Rambler Oasis Hotel Hong Kong
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4 Stars - 158 Opinions
1 Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
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hong kong to beijing?
by lizzieban
we are looking into our first trip to china,most time will be spent in hong kong( 10 days) but we would like to see more of china. maybe a train to beijing? has anyone done this ,is it senic? we are travelling with a small child and are on a limited budget.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
It's rather scenic south of Wuchang, not that scenic further north, and very air polluted and thereby smoggy.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
Although it's a rather touristic place I would rather take the train to Guilin, changing in Guangzhou, and a boat trip on the Li Jiang, or the train all the way to Kunming. That's scenic!
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
Well, helen, if you don't even know that Quebec is not between Hong Kong and Beijing, then I believe it is safest to stay out of your hotel! Idiot!
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by GrumpyDiver
We did the Xi'an to Beijing route a number of years ago (night train) when the girls were 2 and 7. I can't comment on the total route, but certainly the part we were awake for, as we got closer to Beijing can only be described as boring. It was during March and it felt like a long ride through a thoroughly uninteresting dust bowl. The train was quite primative (I understand things have likely been upgraded) and even in 1st Class, the experience was not wonderful.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
Chinese sleeping cars haven't been much ugraded. It's still four berths two+two in ruanwoche (the best class). They do at least provide clean bed clothing at the start of each journey, but oncoming passengers have to use the same as the offgoing used, who had the same bed - in the 90'ies they only changed bed clothing for every third journey. Some new sleeping cars have some hopeless new advanced door locks - the same type work in Russia but not always in China, and then you can't keep your door shut. Happened to me as late as November last year from Kunming to Lijiang.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by GrumpyDiver
I still remember the lovely rice pillows that crinkled when you moved and the coal heaters that left absolutely everything black.
The dining car was quite intersting too. I seem to remember having stir-fried liver for breakfast.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
Domestic Chinese trains don't use coal heaters any longer (at least not on electrified lines), but the Chinese sleeping cars to Moscow still do all the way, although the Russian cars only use theirs in China. I never forget the departure by the Russian train in Beijing in 1994 when huge ice blocks were loaded into the Chinese dining car.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by mim95
The high speed rail network in China is growing rapidly, and very soon, from Shanghai to Beijing will take only 4 hours! In terms of speed, it's comparable to TGV or Shinkansen in Japan. Hong Kong will be connected at one point, but not in the near future. Should give it a try if you are heading to Beijing.
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by GrumpyDiver
Sounds like were were travelling in the same time frame. Our first trip to China was in 1997. I think we were just about the only non-Chinese on the train. Two blonde girls (the girls were 2 and 9 at the time) attracted a lot attention...
Re: hong kong to beijing?
by IndianPacific
Obviously. I travelled in China by train 1994-96, 2005, 2009 and this winter. The proportion of "Westerners" isn't bigger now than then. In ruanwoches you normally meet somebody who speaks English, but I have been sitting quite for 41 hours from Turpan to Lanzhou in a yingwoche.
Travel Tips for Hong Kong
Visa office in Wan Chai, south HK
by macaronald
- I just returned from a trip to Hong Kong (january 2011) in order to get a workvisa for working in China.
There is a slight change in procuring visas, which I'd like to share.
There are now 3 ways to get the visa:
- rush service (request in morning, pickup next morning; OR request in afternoon, pickup next afternoon). costs 250 HKD on top of normal visa costs.
- express service (3 days including request day)
- normal service (4 days)
The workvisa (Z visa) costed 150 HKD. I'm not sure if this is the same cost for other visas such as business visa (F).
I got my visa from Wan Chai island, in the south of Hong Kong. There are 2 immigration towers, one on Gloucester Road number 7 and one on Gloucester Road number 26. You should be at number 26. There will be 2 queues at the entrance: 1 for Chinese passport holders (short queue) and 1 for foreign nationals (longer queue).
Note that you won't be allowed to carry much luggage inside. Usually only a small bag (laptop case, handbag) will be allowed, everything else will have to wait outside, where there is NO guarding for the luggage.
Inside the office is the usual security check. On the 7th floor is where foreign nationals can request and pickup their visa. When I visited there, there were 8 counters, a receptionist who hands out application forms, a few desks where you can fill in the application forms (no glue or clips available here, bring them yourself if you can), and a large waiting room. At peak hours there may be 50-100 people waiting which means 1 hour sitting.
To the left of the visa counters is 1 payment counter (leftmost) and 1 collection counter. They have hardly any queue and don't require a ticket for waiting, just stand in line.
Get there early
by poetjo
I visited the Hong Kong Museum of Art which I loved. I got there early in the morning and as a result it was not too crowded.
Because I was there over Chinese New Year a few days, the space museum and history museum were closed. Before I left on Friday I tried to get to the space museum and by the time I arrived, when they opened, there were already at least 100 people in line. So, if you want to try these museums get there early in the morning and plan ahead. I miss many things about Hong Kong. One thing I really miss is my morning walk along the promenade in Tsimshatsui. I would start my day there everyday.
just walk down the road and...
by cachaseiro
just walk down the road and enjoy the contrasts.
it's really a buisness world combined with chinese culture. hiking across lantau, visiting small tempels and little fising villages.
this trek is not possible anymore since they build an airport there.
Besides meeting my good...
by hyerank
Besides meeting my good friends there, I loved Hong Kong's beautiful harbour view. You know, it is known to be the world's second most expensive place to put advertisement on the top of skyscrapers along the harbour. :) Of course, Victoria Peak is a very well-known place for look-out but I think the view from Kowloon side was much better and you can walk along the seashore at night with cool breeze.
Hong Kong Tip
by srhussaini
The annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival, which takes place from April 27 to May 4 this year, is one of Hong Kong's most fascinating and colorful celebrations. It stems from a bid by Cheung Chau islanders to placate the hungry ghosts that roam their peaceful island at this particular time of year. Some say the ghosts are the spirits of all the animals and fish eaten during the previous 12 months; others insist they are the spirits of islanders who were killed by pirates centuries ago. To be on the safe side, however, most residents refrain from eating meat and fish during the festival.
The centrepiece of the entire festival is the procession, which this year will take place on April 30. The parade is a swirl of color as lion dancers, kung fu club members and Taoist priests in traditional dress wind their way along Cheung Chau's narrow streets. The stars of the show are the island's youngsters who, heavily made up and dressed as mythological figures and modern Chinese heroes, appear to float above the heads of the crowd on an intricate system of rods and wires.
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Rambler Oasis Hotel Hong Kong
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Address: 1 Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
