Countries nearby Hong Kong to go?

Laos Thailand Vietnam Cambodia

Philippines

Plenty.
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore... Depends what your budget is.

Hopefully higher than it was last year.

Taiwan - return ticket costs you less than $2000

What's in Taiwan?

HaileyinHongKong wrote:

What's in Taiwan?

Taiwanese

Too many earthquakes there.

Adelaidée wrote:

Countries that are nearby Hong Kong, interesting to visit and not too expensive?

Thank you,

How about China? Just a hop, skip and jump away! Cheap to travel in... hotels are a fraction of what theyt are in HK. There's lots to see and do everywhere in theis big ass cuntry

Kris

Kris N wrote:

Adelaidée wrote:

Countries that are nearby Hong Kong, interesting to visit and not too expensive?

Thank you,

How about China? Just a hop, skip and jump away! Cheap to travel in... hotels are a fraction of what theyt are in HK. There's lots to see and do everywhere in theis big ass cuntry

Kris

Hmm ... I don't recommend mainland China for safety reasons. Food safety, thefts, kidnaps, and murders. Oh, and police that's not helpful.

I've never been poisoned, robbed, kidnapped or murdered any of the times I've gone to China.  It's actually one of the safer places anyone can go to.

miahkg wrote:

Kris N wrote:

Adelaidée wrote:

Countries that are nearby Hong Kong, interesting to visit and not too expensive?

Thank you,

How about China? Just a hop, skip and jump away! Cheap to travel in... hotels are a fraction of what theyt are in HK. There's lots to see and do everywhere in theis big ass cuntry

Kris

Hmm ... I don't recommend mainland China for safety reasons. Food safety, thefts, kidnaps, and murders. Oh, and police that's not helpful.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I find China and in particular Shenzhen the safest country I've ever lived in, even safer than my own home town!

miahkg wrote:

Kris N wrote:

Adelaidée wrote:

Countries that are nearby Hong Kong, interesting to visit and not too expensive?

Thank you,

How about China? Just a hop, skip and jump away! Cheap to travel in... hotels are a fraction of what theyt are in HK. There's lots to see and do everywhere in theis big ass cuntry

Kris

Hmm ... I don't recommend mainland China for safety reasons. Food safety, thefts, kidnaps, and murders. Oh, and police that's not helpful.

I am living here in China mainland.But I am not familiar with the China mainland discribed by you.Yes,polices sometimes are not helpful.But it's safe here.

Berry

China has a very long list of problems.  Personal safety isn't one of them.

Wednesday night I took a foreign colleague (as per his request and I quote "the trashiest part of Shenzhen") to Buji Zhen in Longgang, Shenzhen. By far the worse looking place in Shenzhen as far as I know.
Sure as shite he was in awe of the squalor and disrepair of the back alleys and roads. As we ended the tour and returned to rented car I drove. He went on and on about how nasty it looked. He said it was worse than Jamaica or Cuba (both infamous for their poverty and lack of hygiene). As he went on ranting and raving at his incredulous tour on foot through the alleys. He commended me for enduring 2 years in such a place and as he did he paused... then realized... something even more impossible. Not for one moment did he fear for his life as he did in Cuba or Jamaica. He asked if it was a fluke that we were not attacked or hurt. It was 2am and he was sure it was pure luck considering the filth and decay of the area. I was very clear and honest that I was never attacked but actually welcomed into the neighborhood. That I never once in felt as if there might some sort of danger. I offered this reason for the difference between Jamaica or Cuba and Buji. As poor and crappy Buji may appear...that's not what counts... its the people who live in Buji. Buji is a working class neighborhood, maybe a very poor working class area for even Shenzhen. But the people work hard everyday, they're family people, children play in the alleys in the day where rats scurry at night and cats stay away till morning. It's a neighborhood grandparents who remember Shenzhen when it was mostly farmland and one dirt road stretched and winded from Longgang to Bao'An.
I attest safety in China to its common people, not government policies or police. People please ignore idiotic news reports about safety in China...
Remember almost the entire population of a country the size of Canada can be found in the city of Guangzhou and if you include Foshan and Dongguan the number of people surpass Canada. As we all know those 3 cities are a tiny fraction of what the Chinese government manages daily.
So a news report here and there about corruption and kidnapping can almost be assumed when a third of the worlds population live within one country.
So when ignorance is put aside and the world opens its eyes and mind it will realize there is no perfectly safe place... I however feel safer here in Shenzhen, China than I did ever in the US or most places.

I wanna thank miahkg for the ignorant comment... its given us a chance to defend a country that deserves to be seen with fresh eyes and an open heart and refute such comments.


Chairman Mao's bastard illegitimate unknown unrelated child... Grandpa Kris lol!

Macau! 
- Portuguese and asian food
- Old portuguese architecture
- A few sign seeing destinations, not as crowded as HK.
- Casinos
- A quick boat ride from HK.

Great for a weekend getaway.

I wasn't all that impressed with Macau.  I guess if you like gambling, it's the place to go in China, but there wasn't much else to offer.