Hong Kong – Sometimes Confusing

After one of the best breakfasts of the trip so far we head out for more of Catherine and Julia’s HK tips.  This morning it is the turn of the Peak Tram, which isn’t actually a tram but a funicular railway up the highest peak of Hong Kong Island.  So once more onto the Star Ferry (you can tell we like the Star Ferry) and onto Hong Kong Island we walk past some of the big banking buildings and up to the Peak Tram.

Bank of China dragon

The ride in the Peak Tram was really steep in places and felt like we were right in the middle of all the skyscrapers, and at the top we are lucky to have a clear day and are blown away with the amazing view over Hong Kong.

Looking over to Kowloon from the top of Peak Tram

Revived by a nice cup of tea in a café at the top we then make our way back down on the tram that wasn’t a tram to catch a tram that actually was a tram over to Soho!

A real tram

Once in Soho we take the Central-Mid-LevelEscalators (which in places are not escalators) up the steep-ish hill through the heart of Soho.  Stopping off at some interesting shops and markets along the way we stumble across an organic café and stop to partake in some fresh juice and cake.

A side street in Soho

On the way back down we wander through the Graham Street Market, complete with wet market.  This is basically the fish and butcher part of the market where many things are bought ‘live’ sploshing around in tanks or dangling from hooks on the ceiling.  More on this in another blog.

Fish shop in the wet market

Looking down Graham St Market

A quick change at the hotel and then we are back out again, firstly to the Temple Street night market and then via the MTR back to Hong Kong Island for a delicious Vietnamese dinner. 

Today we have been on trams that were not trams, escalators that were not escalators, and at dinner Mr M ordered the beef hot-pot, although very tasty, was not what a Lancastrian would call a hot-pot!

Mr & Mrs M