Getting Around Hong Kong

April 22nd, 2008 | Category: Hong Kong

Hong Kong has a lot to offer, but how are you going to see it all? Check out this public transportation website to see how you can get around this compact city. Don’t forget to bring your Hong Kong dollars when you travel around Hong Kong. If you want to take a taxi, they can start at HK$15 and continue to go up pretty fast from there. They are still considered cheap and clean. They are also air-conditioned. You can choose different taxis for different areas as well. You may want to have destinations written on a piece of paper in Chinese just in case the taxi driver can’t speak English. You can always try a different taxi if you can’t find anyone to help you write Chinese. Check out the public transportation website to see what color taxi you should catch. You can also check out other forms of transportation around Hong Kong including MTR, Buses, Minibuses, Ferries, Peak Trams, and Trams. Just be careful when walking across the road, vehicles are right-hand drive, so they might be driving on the opposite side of the road for you.

Other things you will want to know when traveling around Hong Kong is where is everything located and how are you going to get there? You can view Hong Kong Maps to see major attraction maps and transportation maps of Hong Kong to help plan your transportation around the city.

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