walking from The Conrad to the MO
 

does anyone know how far the Conrad and Mandirian Oriental (MO) are from one another?

Taking a cab is not an option

Not very far. Go through the mall towards Admiralty MTR, but on the upper level. Enter the elevated walkway across Queen's Road (by the restaurant area in the mall) into the Queensway mall. Turn left in the mall, walk all the way through the two buildings and into the elevated walkway between the Bank of America tower and Fairmont House (Fairmont House on the left, BofA on the right). Make a right towards Hutchinson House and go to street level right by the Alain Figaret store. On your right you'll pass the AIG Tower, the RC, and the HK Club. Straight ahead across the Cenotaph is the MO. You should be able to see it as soon as you come to the end of the elevated walkway.

In total, probably no more than 15 minutes walk.

Thank You very much, I can now go book The Conrad (using an AXON) of cause. An AXON means 4 nights at any Hilton up to and including a Cat6 for 125k instead of 160k. Being a Diamond I dont foresee any problems especially during the Low Season.

Any good places to get some White shirts custom made, that arent very expensive yet still good quality

As Pickles says. Just to be clear though, that is to the "old" Mandarin Oriental. Just in case you meant the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, that is even closer: just turn left out of Pacific Place onto Queensway at street level, and basically walk straight on. Cross over Queen's Road by the big HSBC building, and continue along Queen's Road on the other side. Across one more junction and the LMO is on your right. No more than 10 minutes walk.

I think we'd need your definition of "not very expensive". You can pay anything from HK$100 to HK$2000+ for a tailor-made shirt here.

Suffice to say I used to (they dont make my size for a couple of yrs now) get my Perry Ellis shirts at Marshalls, TJMax or Syms and paid for 100% cotton max of $25.

I could have paid less then the $24 but I happened to like the look and feel of the PE shirts. And as the saying goes You usually get what you paid for.

So if in HK paying say $25 gets me a shirt that would go for alot more here, thats OK,. Just Im off size, 16 neck 35/36 sleeve. And want something that will last a few yrs.

thanks but was asking about the Old MO, as the place I need I was told was 15 mins walk from there. We were thinking about staying at The Hyatt but was told thats a 30 min walk Uphill. So if The Conrad is the same distance and its not as Uphill, that will do the trick.

Need to get to Mac Donnell Rd low #s.

Eh? So why did you ask how to get to the Mandarin if you wanted to go to Macdonnell Road?

Macdonnell Road is more or less equally uphill from any of the Mandarin, Conrad and Hyatt. Of the three it's closest to the Conrad, and slightly less of a climb from the main lobby. Go out of the main lobby entrance, turn right, cross the road and go into Hong Park, look at the map to follow the paths up the hill the come out of the top of the park on Kennedy Road. Turn right onto Kennedy. Cross over and take Calder Path more or less straight up the hill to Macdonnell and (probably, depending on how low numbers exactly) turn right. I'd allow 20 mins for this if you can walk up hill and climb steps at a reasonable pace. I don't have my contour maps to hand but I guess you're climbing about 300 feet in total.

The only hotel I can think of that is as far up the hill as Macdonnell is the Bishop Lei on Robinson, which would be a 10-15 minute walk to the low numbers of Macdonnell more or less on the flat. But it's a couple of notches down from the Mandarin/Hyatt/Conrad as a hotel.

Alternatively to avoid any uphill walking, from the Conrad you can go down into Admiralty MTR station navigate out to exit B, turn right then right again when you reach street level and there is the bus stop at the start of route 12A which runs about every 10 minutes and gets you to Macdonnell is less than 5 more for HK$4.3, But I guess whatever it is that stops you taking a taxi may also apply to a bus?

On shirts most of the decent places start at about HK$350 for a basic cotton fabric. For less than HK$200 I imagine what you get is very basic indeed.

I think you're massively confused, or you made me confused. You want to get to MacDonnell road low numbers? I don't know why you would want to do so via the MO. That's in the opposite direction. From the Conrad just go out the Supreme Court road and enter Hong Kong Park. Go all across HK Park and head towards the Tram station. Keep walking up Cotton Tree drive past the Tram station and bear left along the Tram path, which intersects the low end of McDonnell Road.

The uphill part of your walk is between the Conrad and McDonnell road (and it is pretty mild). The walk between the Hyatt and the Conrad is along flat landfill.

Pickles & Christep

1stly THANKS for All your help and info

2nd Its my 1st time heading over to HKG part MR (low fare late Jan) part seeing the place, heard its something I shouldnt miss

3rd sorry about any confussion but Believe me Im more confused then you people are. A couple of people gave me some info over the weekend and it seems its just all wrong. The place I needed on Macdonnell Rd I read off a website was a 15 min walk from the MO, so I figured if The Conrad is close enough walk to the MO then at most it would be a 30 min walk to Macdonnell. I thought someone would know where the MO and Conrad were, but not Macdonnell Rd.

1 person told me The Sheraton was a 5 min walk then I found out the Sher is on the Kowloon side.Another person told me to stay at the Hyatt as another place I need to get to was a 5 min walk from there. Turns out the place is up the peak on Robinson Rd.

Both hotels are important as my friend who Im traveling with has 5 FFNs for Hyatt use as a Diamond was told they can be extended till 2/28. I can pull 125k and get 4 nights at The Conrad using an AXON. So bang for the buck thats why we decided to go with Hyatt or Conrad.

But again Thanks as now I understand exactly what to expect and now know the situation

For low number Macdonnell Road from the Conrad, I will go through Hong Kong Park and get out at the Marriage Registry, walk by the Peak Tram Terminus, and then follow Tramway Path (which, no surprise, follows the Peak Tram route) to Kennedy Road. Cross Kennedy Road, but turn right (i.e. go west), and DON'T go up the steps of Tramway Path. Just before the Cotton Tree Drive overpass, there are steps to go up to a basketball court (just before public toilet). Continue up Cotton Tree Drive to YWCA Garden View at 1 Macdonnell Road.

Bishop Lei is a different hotel, on Robinson Road.

BTW, I spent 11 years going to school on Macdonnell Road.

My guess is that you want to be at Hoover Court 1/F 7-9 Macdonnell Road.

That's at 70 Robinson Road. To get there without breaking any laws, take the Mid-Levels Escalator, which starts in Central and drops you off a few minutes walk up Robinson Road. You'll need to be escorted or make arrangements to enter beforehand.

what can I say, except " You got Me";)

Ok so now that you know exactly where I need to be and when:D , can I ask your input on which location is closer or easier to reach from The Conrad, is the Hyatt much further away? Or would you simply stay over in Kowloon at The Sheraton for 2 nights and do my thing over there at a place close to The Sheraton

OK, now I understand - so one other thing: the Bishop Lei, being the closest hotel to 70 Robinson Road is extremely well used to meeting the needs of people going there. They know all about, for example, operating lifts, lights etc as required.
http://www.bishopleihtl.com.hk/
Having said that I work for a company where many visiting senior managers have similar needs, and they have been happy also with the Mandarin. The Bishop Lei is a good tourist grade hotel, but you can get a duplex harbour view suite with a sun room for a lot less than the price of a single room at the Mandarin. Given that you're unlikely to be using the restaurants and bars at the Mandarin then the convenient location and familiarity of the Bishop Lei with your needs might swing it if I were you.

Agree with this. The Bishop Lei is also walking distance to McDonnell Road. The Mandarin is a world-class hotel, and also has experience dealing with your needs. All the diamond dealers stay there, and they even have their own events at one of the conference rooms in the second floor.

Of the hotels you've mentioned, the Conrad is probably the closest and the Hyatt the farthest, although the MO is convenient to the Mid-Levels escalator which you'll need to get to Robinson Road from Central. Forget the Sheraton, there is nothing on the Kowloon side, and you'll need to take a subway or a boat to get to the Island side.