Airports are like modern day labyrinth. You can easily get lost if you don’t keep a keen eye on things around you. Hong Kong International Airport is different that is why it’s named the World’s Best Airport at the 2011 World Airport Awards. Although it’s huge, there are plenty of signs to help you navigate the area.
After alighting the plane, we had to take a long walk to get to the immigration and not to mention rode a train to take us there. Going through immigration was a breeze, not too many questions. Actually, I can’t remember if the officer even asked me anything at all. He just took my passport encode and walla! I was given the go signal to enter Hong Kong. Unlike a fellow Filipino, he was asked a lot of questions and was invited to the immigration room.
“C” and I had our exit by passing through the door behind the immigration officer, leading to the area where we could reclaim our luggage then walk towards Buffer Hall A. By the way, after we passed by the aerobridge, there was an airport personnel holding a sign indicating where we can get our luggage. So, be mindful because there are a lot of carousels in the luggage reclaim hall.
Brochures/flyers can be found at the Hong Kong Tourism Board area. They have two versions, English and Chinese. We obviously took the former and head to Arrival Hall A where Customer Service Counter for the Octopus card and China Travel Service for discounted theme park tickets can be found.
It’s our 1st time in Hong Kong and going to an unfamiliar place can get nasty if you don’t research or ask around. Thanks to Pinoy Exchange – Hong Kong for dummies thread for all the helpful tips and suggestions. Thumbs up guys! In return, I took this at the Arrival Hall for HK virgins like we once were. A04 is the China Travel Service while A17 is the Customer Service Counter.
The plan was to take the A21 bus going to Tsim Sha Tsui. We purchased our Octopus card at the Customer Service Counter for HK$100 as initial stored value and HK$50 as deposit which is refundable.
We bought our Disneyland tickets at China Travel Service (CTS) for only HK$340. It’s way cheaper than Disney’s published price. You can also buy other tickets here such as Ngong Ping 360, The Peak, Ocean Park, etc.
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