Hong Kong - Day 2

After our fun from the night before, I mustered some enthusiasm and we headed off to the city. The big adventure for the day as to go to the top of Victoria Peak. The middle of the island is a serious of tall peaks. There is a furnicular train that goes to the top. It has been in operation over 100 years. The line was unbelievable and took about an hour. There are only two trains one going up and one going down.

Here are a couple of views. This first one is of Hong Kong in the foreground. The buildings in the front are partially up the peak. They are called the mid-levels. Lots of switchback driving to get up there.



This one shows Kowloon in the background and the strait we went across in the ferry.


Landon was very excited about Madame Tussaud's. He has been wanting to go to a wax museum forever. Yao Ming ain't that tall.

So at the end of this adventure, my lovely wife and youngest son thought it would be fun to walk down. WALK DOWN!!! Even though I had paid for a round trip. Being the only slightly, grumpy old man, I agreed...grudgingly. Probably took only 30 minutes. Problem was there were no steps, it was just a path at a 20 degree (or so) angle. Just steep enough that if you started to jog you couldn't stop. So Terri and Landon took off while Brennan and I schlumped slowly. Lots of sweat and sore calves. I won't complain too much as there were quite a few knuckleheads actually walking up.

That evening, we braved another street market. Look at the apartments up above. Not too nice.