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Getting to Hong Kong usually means a long-haul flight with one of the many airlines flying from England, America, Canada and Australia, some of them non-stop and some with one or two connections. Many people use Hong Kong as a stopover between, for example, London and Australia, but if Hong Kong is your final destination it may be possible to add another city into the journey at no extra cost. Air fares rocket around August and tickets are more expensive and hard to come by around Christmas and Chinese New Year (Jan/Feb). From China, it’s now an easy journey over the Lo Wu border by train, and there’s a decent bus service from Guanzhou, plus catamarans and ferries from south China and Macau.
Hong Kong’s public transport network is one of the best in the world with fast, comfortable and cheap buses, underground (MTR), minibuses and ferries, plus plenty of taxis. In the New Territories, the KCR (Kowloon-Canton Railway) goes as far as the Chinese border. As most buses only accept exact change, an Octopus card is the best option, a rechargable ticket which can be used on nearly all transport. Hong Kong is a genuine 24-hour city and extremely safe, so a late- night arrival is never a problem, although most flights land 0600- 2400. The airport’s hotel booking office is open within these hours should you arrive with no reservation and pitching up at a hotel at any time of night is fine. The airport express train runs into the city between 0550 and 0115; bus 0600-2400; MTR 0600-2300; and there taxis through the night. Once in the city, there will always be somewhere open for food or a beer even at dawn, ranging from convenience stores to hotel cafés. Hung Hom train station is equally safe with all-night transport available and the Macau Ferry terminal has taxis round the clock long after the MTR and buses have finished.
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