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The Peak

By markus at 07:52 on May 6, 2008 | |

We started our day by crossing the harbour in a ferry rather than via subway. The wind made the ride fairly “bumpy” (no comparison to crossing Burrard Inlet :-), and the views were impressive.

Star Ferry

Then we made our way up to the highest point of Hong Kong today: the Peak. We took the tram up to get there.

Peak Tram

The view was of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, although very misty, quite stunning.

View from Peak

The lunch we had up on the Peak was, unfortunately, only mediocre (even though the price for it wasn’t).

After some more window shopping, we made our way on foot back into town. It was a nice walk, but we got a bit more than we bargained for. :-) Not only was the path down quite steep in places, it was also quite long (90+ minutes to get somewhere near civilization again). Our calf muscles are sure going to thank us tomorrow. lol

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