



A group of 8 of us made a short trip to explore and learn about Hong Kong during the holiday week of Christmas & New Year- Grandparents, parents and 4 teenagers. It includes one day HK Island, one day Kowloon and NT, one day Landau, one day Macau, and two free days on our own. We all had a wonderful time seeing all the places representative of HK culture, tasting the food, experiencing the life of the locals, shopping and more. The itinerary was planned with Alex Xie. He was flexible in making adjustments, responsive to our requests in a timely fashion. We were amazed we were able to cover all the attractions in an unhurried manner. Our guide Anna is very knowledgeable, humorous, and flexible. She was able to make adjustments to make everyone comfortable and happy (from 79 to 13 years olds). Our Macau guide Wynn is very knowledgeable, we learnt a lot about Macau history and local attractions and culture. Unfortunately, he misread the itinerary regarding lunch, and we had to rush quite a bit in the afternoon to cover the points of interest. It all ended well.
We stayed at the Marco Polo Hotel at Tsim Sar Tsui. It is at a very convenient location within short walking distance to the Victoria Harbor for morning walks, and night scenes, Harbour City Center-the largest shopping mall complex n HK, and a variety of restaurants, MTR Station, and the Star Ferry to HK Island.
Choosing Christmas week turns out to be a good decision. The airfare is probably highest of all seasons. However, the weather in HK during the week turns out perfect. The crowd size at attractions is not overwhelming and traffic flows well (HK has very efficient roadway systems to get anywhere quickly) without the expected traffic jams of a busy city. It is attributed to the fact that many locals have chosen to leave town for their own holidays as well :) Very popular restaurants are packed but many can be accessed with or without reservations.
Odynovo is instrumental in helping us to plan out a great vacation, leaving Hong Kong with fond memories.