Short trip to Hong Kong: Planning and Preparation
In a week I will be beginning my Asian trek slash study abroad adventure to Bangkok, Thailand, but I will be kicking off the semester abroad with a short stay in Hong Kong for 4 nights. I’m hoping to fly by the seat of my pants for most of the time I’m there, but there’s still much preparation needed (to my dismay).
Hong Kong’s a very expensive city relative to its Asian epicenter counterparts, so traveling on a shoestring in Hong Kong might be a challenge. However, I’ll be documenting every expense meticulously and reporting it here. In the end, every future explorer to Hong Kong should be able to laugh at and learn from my mistakes, and I’ll end up with a fairly comprehensive budget and expense model that any other future budget travelers will hopefully find pretty valuable.
For my personal exact itinerary, I’ll be flying United from Chicago O’Hare for way too many hours on July 27, and I’ll arrive July 28 at 4:45 PM.
I’ll be staying in the ever bustling Tsim Sha Tsui districtin Kowloon for 4 nights, and departing the night of Saturday, August 1st for Bangkok via Air Asia. Tsim Sha Tsui is evidently one of the most hectic/anti-boring centers of Hong Kong from what I’ve heard which will be overwhelming, but more on this later.
I’ll have more on Hong Kong budget accommodation options and the more obscure, affordable guesthouses in a future post soon. For now, if you’re in Hong Kong or have been there I’d love some recommendation.
Hong Kong is such a wonderful place for traveling. This night scene of this place is showing its beauty.
Wow, Hong Kong looks absolutley amazing! It's on my list of things to do, but you hit the nail on the head when you say that it's a pricey location compared to other Asian nations.
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Hongkong looks amazing,especially this night scene looks absolutely
amazing.Nice place for traveling.
hong kong? i heard that the air there not-so-good. air pollution, noise-pollution.