When I land in Hong Kong, I'll be touring the city with my buddies.  What are some good excuses to get away to monger?  What excuses have you used to get away from the SO, or other friends so you can do some punting?

I was planning on saying I'm going to visit relatives, but they will want to come with.  I can also sneak out at night, but they will probably wake up and ask me where I've been.

tired,need some rest

not feeling well

meeting ICQ friends......

why not bring your buddies along?  they may thank you endlessly if you do

I think you can get away a night or two, but it will be hard to explain if you wanna do this every day.  

In HK, tell them you want to buy a custom suit.  That takes multiple hours and multiple visits for fittings.  Of course, they may expect you to show up with a suit at some point, but maybe they won't bother to ask to see it.

You need to figure out what activity they consider innocent but extremely boring. You heard that there's this wonderful model train museum somewhere in the New Territories, and you could spend hours wandering there, and you'd love it if your SO joined you... (just be ready if she calls your bluff)

I would bring them with me, but then I don't want them to know about my hobbying.  They know a big chunk of my social network so I wouldn't want the news to spread around.  Their my buddies from grade school.

If you have flown over multiple time zones, the old "can't sleep because of the time change" thing can get you out wandering at night for many hours.

You can use the "shopping for something special" excuse as well.   You can pick something obscure that is only available in a shop in Tuen Mun, and that can pretty much eat up a whole afternoon.

Pick a particularly stormy day and say you are going to go to Macau.  The choppy water might make some of them want to drop out.

First thing to do is to research the area of the hotel you will be staying at and what girls/brothels are within easy reach, that way you know how long you will need.

If you're sharing a room with a buddy then it's often quite hard to make excuses, but if you have your own room then just say you need a long bath to freshen up, or a nap.

I've often used the jetlagged excuse and going for a walk to explore

I remember that similar questions have been raised before and there were some funny reasons provided:

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sweet! thanks!  I'm sharing a room so all my actions are under a watchful eye lol.

Tell them you are going for a midnight jog through the streets of HK.  In that hour, go find the closest 141 or HG and skip the shower so that you will have a proper sweaty look when you return to the hotel room.  I cant imagine your buddies would wnt to go jogging too and if they do like to jog, they may not want to in HK bec of the air pollution and crazy traffic here.

GOLF

My friends would believe me if I was gonna go for a jog, maybe 5-10 years ago.  But now they know I'm the most laziest non athletic person ever.  Plus it's difficult to explain why I would go jogging in the wee hours of the night, in a another country. =)  As for golf, I don't even go golfing with my buddies in the states when they want to golf.  they will definitely know somethings up.

Since our goal for the trip to Hong Kong is for exploring, I am williing to bet they would come with me regardless of where I'm going.  Unless the place is boring.

Here's the excuses I've come up with so far.

1) I'm going to a temple to bring my mom back something. (Tin Hau Temple or  something)  Twenty something year old guys don't want to do that.
2) Need to look for a random street that my relatives used to live at and take pictures.  (Will be the address of a WG )
3) In the middle of the night, need to go out and explore more because I can't sleep.  (My friends from the States drive a lot and never like to walk.  All the walking during the day will tire them out.)

Even these seem to be a long shot.  Since we're on vacation, these buddies might just be up for looking at anything and exploring anywhere.  I don't know how I'm gonna lose them to get some hobbying in.  Sigh...

Well, it is the new year and you can brush up on your new year's resolution to get in shape.  Hong Kong is a scenic place to go jogging.  Instead of the night time, go in the day time.  Even better take your friends with you on a morning jog and watch them die from the humidity or exercise.  Then I bet on your subsequent jogs, no one will join you.  Don't worry about jogging in the daytime as alot of saunas open by 1030am and some 141s start by 10am and there are some who are on call 24 hrs.

Another excuse you can use is to buy either Chinese herbal medicines or dried seafoods for the folks back home.  The dry seafood shops are mostly in Sheung Wan where there are a few walkups.

A great place to buy Chineses medicine, Chinese branded underwear (for your uncles n dad), Chinese blankets is the Yue Hwa Department Store.  There is only 1 store left and that is the one in Jordan.  I wrote a report on the advantage of this store.  There are alot of great, affordable fs saunas in the area, walkups, freelancers, and HG nearby in TST (jogging distance).

I do agree on your third excuse as Asian cities are so different in lights, sounds, smell, types of ppl between day and night.  Just tell your buds you hav a serious case of jet lag and you cannot go to sleep.  Then wander at night, take some neon lights photos, see what you can find.

The best lies always have an element of truth. Tell you friends you have a killing backache and you've been told Hong Kong massages are great. Off you go to the sauna. It'll also explain why you're clean and recently showered when you get back.   

Go out, then feign that the time difference is killing you and you need to get some rest and try to split off.
Then, go do your deed.
If you get questioned on why you were gone for so long, then you say you got lost, since you are a foreigner in HK.

How about this: just start comparison-shopping for cameras.  

At first they'll come with you out of solidarity or interest or both ...

but after the 5th shop where you're asking about exactly the same model of camera or lens and haggling for (nearly) the same few $s reduction and asking to see the genuine warranty card before walking out to try the next shop, they'll figure you're a complete propellor-head and wander off telling you to meet them later.  Should take you 45 min to an hour max to lose even the most loyal and dedicated friend that way.  

Then, you're free, and you have a perfect alibi for showing up hours later with nothing in your hands: you went all over TST and Mong Kok and simply couldn't find the model you were looking for at the right price with a guarantee you could trust.  

and coincidentally a digital-camera-hunt also takes you through all the best mongering precincts ... TST, MK, SSP, and more ...

AND you can repeat the same excuse the following day without raising any suspicion whatsoever!

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Let me guess how this is going to turn out...

5 mins after checking in hotel, ALL your buddies are gonna say they have something to do on their own.

Later, you run into them at the walkup/HG/sauna/whatever.

Yeah, this happened to me and we had the best time ever.

say you're gonna workout/run

not a total lie, you are 'workingout' and explain why you're freshly showered