Hong Kong (香港) - Night Views of Hong Kong - Part 1

I realized my updates are getting very infrequent these days. I'm only beginning to blog about my Hong Kong trip when it was already two months ago. What to do? Lately, a lot of stuffs are piling up, giving me less time to blog. But, I'll try to be more regular in my entries as possible. I don't want to talk about the same Hong Kong trip when it's December.

Anyway, back to the story. After the star-gazing experience in Madame Tussauds' wax museum, we continued with our exploration of The Peak by heading up to the top of the building. Called Sky Terrace, it is like a flat roof top where people can go to and look down at the glorious beauty the city is. Seriously, it is very beautiful.

Instead of going to Sky Terrace at 8pm for the A Symphony of Lights (which I watched twice and both time was truly enchanted by it), do make it earlier to watch the changing of the palette of the sky as it turned from dusk to night. The lightings of the skyscrapers complimented with colour palette nicely. Really a sight to behold.

Earliest

Earlier

Early. Look at the differences the colour of the sky.

When the clock stroke eight, rays of colourful lights began filling the sky like delicious melody to the eyes. Everyone was gawking at the demonstration, standing at the edge of the terrace. I felt like I had merged with the crowds as I too was at the edge myself, absorbing the beauty that was in front of me. I felt like wanting to grab it, knowing perfectly well it was impossible. So close, yet so far.

Rich, lucky bastards, getting to see this view every night

I came to realize that I was only experiencing the show from the tallest point of observation. I wondered, what would it be like to be at the ground level, watching the same light show? I guess I will find out about it the next day.

The Peak

*TO BE CONTINUED*

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Besides being a platform to gaze at the modern arts which are the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, you can also add on your historical knowledge about Victoria Peak. There are informative posters up there at Sky Terrace about Victoria Peak back in the old days that will surely enlighten you and enchant the history buffs in you. Worth every penny, in my humble opinion. 

Hong Kong (香港) - Madame Tussauds' Wax Museum

The flight had landed in Macau International Airport. There's a speed boat waiting for departure the moment we reached Taipa International Jetty. An hour later, we were queuing up for the immigration process. A quick bit of having lunch (McDonald's), walking and taking public transportation, we were at our hostel room near Fotress Hill. Luggages dumped and off we went to The Peak where the famous Madame Tussauds' and the night view of Hong Kong can be seen from the top.

That's the weather most of the time during our trip

MTR ticket

The room

We took the city tram to try to reach the place and were lost for a while as we were not familiar with the routes these trams were taking but we did end up at the right place. The ride to the The Peak itself was fun as we took the peak tram up the hill. You can see the whole island of Hong Kong while ascending up the hill.

City tram or 叮叮 (ding ding)

Inside 叮叮

The view from 叮叮

Peak tram

We entered the wax museum and thus began the paparazzi mode on the galore of celebrities available inside the complex. Famous celebrities from both East and West part of the world occupied all the space, demanding your attentions every second. Just to give a few names away; Nicole Kidman, Michelle Yeoh, Meryl Streeps, Cecilia Cheung, and many more. Actors, singers, politicians, footballers, athletes; anyone whose names bear any fame to it can be found in here, immortalized with wax. I'm definitely dizzy with so many bright stars shining its lights on me.

More pictures after the jump!

Kuching - Live From Kuching!

Currently, I'm in Kuching, Sarawak, both as a family vacation and to send my sister for her university study. We just arrived early this morning and are now resting in the room, a beautiful and rather affordable family size room at 360 Xpress Citycenter. More on it later when I'm back home.

'Till then. Adios.