One of the must visit tourism place in Hongkong is the Peak located at Victoria Gap. I had been there a few years ago, now I accompanied my mom. It's a pity I've just realized after queuing at the tram terminal that I forgot to bring the ticket that we've bought, so I had to go back to the apartment. We left the queue, I asked my mom to wait in front of the office building, there was no chairs, until she had to sit on the stone. She experienced the pain as she's just felt down from the escalator, it seemed that her bone was fractured, so she had to eat the painkiller pill to release her pain to continue the trip.
The way to apartment was climbing the hill, it's very tiring, so I could not walk fast, even I had to walk reverse as I finished my energy. After taking the e-ticket I almost run back to my mom, at that time the queue was much longer, so we had to stand longer. I used regular Octopus card to ride the peak-tram, while my mom used the senior Octopus card. The price different was quite significant. It's almost an hour to reach our turn to go to the peak, we didn't buy the ticket to the observatory deck. It's the world's oldest and most famous funicular railways, the tram rises to 396 metres (about 1,300 feet) above sea level, so steep that the buildings we passed look like they were leaning a gradient of between 4 to 27 degrees!
Lucky it's still not sunset when we arrived at the top. Mom and I had a chance to take pictures under the observatory deck. The Peak Tower, with its iconic wok-like top, offers a dazzling array of shops and sure to make for many happy hours of great dining with a view experience, leisurely shopping and souvenir hunting. There was a square among the buildings with fountain, some backdrops displayed miniatures of old Hongkong were also good objects. We entered the other shopping mall building across the tram station, we found that we could see Hongkong from top of its mall free of charge. We enjoyed the sunset from there.
My sister's friend informed that the Vietnamnesse restaurant, Pho Yummee, was delicious, so my mom and I decided to taste it for dinner. It's a casual yet contemporary Vietnamese restaurant that offers a quick respite. No other guest at that time, we ordered the warm and delicious pho noodles and the yummy Vietnam crepes. It had an exceptional warm with very friendly waiters, relaxed and convivial atmosphere, with comfy mustard-colored sofas and white-washed seats complemented with round top dining.
Madame Tussauds was our next destination, a unique celebrity-inspired attraction that connects guests with famous people, famous events and famous times. Featuring six themed areas, provided guests with the opportunity to meet their idols and did the things that famous people do! Mom was really admired the natural beauty of the legendary British actress Audrey Hepburn. She also took a picture with her favourite rock & roll musician, Elvis Presley.
The attraction features over 100 local and international celebrity wax figures with exciting audiovisual effects and interactive experiences to create truly magical moments for all guests. Although we're tired, we were so excited to take pictures with the wax statue from Hongkong celebrities, royal family, musician, athletes, and fantasy kingdom.
The last destination was the peak market, the perfect place to buy something special for friends or relatives. The market features a modern reinterpretation of traditional Hong Kong venues, such as Temple Street and the Ladies Market with vendors selling Chinese artwork, silk collectibles and curios. For sheer variety of products and brands in all price ranges, The Peak Tower offers a unique shopping experience. From street markets style to traditional Chinese product stores, you can find everything from watches and jewelry, electronic gadgets to best-value antiques and collectibles.
We had to join a very long queue to go down by tram, it took almost 2 hours, standing on a really really long queue as all people also would like to go home at that time. The weather was quite cold and it's windy. Reaching the end of the station after riding the tram, we didn't have any energy to walk back to the apartment, lucky that we could get a taxi to go back. It's very tiring, but the peak was worthy to visit with its environment, food, scenery and shopping venues.
Read More ..
