And a note about the taxi drivers. They sometimes don't acknowledge with a yes after you told them your place of destination. Like you say HMV, Causeway and once your door is closed, ZOOM! The guy speeds off without you knowing whether he heard you or he heard you right. But normally, it's positive for both counts. 
Worse than that is you tell him 'Exelcior Hotel', and he looks at you with a very puzzled and hard 'HUH ?' look. They understand English that is more of the Hong Kong accent of which Russell Peters does a very good imitation. (Like Land Mark is not Land Mark, but Lan Mahk). That's why a calling card preferably with Chinese words is good. I did better and asked around what the Cantonese name of Excelsior is and I tell the cab driver, with supreme confidence 'Eee Tong'. And boy, his face showed he knows it, sometimes with a nod, and zoom he goes. I feel better that way.
Worse than that is you tell him 'Exelcior Hotel', and he looks at you with a very puzzled and hard 'HUH ?' look. They understand English that is more of the Hong Kong accent of which Russell Peters does a very good imitation. (Like Land Mark is not Land Mark, but Lan Mahk). That's why a calling card preferably with Chinese words is good. I did better and asked around what the Cantonese name of Excelsior is and I tell the cab driver, with supreme confidence 'Eee Tong'. And boy, his face showed he knows it, sometimes with a nod, and zoom he goes. I feel better that way. 
