My 2nd trip to HK was with my family and the free & easy package that I had arranged comes with a "free" half day city tour. I had no intention of going for it as I know HK pretty well. Unfortunately, it rained one morning and I foolishly thought it would be easier to get around with in the rain with the Hong Kong tour.

Folks: the word here is FOOLISH.

The tour is a scam - we never made it up to Victoria Peak which is on the itinerary and houses some famous Hong Kong attractions. We stopped 3/4 way up at this road side pavilion and we were told this is it. Next their own photographer started taking photos of the group on the sly. I was very quick to notice him lurking around and after a round of heated bargaining, allowed him to take only 1 shot of my family, which cost me HK$50 for the photo and a stupid souvenir plate with our picture on it at the end of it. Some folks in my group had to pay more as the photographer took 3-4 photos for each family/couple.

Next, they start dropping us off at jewelry shops, dried seafood shops and Chinese medicinal shops. Yeah, see Hong Kong indeed!

To add insult on injury, we were driven to a restaurant for authentic Hongkie Dim Sum after Hong Kong travel. The food was good but we were then told to pay for our share at the end of the meal! (Nothing is free in life folks!)

And to add the cherry on top of the parfait, the guide started to collect "tips" from each of us in the group for their services - in the end I had to folk out another HK$50 for each person in my family.

I have never been so indignant and insulted in my life!!!

Unique Suggestions: Give them the full Hongkie treatment:

1) Sneer 2) Give snide remarks 3) give dirty looks 4) whine and complain 5) do all the above

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