How to get around in Hong Kong

I'm considering spending a few days shooting in Hong Kong in a fortnight's time and have been playing around with Google Earth and TPE to find some perspectives for landscape/cityscape shots.

I like the following perspective for a sunrise shot over Po Toi O, near Clearwater Bay (facing roughly northeast, so sun will be rising in the background in August) but am at a loss as to how to actually get there for the sunrise and what to tell the taxi driver - and, just as importantly, how to get back once I'm done shooting (presumably the taxi won't want to wait there for an hour while I'm shooting).

That spot is the start (or maybe end!) Of the "High Junk Peak Country Trail". Google that and there are quite a few guides to getting there. Simplest by far is to get a taxi, and have the concierge explain it to the cab driver. For some reason most drivers don't appreciate Google maps being thrust at them - no idea why. A cheaper option is the MTR to Po Lam and then Green Minibus 16. It will probably have hikers on it making sure it stops at the right place, but even if you miss the stop, the end of the route is not much further down the road (getting off a minibus can be a challenge if you don't know what you're doing )

If you're coming now have a good plan B because the air is shocking (it was beautiful last weekend) so from the point you've chosen you won't see much beyond the shoreline.

Good luck!

Consider asking hotel staff if they know someone who you can hire for a certain period of time, to provide transportation as well as waiting to come back to pick you up for the ride back to your hotel.

I have done similar bookings a number of times in Asia...in Singapore, in Beijing, in Shanghai...and the price was quite reasonable. Sometimes arranged in advance via hotel, sometimes merely negotiated at the time I first get into a cab!

JohnHammond wrote in post #17660393
That spot is the start (or maybe end!) Of the "High Junk Peak Country Trail".

Last time I was there HK was still British!

Good hiking guide at http://hiking.gov.hk …ry_Trail/introd​uction.htm

Near the top right you will find links for "transport" and "route map" both of which should be useful.