[Jedders]

I'd love to visit Hong Kong one day, possibly stay there for 1 week or less.

Any rough ideas how much it would cost me coming from London and staying there for 5 days?

This sounds sooooo geeky but this video game called Shenmue 2 which is set in Hong Kong got me interested in Hong Kong. I also love some Hong Kong Films like Chungking Express. I'd love to go see and experience some of the locations in the film like the Chungking Mansions :P I'd also love to see the Midnight Express where Faye Wong worked in the film.

What other cool touristy places are there to see?

Also, I don't speak Cantonese, but most people speak english anyway right?

[Kate.]

When I went with my boyfriend it was about £700 each for flights (Cathay Pacific) & a pretty good hotel for 7 nights. I think I flew from Heathrow, can't remember. I'm sure you can do it plenty cheaper than that you if you're not fussy about where you stay. Although I wouldn't want to stay in the Chungking Mansions lol.

I loved it in HK though, it was fantastic. Almost everyone we spoke knew enough English for us to have a basic chat. Have a look at Wikitravel for stuff to do. I really enjoyed the Ngong Ping 360 trip to the huge Buddha statue, and if you go to the Peak Tower get the bus up, there are some really cool views (although admittedly quite a terrifying journey haha). We also went to Ocean Park which was quite good...pandas! All the museums we went to were pretty cool, and just generally walking around, going to the bird market and flower market, finding nice little restaurants, etc.

[kikko]

(Original post by Kate.)
When I went with my boyfriend it was about £700 each for flights (Cathay Pacific) & a pretty good hotel for 7 nights. I think I flew from Heathrow, can't remember. I'm sure you can do it plenty cheaper than that you if you're not fussy about where you stay. Although I wouldn't want to stay in the Chungking Mansions lol.

I loved it in HK though, it was fantastic. Almost everyone we spoke knew enough English for us to have a basic chat. Have a look at Wikitravel for stuff to do. I really enjoyed the Ngong Ping 360 trip to the huge Buddha statue, and if you go to the Peak Tower get the bus up, there are some really cool views (although admittedly quite a terrifying journey haha). We also went to Ocean Park which was quite good...pandas! All the museums we went to were pretty cool, and just generally walking around, going to the bird market and flower market, finding nice little restaurants, etc.

Or you may take the old tram up which gives very nice views on the way too

[Kate.]

(Original post by kikko)
Or you may take the old tram up which gives very nice views on the way too

We took the tram down but it wasn't half as good from what I remember. I'd definitely take the bus up & tram down if I went again!

[EssexDan86]

You should be able to get flights for well under £600 if you shop around, possibly even sub-500.

[kikko]

When are you planning to go? Because right now it's peak season and I myself can't seem to find any flight tickets less than 800.

[EssexDan86]

(Original post by kikko)
When are you planning to go? Because right now it's peak season and I myself can't seem to find any flight tickets less than 800.

You need to book well in advance for a decent price. Best times to go are April or October anyway - weather is a bit more bearable!

[SCheng]

The best place to get cheap plane tickets to Hong Kong would be to go to a Chinese travel agents. You can usually find them in China Town in some of the larger city's in England i.e Manchester, London etc. My mum went to Hong Kong in March and her return flight cost £400, but for flights this cheap you usually have to stop over for a few hours at a different country. For example, once I flew with Air France which I boarded from Manchester, and I stopped over in Paris for a few hours, before taking a plane to Hong Kong.

[SCheng]

Also in Hong Kong all of the signs and stuff are in Chinese and English, and if you're catching a tube, it's kind of like in London a computer will tell you where your next stop is but it'll say it first in Cantonese, then in Mandarin and also in English. So basically you can't really get lost in Hong Kong