A Peek at The Peak

Making the most of the extra long weekend over Easter we decided to go up to Victoria Peak and take a look at the view of the city from the highest viewing platform on Hong Kong Island. Having been told that it would be quiet due to it being a Chinese national day of mourning and grave sweeping, it turned out that we were not the only ones who fancied a trip up the peak for the afternoon. The queue for the tram to the peak was about 50 minutes, and in typical Chinese fashion you were permanently pushed and barged by those behind you in the queue. They seemed to believe that D and I were the sole reason that the queue was so long.

Peak Tram

Peak Tram again.....

The tram ride itself was brilliant. The carriage rises astonishingly quickly from the station and soon you are looking out of the window over half of the city. As the tram continued to rise toward the peak, like on our earlier boat trip to Lamma, I began to see Hong Kong as the urban metropolis that it has become. In both directions along the coast all you can see is high-rise apartment and office blocks. It is the height of the housing blocks which are most scary, with each one being no less than 40-50 floors high.

Once at The Peak we were quick to realise why people told us to pick our day carefully to go up. Although all of the buildings in the city were visible, there was a layer of smog over Hong Kong which meant that most sites were only visible through a slight haze.

View from a very hazy Peak

Another view from a very hazy Peak

Just to prove we are actually in Hong Kong, in case you were starting to wonder.

The urban metropolis that is Hong Kong

 

We will be back up the peak as soon as we get some clearer days because the view is not the same with the haze. We will also head up in an evening as well, as the lights from all of the buildings are said to create one of the most memorable sights in Hong Kong.

I will sign off for now. Catch up soon!