Hong Kong and Macau

Jules Brown first visited the Lake District when he was nine. He returned regularly throughout his childhood and as an adult. He is the author of The Rough Guide to the Lake District, Pocket Rough Guide Barcelona, and a coauthor of The Best Places to Stay in Britain on a Budget.

Part 1 Basics: getting there from Britain, Ireland, US and Canada, Australia and New Zealand; visas and red tape; insurance; health matters; travellers with disabilities; information and maps; costs and money; opening hours, holidays and festivals; communications; police and trouble; religion; staying on, working and living in Hong Kong. Part 2 Hong Kong: introducing Hong Kong; orientation; arriving in Hong Kong; information, maps and addresses; getting around; onwards travel into China; organized tours; musuems; Hong Kong island; kowloon; the new territories; the outlying islands. Part 3 Hong Kong listings: accommodation; eating; mightlife - bars, pubs and clubs; live music; the arts and media; festivals; shopping; sport; children's Hong Kong; directory. Part 4 Macau: introducing Macau; getting to Macau; arriving in Macau; information; getting around; festivals and holidays; language and addresses; Macau, Taipa and Coloane. Part 5 Macau listings: accommodation; eating and drinking; gambling and other entertainment; sports and recreation; directory. Part 6 Contexts: Hong Kong, a history; books; astrology, the Chinese calendar and horoscopes; Cantonese recipes; language, a Cantonese survival guide; glossary of Hong Kong words and terms.