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South China (HongKong & Guilin)

Christian Rottensteiner & Diego Massa
13th to 26th february 2003

Diary
A short diary (log) of my activities. Also available in chinese...

Fotos/Pictures
The pictures Diego and me made...
Also a link to the site of german friends in Hongkong: www.lankwaifong.de (Hot pot "Fondue")

Maps
Li River Guilin Yangshuo - Yangshuo
 

External Content (Links)

Hongkong University (John Nash Lecture Feb.2003)
http://www.hku.hk/

Homestay (Thank you Valerie Elisabeth Raiser)
St. John's College
P909
82 Pokfulam Road
Hongkong Island
Tel. +852 2817 7102 - Fax 2817 5624

Martin Gruber's Student Home
Tower 1 - 13th floor - apartment F
Pokfield Road 23
Kennedy Town - Hongkong Island
Mobile Tel. +852 6476 4069

A new (2001) high-rise residential building with 36 floors in Kennedy Town on the west side of the Hongkong Island (skyscraper link)

Map


Time difference
MEZ (Europe) to Hongkong +7 hours in the wintertime (+8 in the summer); example: 12:00 MEZ = 19:00 HKT

Money: Hong Kong Dollar & Chinese Yuan
http://finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=100&s=EUR&t=HKD&c=0 Euro to HK$
http://finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=100&s=EUR&t=CNY&c=0 Euro to CNY
1 Euro ~ 8,4 HKD, 1 Euro ~ 9,0 CNY
Excel File Currency Conversion

From the Airport to the city
Best alternative: Airport Express departs every 10 min. (23 min Travelling) ~ 100 HK$

The Hongkong Metro
http://www.metropla.net/as/hong/hong-kong.htm (Good overview)
http://www.metrohk.com.hk/

Maps
http://www.hot-maps.de/asia/china/hongkong/homede.html
http://www.vectormap.com/eng/hk-full.htm
http://www.surfasia.com/hongkong/hkmap.html

Weather
http://www.underground.org.hk/ http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/popup/webcam/pu_webc_indx.jsp?pic=1

Rules, Recomandations
http://www.germanconsulate-hongkong.org/de/home/sitemap.html
http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/de/laenderinfos/gesundheitsdienst/merkblatt/sars_html luckily this disease was not acute in Hong Kong when we was there...

Tipps for Germans interested in the Chines Signs
http://www.nsonic.de/chinesisch/

More Links Hongkong
http://www.muztagh.com/Hongkong/
http://webserv1.discoverhongkong.com/login.html
http://www.inm-asiaguides.com/hongkong/dhfaq.htm
http://www.wernerwabnitz.de/hongkong.htm
http://www.inm-asiaguides.com/hongkong/dhkgintro.htm
http://www.ipc.hg.tu-darmstadt.de/hongkong/berichte_neu/1999-sommer-m.htm
http://home.t-online.de/home/Karsten.Rau/idx-hk.htm

Visa for China
in Travel Agencys 1-5 days, ca. 350-200 HK$, in the Consulate more days and 100 HK$
We used China Travel Service HongKong, 27-33 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 2315 7188 for Visa and fly booking

For China Remember
Get some local cash before entering China, we had problems getting money with Credit Card or Bancomat (Maestro) - only one Bank change dollars - ask in your Hotel, they maybe change money (American Dollars). HK$ in touristic places are accepted.
Pay the airport tax (~50 CNY) on chinese airports before ckeck-in.
Prepare the most important phrases in Chinese Signs - you will need them to cumminicate better.

Macao, Guilin
http://www.millennianet.com/casey/travel.htm
http://www.chinahighlights.com/photos/glalbum.htm

Travel Agency for KLM Flys
Globetrotter - Viviana (Walther Durchgang 36 - Tel.: 0471/977580 Fax: 0471/973653)
www.globetrotter.it   bolzano@globetrotter.it

Fly Europe to Asia and back
KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)
BIGLIETTO AEREO MUC/HKG/MUC - TASSE APT - SPESE EMISSIONE BIGLIETTI
654,1 Euro

13.02. MUC 10:30 AMS 12:15 KL 1792 1:45 hours
13.02. AMS 16:25 HKG 10:25+1 KL 887 11:00 hours

24.02. HKG 12:20 AMS 17:50 KL 888 12:30 hours
24.02. AMS 20:10 MUC 21:40 KL 1801 1:30 hours

Fly ShenZhen to Guilin
China Eastern Airlines
1.200 CNY + 50 CNY (RMB) Tax

19.02. SHENZHEN 11:00 GUILIN CZ 8940 ~1:10 hours

21.02. GUILIN 17:45 SHENZHEN CZ 3976 ~1:10 hours (2 hours later)