10 Reasons To Do The Hong Kong Sevens
The Hong Kong Sevens has won worldwide notoriety as a three-day extravaganza of decadence on a global scale.
Your intrepid XY correspondent braved this mayhem and we are happy to report that the Sevens is now XY’s top-rated boy’s weekend, edging ahead of the excellent thrash that is the Queen’s Day in Amsterdam.
How to get there: Best value is Oasis Airlines – fantastic value and direct flights. You can leave the UK Thursday night arriving Friday afternoon in Hong Kong. You can take a return flight at midnight Sunday and be back in the UK in time for work Monday morning.
Where to stay: To make the most of those waking (and sleeping) moments between rugby and the rest, the Peninsula www.peninsula.com is simply one of the world’s greatest hotels. If you don’t take a room there, the only conceivable reason is that you really can’t afford it...
For alternative accommodation and more basic facts, check out Lycos’ general Hong Kong Guide For our top 10 reasons to do the Sevens, read on...
