As we were due to depart Honkers late this evening, we focused our attention on some nearby attractions. First off, we trained our way to Hong Kong Park. This is a heavily landscaped hillside garden that is rather attractive.
We explored its conservatory and bird aviaries before making our way to the Victoria Peak tram. This funicular tram is a very popular attraction, and as such one needed to queue for at least 100m to access it. As it was rather warm today, we decided to cheat and catch a taxi up. Victoria Peak is now home to a multi-story shopping complex, at the top on which is a viewing platform. Needless to say, the viewing platform was absolutely packed, but the views were excellent as there wasn’t much fog about today.
Once we were satisfied with this viewing experience, we caught another taxi to the Graham Street market. This is a typical Asian street market and made an interesting juxtaposition with the modern high rise that surrounds it.
After a very good lunch back on our side of the harbor, Patsy and I went to check out the nearby Kowloon Park. This park provides a good range of recreational capers for the locals. These include exercise trails, aviaries, a pool and walking trails. Nearby we also found a great vantage point that overlooks the harbor, just as the sun was setting.
After our adventure we met back up with Philip at the hotel to catch a taxi to the airport. Despite the Taxi Drivers apparent death wish (very fast and erratic driving), we arrived in tact. We were at the airport until 11.25pm when we boarded our British Airways flight to London.
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