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There
are many ways to skin this cat! - Airbus/Cityflyer:
they take you from the airport to the urban areas (see below)
- Taxi - they
can take you from anywhere to the airport. But you need to get the right taxi
when going from the airport to your destination. It is probably the fastest way
unless there is a traffic jam. Check the blurb on taxis.
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- Airport
Express : special train linking the airport with the urban area and
the subway (MTR). They also have free shuttle buses taking
you from their Kowloon or Hong Kong station to different places (after you have
ridden the Airport Express train to the urban area, or planning to take that train
to the airport). There are 6 shuttle bus routes. They serve some Hong
Kong and Kowloon hotels. One serves the KCR
train station.
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Airport Express train platform (8MB
AVI) |
The Airport Express train takes about 25 minutes to get
from the airport to the Central District. It takes slightly shorter to go to the
Kowloon Station. At the time of writing (Mar 2005), it generally runs every 12
minutes and costs HK$100 (~US$12.50) one way.
Generally speaking, a good
combination is taking it and connecting to a taxi after it arrives urban Hong
Kong, i.e. Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, etc. This way you can get to your destination
in Kowloon or Hong Kong Island in about an hour but for less cost than taking
a taxi all the way, and there will be people to help you with your lugguage pretty
much at each point.
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taxi - there are 3 kinds: red, green, and blue.
The blue ones can only operate on the Lantau Island (where the airport
is located), but most likely your hotel is not there - as least not yet since
the Walt Disney theme park will not start operating until September 2005.  The
green ones can only operate in the New Territories, the region north of Kowloon
Peninsula.
The red ones can go anywhere except for outlying islands not connected
with a bridge. All three kinds can go to and from the airport. So at the airport,
get in the right queue! And when in doubt, ask! If you don't want to ask, just
get in a red one - it will cost a bit more though!  The
approximate costs to go from the airport to different parts of Hong Kong are posted
next to the doors just before the taxi queues. You will want to pay some attention
to that!
And beware
of taxi drivers in sheep's clothing!
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private cars - there is ample parking at
the airport and the drive is generally about half an hour to an hour. But there
are tunnel and bridge tolls to take care of. |
rental
cars - very rare. I don't know of anyone who has ever rented a car
to drive. (They are available though. Check the links
page - also chauffeured vehicles.) 
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 rickshaw
You want to take a rickshaw from the airport to your hotel?? You've
got to be kidding! If you just want to have a picture taken, there was one sitting
outside of a restaurant on the second floor of the Hong Kong airport. (Not sure
if it is still there!) And then I have also seen one outside the marriage registration
office located in Hong
Kong Park. There are also some parked outside the Star Ferry Pier in Central. (as of 2007.6)
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others- Ferries
: they take you from the airport to a couple of places, probably neither of which
is close to where you stay. But there is a pier that you can catch a ferry to
a few ports on mainland China - without even going through the Hong Kong immigration.
- Hotel transportation : provided
by individual hotels. The cost is usually not bad but you have to leave the hotel much earlier than required.
- Group
travelling : if there are three people in your party and your
luggage can fit into the trunk of a car, you might as well take a taxi for the
convenience. But beware of taxi
drivers in sheep's clothing.
 Tung
Chung MTR line : one possible way of getting from the airport
to urban Hong Kong is to take a blue taxi to a nearby town Tung Chung, and catching
the MTR (subway). The journey took me an hour to get to Central District at 11
pm, which is not much of a time-saver nor cost-cutting. You could take the bus
(S1?) from the airport to Tung Chung, but I think the hassle is not worth the
small savings, and I don't think the bus is equipped to take on much luggage.
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AirBus / Cityflyer
These are buses that
take you to the airport. They have some luggage space on board (not quite enough
for everyone on board!). Their route numbers always start with an A,
E, N,
or S, e.g. A21. -
The A buses are the fastest among
these buses because they don't loop among as much in the city.
- The E
buses get you there - takes longer, but costs less than the 'A' buses.
- The N
buses only run in the small hours of the morning.
- The S
buses only go between "Tung Chung" (the town closest to the airport)
and the airport.
This is probably the most cost-effective way to go, but
if you have more luggage than you can handle by yourself, this is not a good choice
unless you know that the bus-stop is right in front of your hotel.
Refer
to the bus company websites listed in links
section to get more info on routes. | 
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