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HKG DO 2014 | 8-9 November
***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! |
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