Hi! I checked out the Citybus website for our trip to Ocean Park coming from Stanley and would like some assistance in interpreting what the interchange directions mean. The site said that they have no direct route linking Stanley to Ocean Park and asked me to select an Interchange Area so I selected Wong Chuk Hang/Sham Wan. After that, the site displayed several bus trips showing a "1st route" (i.e., bus#6A) and a "2nd route" (i.e., bus#629)each with corresponding route details. I'm thinking maybe I need to take the bus# shown under "1st route" first then get-off at my chosen interchange area, in my case Wong Chuk Hang, then take the bus under "2nd route" which will eventually bring me to Ocean Park. Did I interpret it correctly? If so, about how many minutes will the two bus rides from Stanley to Ocean Park take?

You don't need to switch. Take bus 6A, 6X or 260 from Stanley. Get off at the stop "Hong Kong School of Motoring - Wong Chuk Hang Road". It's a short walk to the main entrance of Ocean Park, past the motoring school and the parking lot of Ocean Park.

The bus will be going westbound till here, so the stop is on the south side of the highway, same as Ocean Park itself.

I say about half an hour from Stanley.

From Stanley, the bus will pass by Repulse Bay, then Deep Water Bay. After Deep Water Bay, it has a stop outside the HK Country Club. Your stop is <b>the next one</b>. Tell the driver you're going to Ocean Park when you board, and get downstairs when you pass by Deep Water Bay.

Great! I didn't expect to hear from you again till May rkkwan, as I thought you had already started travelling somewhere where we can't reach you. But I did have my fingers crossed. My plan is for the family to board Bus#6 from Exchange Square at around 7:30am, arrive at Stanley at 8:30am, have a snack at Stanley Mkt for about 45 min, board any of the buses to Ocean Park and get there just in time for opening at 10am. Still more questions, will there be places to eat open at Stanley by 8:30? If there are none then we will have to eat breakfast before leaving the hostel. Also, which one is close to the Ocean Park Main Entrance -- is it the Escalators or the Cable Car? Many thanks!

Wait a minute rkkwan, I confused someone else's post for yours! Sorry if I had mentioned something in my previous post that sounded like it came from out of the blue.

That's okay. Many people confuse the two of us - rhkkmk and rkkwan.

Anyways, Stanley will be totally quiet that early in the morning. Not sure about place to eat, but all the stores (probably except the supermarket converted from a colonial-era police station) will be closed.

You'll see a totally different Stanley than most tourists. Not a bad place to wander for a hour or so, but forget about shopping.

The &quot;Main Entrance&quot; of Ocean Park goes into the &quot;lower&quot; garden; you'll then ride the cable car to the &quot;upper&quot; area with most of the rides and shows.

Thanks for your understanding. That's ok about skipping shopping at Stanley. It's just the view along the way from the double decker bus that we're after. I've been studying the bus routes and am thinking of taking Bus#260 instead of Bus#6 from Central to Stanley, and then ride the same bus back and get off at HK School of Motoring. I looked at the pictures at the citybus site and have come to the conclusion that the best views coming from Central start at Stanley Gap Road up to Stanley, which are covered by the routes of both buses. Please correct me if I'm wrong about my conclusion about the views. With regards to Ocean Park, I'll have to convince my hubby to ride that cable car. He's afraid of heights. Unless we can find a way to get in through the escalators. . . .

You should take the 6 to Stanley. It goes up over Wong Nai Chung Gap, and has a pretty good view there too.

Then you take 6A, 6X or 260 to Ocean Park.

No reason to take the same route both ways and miss part of the scenery.

You may also want to stop at Repulse Bay either going to or coming back from Stanley for a stroll.

From Central, you can take 6 or 61 to Repulse Bay. Both go over Wong Nai Chung Gap.

So it's going to be 6 and 6x for us to Ocean Park. If the kids are still up to it, we'll return to Stanley after Ocean Park and visit the Maritime Museum. This makes it sound like it would be more efficient if we took bus 629 to Ocean Park then 6x and 6 on the way back to Central, but I'm thinking if we finish late at Ocean Park, there might not be enough daylight for us to see the view along the way. Anyway as I was saying, if we are able to visit the Maritime Museum, we can probably have a bite at the Murray House as well. Any clues on what type of food the restaurants at Murray House or elsewhere at Stanley serve? Fried chicken never fails with the kids. I hope you don't mind the detailed questions. I'm thinking it will take a long time before the family ever makes it back to Hongkong so I'd like to make every minute worthwhile, especially for the kids. You're our virtual guide around HK. Thank you so much for your patience. But I do still have questions . . .

The Boat House Restaurant in Stanley is very nice and has a varied menu from a great seafood combo tray(really nice for two people) to light sandwiches and I'm pretty sure is saw a chicken dish there. Great view and right on the main drag.

Aloha!

Let me make it clear about the bus route again:

6: Central - Wan Chai - Wong Nai Chung Gap - Repulse Bay - Stanley

6A, 6X, 260: Central - Wan Chai - Aberdeen Tunnel - outside Ocean Park - Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay - Stanley

61: Central - Wan Chai Wong Nai Chung Gap - Repulse Bay

629: Admiralty (near Central) - Ocean Park (non-stop)

There are 4 restaurants in the Murray House. El Cid (Spanish), Chili N Spice (South and SE Asian) and King Ludwig (German) and Wildfire (international - pizza, etc). And other restaurants nearby in the Stanley Plaza shopping mall and along Stanley Bay.

Not sure which place serve Fried Chicken. Wildfire may.

Thanks! That pretty much settles our itinerary for Day2. I'll take a break for a while and continue after I have made plans for our first day. Till next time!