I arrived at 1:30 PM HK time (about 1:30 AM T.O. time). The airport, which replaced Kai Tak many years ago, is located on Lantau Island. It's pretty nice, modern and all that, but it is always interesting to see how similar airports around the world are getting these days. But, at least it is clean (and the danger of flying into tenements has effectively been eliminated). I decided that I would take the cheapest way possible to HK Island. Citybus runs an Airbus line (A11) which goes directly to the island, passing Central, Causeway Bay, and Fortress Hill. A one way ticket costs $40HK, which sounded fine to me - certainly better than $375 ($60CAD) by cab. It was a nice, smooth ride, and pretty convienient. I was dropped of 10 minutes away by foot
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