29.04.09 Hong Kong Island

Today Paula was studying for her exam in the evening and we went to the Hong Kong Island with Maiju. The island is filled with office buildings, and you can clearly see, that it's the expensive part of the country. Almost everyone there was wearing a suit or other kind of more formal clothing.

From the island, we took the Peak Tram to the Victoria Peak where you can see Hong Kong really nicely. It was a little cloudy, but the scenery was really nice. After the Peak, we wondered around the Hong Kong Island and went to see possibly the longest escalator thing in the world. There was one escalator after another taking you higher and higher along the hill. And next to the escalators there were a lot of shops and restaurants.

View from the Victoria Peak

In the evening we tried to go and see the horse races, but for one reason or another, there was no races today. The horse races are supposed to be held every Wednesday, but not today. Since there was no horse races, we went for dinner and after that back to the hostel to sleep.