Photos from Day 4 25th January 2017. My 70th birthday!
Looking up from the Hotel front door
View across the harbour from the waterfront side of the hotel.
The hotel on the right and the new building going up.
View from the waterfront side of the hotel. The Hong Kong Convention Centre on the other side of the harbour.
The hotel shuttle bus waiting for us to board. This bus is a free service and runs every 20 minuites to Hankow Road, next to the Peninsula Hotel.
The hotel shuttle bus waiting for us to board. This bus is a free service and runs every 20 minuites to Hankow Road, next to the Peninsula Hotel.
On the bus going to the Centre. This is a shop built like a boat (Whampoa) in the Whampoa Centre. Where the shop is, used to be a dry dock.
The Whampoa shop
The Whampoa shop
1881 Heritage. A bespoke shopping centre built from some of the old colonial buildings.
The contrast between the old and the new.
Heading to the Star Ferry Terminal
Life belts on the Ferry
Leaving the terminal
Life jacket stowage
Another star ferry coming the other way.
‘Star Pisces’, one of the Star cruise ships that calls into Hong Kong on a daily basis.
Getting ready to dock
The ferry docked and held by spliced ropes!
Hong Kong Central Star Ferry Terminal
On our way to get to the Bus/Trams to travel to Victoria Park. Most of the pedestrian walkways are elevated.
The busy roads in Hong Kong Central district. Taken from an elevated pedestrian walkway across the road.
Multi coloured Tram
KFC anyone?
Building using lashed bamboo pole scaffolding !
Typical Hong Kong traffic scene. Taken from a footbridge across the main road.
Sampans that give trips around the Typhoon Shelter at Causeway Bay.
The Noonday Gun. The gun is fired everyday at 12:00 noon
The bell is sounded before and after the gun is fired.
Plaque explaining why the gun is fired
Birthday pose with the Noonday Gun and bell
Birthday treat, Tiramasu and a cup of tea in a modern shopping centre.
Tram controls at the rear of the tram. You entre the tram at the rear and alight from the front, however, the trams are packed with people and making you way forward is a struggle.
Bamboo pole scaffolding!
Tram going to Western Market.
Poster advertising a 1 hour tour on the trams
Tram stop
Rubbish bin finished in the same style as the building
The start of the Hong Kong escalator. The escalator is a 2598 ft string of escalators which links all the roads between Queen’s Road and Conduit Street. It runs uphill until midnight but downhill during the morning rush hour. We did not ride it as its stair cases coming back down!
The pond and water feature at Jardine House. A peacful and traquil setting in the heart of Hong Kong Central District.. We sat here and had some lunch.
The Double Oval by Sir Henry Moore
Back to the carnival and the big wheel.
A tree of wishes and the big wheel
Yes we are in Hong Kong!!
I am in Hong Kong!
Multicoloured Star Ferry, ‘Night Star’
Inside the ferry terminal grab some fish and chips!!!
On the ferry back to Kowloon
Cruise Ship ‘China Sea’
The old clock tower, the last remnant of the old Kowloon railway terminus completed in 1915.
The Hotel left a birthday card and cake in the hotel room on our return. What a lovely gesture.
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