I used China Airlines for the trip from Hong Kong to Seattle. I can not recommend them highly enough. The fare was the best of any of the airlines, the service is much better than Northwest. What can I say? They give you little hot towels before each meal, you can have a small glass of wine with dinner. The charges for extra luggage were reasonable, all this on economy. A pleasant change. The fare to Seattle is the lowest of any of LA, or San Francisco, which may or may not suit your plans. They fly onto Dallas from Seattle. By the way, I got my ticket the day BEFORE travel. I can't say if you can get better deals buying several days or weeks ahead. By the way, there is an old man who frequents the ferry transit floor at the Royal Pacific Center in Kowloon who solicits for taxi rides to the airport. He is about 6' tall, slender build, bald, in his 70's I would say. He will whisk you to his waiting Mercedes, only steps away, smoothly convey you to the airport, for about 30% more than if you took the train. He plays music on the stereo, is a calm driver and very personable. I would recommend him. I suspect that he is a REAL character, worthy of a book. How he does all this, when his operation is probably not licensed is more than I can figure out. But, you will encounter him, just about every time you go through the ferry terminal and he is VERY persistent. Stella at Seahorse Marine in Zhuhai, tells me that if you get to the mainland, that you can buy into tours for say 5 days for $200 US. This includes travel, food and lodging. She was teaching me to read Chinese characters. They are just symbols and groups of symbols and I am beginning to catch on. I bought a book and watch out the next time. The visa into china is about $100 US, which is a bit steep, but once there everything is about 1/10 of US or Hong Kong prices, maybe less. Breakfast for $1. A decent room for $15 to 20. If you get to Zhuhai you can go over and see the boats all in a row at Seahorse Marine and marvel at Bill and Stella Kimley's steel boat building operation. I think Kimleys are the only ones building steel boats for the pleasure craft market, certainly in Zhuhai, maybe anywhere in China. Regards, Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon