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After a trip to the museum enjoy the walk along the river back to Shatin train station and through New Town Plaza - a shopper's paradise.

There are supermarkets and cheap eats in the Plaza as well as a park and library nearby.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16578 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4627 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4627 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4604 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4604 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4588 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4588 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4552
Though very slow, you see virtually the whole of HK island and savour its flavour at street level, jumping off wherever you want - each trip is just HK$1-2 (20p). Avoid rush hour. Watch out for pickpockets. Anyone tall should find a seat quick, or face a crick neck all week.

If there's a few of you, hire your own tram, complete with its own bar for a Friday night trawl. Ask the tourist board.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4552 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4549
After the good food try Ned Kelly’s down the street, where the band is the best in HK at what they do. Good old sing alongs and classics that keep the crown entertained well into the night.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4549 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4547
Really friendly staff with a good, relaxed approach makes for a welcome break from the frantic pace of Central. Great stop-over on a day trip to Lantau for a long lunch, some sunbathing and swimming.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4547 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4532
Pay HK$10 (about seventy pence) to enjoy the action from the public stand, and whilst there get some of the cheapest lager in town. Either watch the horses hurtle past you from touching distance on the uncovered ground floor, or catch the elevator to the 7th floor of the stand to watch from up high. A wet afternoon in Uttoxeter will never be the same again.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4532 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3794
Rooms are spacious and elegant and the service is as you would expect. However the best part of it is that the hotel does relatively affordable helicopter rides. A fab way to see Hong Kong or to buzz yourself to the airport.

It also has Rolls-Royces to transfer you to the airport – very comfortable and only a fraction of the price of what you would pay for a car transfer from Narita to Tokyo.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3794 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2101 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2101 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1975 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1975 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1674 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1674 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4553
Dubbed the "Idylic Island Shangri-La" because the ugly power station destroyed what once resembled a Greek fishing village. There are no cars allowed, so watch out for the hilarious toy fire engines and ambulances straight out of Postman Pat. Arts and crafts and expat drinkers fill up Main Street (it's basically just a path) at weekends). There’s plenty of great seafood restaurants and western-style bars in Yung Shue Wan. The island also boasts great beaches and a breathtaking, albeit light walk, five miles over the hills to its sister fishing village - also linked to Central.

Great seafood restaurants at both villages. Ask for the Pigeon, one of Chris Patten's favourite haunts, high on a hill overlooking a sandy bay, a 10-15 minute walk from Main Street. Serves gorgeous fried and roasted pigeon.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4553 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4551 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4551 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4546
We lived on Lamma Island, and walked the length and breadth of the island. The hiking on Lantau Island is also very good (you can also mountain bike on all the hiking trails). The hike from the back of Lantau from near the airport, up over Lantau peak and then down to the big Buddha at Po Lin is amazing. Such an incredible contrast, seeing the new airport below you in the beginning, then down to a statue that attracts Buddhists from all over Asia.

There is also great hiking/mountain biking in the New Territories, the MacLehose Trail in particular (100km from Sai Kung in the east to Tsuen Mun in the west). This is the same trail where they have the endurance race every year (in the middle of summer), which was traditionally won by the Gurkhas, but they have been overtaken by professional race teams, (who complete it in about 20 hours - it is normally a hard four days’ walk.

Speaking of summer - it gets very hot and humid, so start early and bring plenty of water and sunblock. Winter (October through to April) is perfect for hiking and biking in HK as the weather is cooler and it rains less.

And the best thing about hiking in HK - finishing at an amazing sea food restaurant like the ones mentioned at Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4546 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4509 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4509 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3056 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3056 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2079 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2079 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2076 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2076