carry enough water for the hike and any other essentials (which would include a change of clothing if it's warm or wet). Here are three albums of photos taken by HongKongHikers members on this route (the wild boar having just been killed by (I assume) village dogs is unlikely to be repeated!). And here's a Garmin GPS trace of the route.
4.45pm - back at Admiralty
All
6.45pm - Meet at Central for ferry to Rainbow Restaurant on Lamma Island for dinner. (Ferry departs 7.00pm). Please don't be late, as you'll have to swim to catch up.
Sunday 9 Nov
Option 1:
9am - Day trip to Lantau Island. It's close to the airport so anyone flying out can easily head off as necessary. Hiking option will be available for those who are not flying out today. Details here.
Option 2:
Champagne Brunch at the IC HK Enjoy a leisurely Champagne brunch from 11:30-15:00 at the IC's Harbourside $782 (inc service charge). Pay on the day. I'm currently holding reservations for 10 diners and will reserve places on a first come first served basis from expressions of interest through the registration form (links to registration form are found at the top and bottom of this wiki post!). Review found here
1. TEX277
2. Economy Seat
3. percysmith
4. KIXman
5. Itsalongwaydown
6. TravelKane
7.
8.
9.
10.
After some discussion, the third option of a serious hike on Lantau has been canned since it seems that Andy's day trip is serious enough for everyone in terms of walking...
Monday
Awesom Andy will be a makeshift tour-guide taking requests from anyone interested.
Attendance
(Username, arrival date/flight, departure date/flight, hotel)
Confirmed
Awesom Andy Completed registration
TEX277 Completed registration
Oreck Completed registration
NHH Completed registration
Itsalongwaydown Completed registration
cjwong88 Completed registration
christep Completed registration
Economy Seat Completed registration
kirkwoodj Completed registration
Getiton Completed registration
smitty06 Completed registration
SumGai88 Completed registration
freqflyercoll Completed registration
TravelKane Completed registration
percysmith Completed registration
ColoradoGal Completed registration
nomadic.relief Completed registration
lowjhg
pfbloom Completed registration
GrjApp Completed registration
slickalick Completed registration
sneezyalex (Now HGHUA) Completed registration
ckpeter Completed registration
kaka Completed registration
timid_trnchcoat Completed registration
Travelingsmithy Completed registration
Arcanum Completed registration
EZEDoesIt Completed registration
KIXman Completed registration
johnwmaher (NOV 7/CX 505, NOV 10/CX 520, Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui)Completed registration
ellyse Completed registration
JohnK Completed registration
JohnK+1 Completed registration
Interested
penegal
centxwx
Melville
chchkiwi
dedehans
belinik
rstruthe
garykung
Belinik
tuapekastar
yul36
intuition
danang
TravellerOnline
jozdemir
deathscar
WillTravel (+1)
GrizShel
SQ421
moondog
***NEW*** Registration now open!
HKG Arrival Transport Guide
Proposed Activities
Friday 7 Nov
During the day HongKongHikers (in the person of christep who manages that group) will be running a not particularly hard social hike anyway, which visiting FTers are welcome to join.
Information for this hike can be found in post 201. Please PM christep or comment in this thread if you wish to join to confirm details of where to meet etc.
5pm - Morton's in TST - Pre-pre-Do drinks, with complimentary filet mignon sandwiches
7pm - IC (Salisbury Road) Lobby Lounge - Pre-Do drinks with excellent views of the harbour
Saturday 8 Nov
Option 1:
Day trip on Hong Kong Island
Yum cha at 9am at Metropol (across the road from Conrad), followed by taking the Peak Tram up to The Peak and a walk around Lugard Road for excellent views of Hong Kong. Quick lunch while still at The Peak, then head down into town for a private tram tour for a maximum of 35 guests. Price of the tram tour will depend on the number of people signing-up but will not be more than HK$200 (around £15 or US$25) per person. Payment will be taken on the day. The tour will finish by 4pm, giving attendee time to prepare for the Do dinner on Lamma Island.
Option 2:
8.15am - meet at Admiralty or TST for day hike in the North East New Territories.
We will walk along the very picturesque shore of the marine geopark, visit the old (and now largely deserted) Hakka village of Lai Chi Wo, and finish around the edge of Starling Inlet, overlooking the border and the eastern end of Shenzhen. We'll take lunch at a local rice & noodles place at the end of the hike. The total distance is about 15km (a little under 10 miles) and there's only one significant bit of hill climbing of about 180m (60 floors of a building). It should be doable by anyone with the fitness to walk at a reasonable pace for about 4 hours. No specialist gear is needed - just lightweight clothing (no denim/heavy cotton please), strong trainers/sneakers, a hat to keep the sun off (if we're lucky), and a small backpack to carry enough water for the hike and any other essentials (which would include a change of clothing if it's warm or wet). Here are three albums of photos taken by HongKongHikers members on this route (the wild boar having just been killed by (I assume) village dogs is unlikely to be repeated!). And here's a Garmin GPS trace of the route.
4.45pm - back at Admiralty
All
6.45pm - Meet at Central for ferry to Rainbow Restaurant on Lamma Island for dinner. (Ferry departs 7.00pm). Please don't be late, as you'll have to swim to catch up.
Sunday 9 Nov
Option 1:
9am - Day trip to Lantau Island. It's close to the airport so anyone flying out can easily head off as necessary. Hiking option will be available for those who are not flying out today. Details here.
Option 2:
Champagne Brunch at the IC HK Enjoy a leisurely Champagne brunch from 11:30-15:00 at the IC's Harbourside $782 (inc service charge). Pay on the day. I'm currently holding reservations for 10 diners and will reserve places on a first come first served basis from expressions of interest through the registration form (links to registration form are found at the top and bottom of this wiki post!). Review found here
1. TEX277
2. Economy Seat
3. percysmith
4. KIXman
5. Itsalongwaydown
6. TravelKane
7.
8.
9.
10.
After some discussion, the third option of a serious hike on Lantau has been canned since it seems that Andy's day trip is serious enough for everyone in terms of walking...
Monday
Awesom Andy will be a makeshift tour-guide taking requests from anyone interested.
Attendance
(Username, arrival date/flight, departure date/flight, hotel)
Confirmed
Awesom Andy Completed registration
TEX277 Completed registration
Oreck Completed registration
NHH Completed registration
Itsalongwaydown Completed registration
cjwong88 Completed registration
christep Completed registration
Economy Seat Completed registration
kirkwoodj Completed registration
Getiton Completed registration
smitty06 Completed registration
SumGai88 Completed registration
freqflyercoll Completed registration
TravelKane Completed registration
percysmith Completed registration
ColoradoGal Completed registration
nomadic.relief Completed registration
lowjhg
pfbloom Completed registration
GrjApp Completed registration
slickalick Completed registration
sneezyalex (Now HGHUA) Completed registration
ckpeter Completed registration
kaka Completed registration
timid_trnchcoat Completed registration
Travelingsmithy Completed registration
Arcanum Completed registration
EZEDoesIt Completed registration
KIXman Completed registration
johnwmaher (NOV 7/CX 505, NOV 10/CX 520, Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui)Completed registration
ellyse Completed registration
JohnK Completed registration
JohnK+1 Completed registration
Interested
penegal
centxwx
Melville
chchkiwi
dedehans
belinik
rstruthe
garykung
Belinik
tuapekastar
yul36
intuition
danang
TravellerOnline
jozdemir
deathscar
WillTravel (+1)
GrizShel
SQ421
moondog
***NEW*** Registration now open!
HKG DO 2014 | 8-9 November
#213
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For further clarification re Sunday (after finally having time to read back all the fantastic info), I'm interested in Post #155 itinerary (i.e. Option 1) with food/drink at Mui Wo or South Lantau at the end (possibly meeting up with Option 2 group?). No idea what was on my registration for Sunday, as I mixed up options not realising all were on Lantau...
#214
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As best as I can make out from the registration forms and comments in this thread the following are interested in hiking on the different days:
Friday: GETITON, TravelKane, nomadic.relief, ckpeter, timid_trnchcoat
Saturday: ckpeter, Travelingsmithy, kaka (maybe - registration & thread conflict)
Sunday: kirkwoodj, nomadic.relief, ckpeter, Travelingsmithy, sneezyalex (maybe)
Any additions or subtractions from those lists before I move to PM to discuss details and firm up on a route for Sunday?
Friday: GETITON, TravelKane, nomadic.relief, ckpeter, timid_trnchcoat
Saturday: ckpeter, Travelingsmithy, kaka (maybe - registration & thread conflict)
Sunday: kirkwoodj, nomadic.relief, ckpeter, Travelingsmithy, sneezyalex (maybe)
Any additions or subtractions from those lists before I move to PM to discuss details and firm up on a route for Sunday?
christep --
I may be interested in the hike on Lantau Island on Sunday if you choose not too strenuous a route...though the meander described in #155 looks like a fine walk too. Hopefully can choose day of?
pfbloom
Last edited by pfbloom; Nov 3, 2014 at 3:33 pm
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my friend cant make it. since you're 1st on WL, i've moved you up
Last edited by kaka; Nov 5, 2014 at 1:34 am
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Have just come across this. I will try and catch some friends, old and new, at the 5pm drinks on Friday. Hope all have a great weekend. John.
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Failing that, please drop me a PM if you have access to any sort of voice/message communication, and I can pass you my mobile number.