kowloon

If your buying Electronics in Hong Kong it can be easy to become overwhelmed by all of the options and let me preface this by saying I love Hong Kong.

General rule of thumb applies here - if it looks too good it probably is. I have been to HK many times and on my most recent trip I wanted a Video camera. I went to one shop who gave me a price on one of the Cameras in the window display of one of the bright neon lit stores you will see, generally in Kowloon around Nathan Road or the Golden Mile.

This is the usual sales routine as I tried it on a couple of them :

The Octopus travel card is a prepay card you can get anywhere. It is the only way to travel on the MTR. If you are there for 3 days and expect to do a lot of traveling you should get good use out of a three day Travel Card with a return trip to the airport on it. The Train from the Airport is great and is the fastest most comfortable way to travel. The staff are friendly anyway so you should have no problems.

Don't be afraid to buy your Octopus Card as you come out of customs and immigration - it is no more expensive than anywhere else.

If your arriving from the Airport