Best hong kong travel guides according to redditors

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1. Dos & Don'ts in Hong Kong

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Dos & Don'ts in Hong Kong
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u/asteriskpound ยท 14 pointsr/HongKong
  1. When arriving by air, buy an octopus card at the counter straight in front of you after you clear customs etc. Make sure you charge it to have more than $100 on it. The first $100 will get you your train ride into the city. It is also useful for purchases at convenience stores and fast food chains. Pick up a prepaid sim card at one of the airport stores too.

  2. Get a bank account sorted on day 1. Get proof of earnings from your employer, take your passport with visa sticker, take a stack of HKD. Head down to HSBC (they're assholes, but they're bilingual, multinational assholes). Apply for a credit card if you can. It's a real pain having 'tourist' type finances, and local banking makes you feel like a resident. Also, go to the immigration department and get your hong kong id as soon as possible. Without a credit card + hkid it's hard to sign onto phone/internet contracts etc.

  3. If google are correct and your workplace is in Causeway Bay, get a serviced apartment somewhere between central and tin hau (on the MTR map), or maybe tsim sha tsui. Outside these areas, english is a little less prevalent, and that could be a little daunting in the first couple of months (fine after you're settled).

  4. Banknotes are printed up by three different banks and have newer + older variants. Get to know what they look like. A lot of places won't accept $1000 notes due to counterfeiting concerns. ATMs deliver 100 and 500 notes. 500 notes can be a pain to split.

  5. In spite of all the hype to the contrary, Hong Kong people are not likely to rip you off, and I honestly think that Australia is worse for that kind of thing.

  6. Taxis are very cheap. As a journalist, you will be using them often to get home late at night while intoxicated. If you are staying somewhere not well known, then learn the street name in cantonese. Taxi drivers are experts at understanding shitty canto.

  7. Cantonese is quite hard to learn, and for english speakers takes quite some time to correctly hear phonemes, let alone the tones. Do not expect to pick it up quickly. If you manage to master the first 20 pages of a phrase book after a year, you are doing extremely well compared to most. Although there are consistent schemes for romanizing cantonese, these are not often used; words printed on signage are often not pronounced as written.

    7)This book is a fantastic primer on the local custom; individual experiences may vary, but it's had good feedback from visitors and locals alike. If you want, I'll loan you my copy.

  8. Use geoexpat.com as your expat forum website. Don't use asiaxpat unless you are a bored millionaire housewife. When setting up an apartment, you should be able to get a whole bunch of houseware from the forums on geo.

  9. Phone and internet contracts can be chaotic, and are usually long term. Talk to your workmates and work out what kind of deals they get. There is room for negotiation.

  10. /r/hongkong has recently sprung to life after months of dormancy. use it!