I was in Hong Kong, with my family during the Christmas week and stayed at Timothy's apartment. Straight off the bat, it is great value for money because a hotel is simply not practical for my type of family - a single hotel room with extra bed would simply be cramped. The apartment is located in the scenic Discovery Bay which is simply one of the most beautiful places to stay. It is so calm and peaceful.
Timothy shares the lockbox and door code on our arrival, so that we could retrieve the key to the apartment.
The apartment:
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1. It's a small one bedroom+study setup that can comfortably accommodate a family of four (like mine)
2. There's a queen sized bed in the bedroom and a 2-level bunk bed in the study (kids love it)!
3. The kitchen is well appointed with fridge, microwave, gas stove, toaster, electric kettle and water boiler. Al, one needs to do is stock up on basic food stuff like bread, butter, milk, eggs and fruits and you're all set with your daily breakfast needs that you can make yourself.
4. One bathroom - well appointed, with hot water facilities.
5. Special note for tourists from India (and any other place, that is used to having a health faucet) - the toilet is "paper only" for clean up. So if you want to use water, you'll have to make some arrangements like a plastic water bottle or a cup!
6. Coming from India, the first thing I noticed is that there's hardly any dust around. The A/v equipment is simply kept in the open (something I cannot dream of doing back home)!
7. Fantastic view of the water front from the living room window and a great backdrop of mountains from the bedroom window.
The locality:
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1. Discovery Bay comes across as a high class suburb.
2. There is a bus stop right outside the building Greenfield Court. And the buses come like clockwork. Side note: the buses are very clean and comfortable.
3. Timothy provided with concise and clear instructions on how to get to the apartment from the Airport - it took us about 20 minutes or so to reach here and no trouble locating the place.
4. There is a 7-eleven and Wellcome stores about a kilometre away at DB North Plaza. You can stock up on basic supplies for breakfast, beer, snacks etc from here. The buses T4, T9 and any of the DB0xP routes (x=1,2,3) will take you to DB North Plaza for about $4 HKD. OR You can just walk there.
5. If your primary purpose of visit is Hongkong Disneyland, the this is the perfect location. You are only 15 minutes away from Disney.
a. Get on the bus route DB03R or DB03P and get off at Sunny Bay MRT (about 10 mins).
b. From Sunny Bay, board the Pink Disney line (Dedicated line direct to DisneyLand - 3 minutes).
Do the exact reverse to come back to the apartment.
The public transportation is simply amazing. Throughout the duration of our stay, we did not feel the need to hire a taxi even once. We used only bus and MTR - very very convenient. Since HongKong has such a well connected public transport system going around the city is nev r a challenge.
Some of the must visit local places are the Ladies Market and Temple street night market. Here you can get s feel of the real HK.
Overall, I have no hesitation in recommending Timothy's apartment on AirBnB.