The Peak

Hong Kong is a small island with a steep hill, known as The Peak. One of the 'must-do' tourist things in Hong Kong is to go up The Peak, which was fine with me because of the views and the cable-car ride up and down. There was a large queue waiting for the cable-car but we only had to wait about 10 minutes. (We saw the queue again later in the week and it was much, much longer - people must have been waiting hours).

Here's John enjoying the view - he's even smiling.


We were in Hong Kong in mid-winter and there was some haze, so this photo isn't great but it shows the city below.


As with so many tourist spots, there were indicators of the distance to various far-flung cities. Sydney was the closest to home for us, so John did the classic tourist thing of lining his foot up against the footprints in the concrete, although we certainly weren't heading home that early in our stay.


And I lined up for a photo with this cardboard construction, presumably a replica of old Hong Kong.