Day 22: Hong Kong: Kowloon Park - Tsim Sha Tsui: Star Avenue, Star Ferry, Clock Tower, Ladies Market - Central Plaza - Victoria Peak
It's 8 in the morning when we're already out the door of the Innsight, our accommodation in Hong Kong these last 4 days of the trip to China by free willing to eat us all the things we have what to see in Hong Kong.
The first thing we do is stop at a McCafé that we have next to the hotel to have a couple of pastries with coffee for $ 50 and already with a stomach full of energy we will travel around the city.
Breakfast in Hong Kong
Today we have a fairly tight planning of places what to see in Hong Kong, so there is no time to lose.
If you do not have much time a good option is to book the tourist bus that passes through its main points of interest or this tour with a guide in Spanish to learn more about the history and curiosities of the city.
The first thing we do is approach to enjoy a little of one of the green lungs in Hong Kong: Koowlon Park, that we have only 500 meters from the hotel and where we enjoy as spectators of the morning sessions of Tai Chi, aerobics and various exercises that show us the difference between cultures.
After a while enjoying nature, we return to the area of our hotel, now heading to the Clock Tower, the Walk of Fame and Tsi Tsu Promenade, where at this time in the morning it starts to wake people up.
Walk of Fame in Hong Kong
Hong Kong waking up daily
The truth is that from what we had read we thought it was going to be much hotter and we really have to say that despite the 24 degrees that the thermometers mark, the day is wrapped in a mist and a rather cool air blows, so that The heat doesn't affect us.
Bruce Lee in Hong Kong
We had a good time in this area, focusing mainly on changing behavior with the people of mainland China. Nobody here spits or shouts or pushes, it's all a lot more western.
It's ten o'clock in the morning when we go to Tsim Sha Tsui subway stop to catch the red line for $ 5 per person to Mong Kok, where the Ladies market, located near Nelson street, on Tung Choi Street, at the E2 subway exit.
Streets and color in Hong Kong
As soon as we left the station we met, as happened yesterday when we arrived from Guilin to Hong Kong from Shenzen, with a totally different city, reminding us again of any city we visited on our trip to Japan for free.
We walk the streets of this area of the city, without a fixed destination, only letting ourselves be carried away by the sensations and especially by the colors of the hundreds of cartels that flood the streets.
We arrived to Ladies market, a market called so why does it delight any woman, since most of the products we can find are dedicated to us and we see that they are still riding it, as well as many other stores in the area that have not yet They have opened.
Ladies Market Surroundings
Seeing this, we decided that it is best to return to the Mong Kok subway and head to Central, on the island of Hong Kong, to discover that area of the city. The subway ticket costs us $ 12.50 per person.
The idea is to arrive now by subway and when we return to do it in the star ferry, an attraction in Hong Kong by itself, since for a super economic price, it allows you to enjoy the ride watching the city skyline.
More practical information to prepare your trip to Hong Kong
- 50 things to see and do in Hong Kong
- 10 essential places to visit in China
- 10 essential tips for traveling to China
We arrive in just 5 stops and we are again in that city that is catching us just a few hours after arriving.
Central. What to see in Hong Kong in one day
We leave in Statue Sq. Square and follow a walking circuit marked in The Best Of China 2 (Best of Country / City Guides Lonely Planet)
, of 1.5 kilometers, in which it travels in the most important points of Central.
Stunning skyscrapers in Hong Kong
We arrived to Hong Kong Park, crossing some high steps, that let us see fantastic views of this area and we reach another of the lungs of the city, where the mixture of nature and "humanity"patents are made in every corner that we go through.
Hong Kong Park in Central
After a while resting and answering some emails, we head back to Central to catch the tallest escalators in the world that will take us to Mid-levels, the area of Hong Kong where you can find hundreds of little streets full of shops, cheap restaurants and neons. A pleasure for all the senses.
The longest escalator in the world in Hong Kong
Halfway up the escalator, you have different accesses and exits in all sections, we stop in Soho, where we see a Mexican restaurant that we cannot resist when we see your letter, so there we are going to ask for some nachos, some Fajitas plus water and coke for $ 267 that make us move to Mexico for a few minutes.
Eating Mexican in Soho in Hong Kong
We leave at 13:30 noon, with a full stomach and about to burst we return to the escalators to continue to Mid-Levels and then continue until the end of the tour. Although before we stopped at a cafeteria to take a couple of double express for $ 40 that make us return to to revive.
From here we return to the longest escalators in the world stopping in the Hollywood area, where we walk a street full of antique shops until we reach the Man Mo Temple where we entered to meet one of the Hong Kong's greatest treasures. A place of those where you can breathe peace among so many people and where we are trapped for almost an hour, enjoying every corner and soaking in a smell of incense that takes us for a few moments to those temples we visited on our trip to Sri Lanka
Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong
Book the best rated tours and excursions in Hong Kong by travelers:
- Boat trip and dinner at Jumbo Kingdom
- Excursion to Macao
- Symphony of Lights cruise
- Hong Kong sightseeing bus
- Private tour in Spanish in Hong Kong- More excursions and tours here
Book the best rated tours and excursions in Hong Kong by travelers:From here, instead of going back down to find Peak Tram, we go up the escalators to the end and from here we go down the inside of the mountain until we reach Peak Tram, the place where you take the Tram that goes up to Victoria Peak, which will be our next destination what to see in Hong Kong today.
After queuing for about 30 minutes, we recommend that you come in time because sometimes the lines are very long, much tidier than what we remember to do in Zhanjajie National Park;), we pay $ 83 per person for the tour round trip on the tram, access to the Sky Terrace 428 and an audio guide. A good option is to book the funicular entrance and the Sky Terrace in advance online.
The round trip of the tram is only $ 40 per person, but having read that the views from the Sky Terrace are incredible, we did not want to miss it and we preferred to pay a little more and also have this experience.
The truth is that the tram ride impresses, at least to me that I have vertigo and did not expect it to have so much slope, but once up and after passing the shops and restaurants that have mounted around the viewpoint we only have time to release a wowww ... awesome!!
Victoria Peak What to see in Hong Kong
If the views from here with impressive, we have to say that equally impressive are the houses they are building on the mountain, from which we intuit the price is not exactly low.
We are a while in the viewpoints that are free and enter with the entrance of the tram, and we will take a walk around, where they have set up a kind of shopping center where you can find Mc Donald's, Bubba Gump, different coffee shops, Starbucks and All kinds of businesses where to spend your money.
Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
And when it's six o'clock in the afternoon and we intuit that the sun starts to hide we don't go to the Sky Terrace 428 from where we have even better views of Hong Kong.
Start dusk at Victoria Peak from Sky Terrace 428
Without a doubt and for the little price difference, it is worth paying a little more and having these incredible views of the city. We wait for it to be done at night to take a few photos from this perspective and almost when it is already 9 at night we return to the tram entrance, where at this time there is no way to skip the long queue.
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We wait almost half an hour in line until we get back on the tram that leaves us near the Central Metro Station, where we pay $ 9 per person to reach Tsim Sha Tsui, the subway stop that is next to our accommodation, the Innsight, leaving the experience of the star ferry for tomorrow, and we are exhausted after a day in which we have not stopped.
And how could it be otherwise, before the end of the day in Hong Kong, we will have dinner, this time at an Italian restaurant that we find near the hotel, where we remember our trips to beautiful Italy.
Day 23: Macao: Long Senate Street, San Pablo Ruins, Senate Square, Santo Domingo Church, Rua da Felicidade - Taipa Island: The Venetian - Hong Kong
