The Peak Tram

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Original 19th century visitors who wished to visit or live on Victoria Peak traveled by sedan chairs - until the Peak Tram was built in 1888. Still in operation today, although it's been through a few changes, we were able to take the tram to the Sky Terrace viewing platform. The viewing platform offers spectacular views of Hong Kong the Harbor, Kowloon, and the surrounding islands.

 

See Wikipedia article Victoria Peak

 

Boarding the tram is via a Disney-esque line which wraps around the entranceway. The line is not too long, but moves fairly slowly, with departures only every 10 to 15 minutes.

Only 150 passengers can be carried at a time. One tram leaves the Peak, while the other leaves the Central Tramway station simultaneously. That is, only ONE tram goes up, while the other goes down. The track gradient is between 4 to 27 degrees.

 

 

 

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At the Sky Terrace, a series of escalators take you to the viewing platform

 

 

Just to prove we were there, my wife took a selfie, and caught me in it.

I guess that makes it a "two-fie"

 

 

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I used Photoshop effects to turn these photos into "paintings"

 

 

 

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disney-esque line to leave peak

 

 

On another day, we took a city bus up the Peak Road. This trip had some sights of its own. I thought it was more picturesque than the Tram, but traffic was fairly heavy, and the bus made several stops along the way.

 

 

On pricey real estate, this is from the South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s US$149 million Mount Nicholson flats grab the crown as Asia’s priciest address

Priciest homes in Asia: sales in Peak and Mid-Levels reach heights of HK$15 billion

Some of the pricey real estate was visible from the bus

Someone's home along the way.

 

 

Tesla's seem to be very popular in Hong Kong.

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from the SCMP

 

Hong Kong’s Peak Tram to close for up to three months from late April for renovations and installation of new larger carriages

• Suspension of services will be first of two during upgrade, expected to be completed in early 2021
• New rolling stock, which can carry almost twice as many passengers as at present, will slash queuing times

 

During the suspension of services, visitors will be able to reach The Peak by taking alternative public transport such as New World First Bus routes X15 from Admiralty, No 15 from Central and No 15B from Wan Chai.

Green minibus route No 1 from Central or taxis are other options.

 

 

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The Peak Hong Kong 香港山頂

scmpnews A car parking bay on Hong Kong's The Peak sold for more than
 HK$10 million (US$1.3 million).
 The price for the parking space at the exclusive Mount Nicholson
 development smashed a world record set in 2019.
 The previous record was HK$7.6 million, set in October 2019, at The Center a
 73-5torey office tower in Central.
 Given that flats at Mount Nicholason cost between HK$400 million to HK$600
 million. the cost of a parking spot was not a big deal to owners.
 "What concerns them most is that they need space to park their cars and not
 the money. They have bought it for their own use and not as an investment,"
 said a property company's sales director.

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