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HILLMAN ASIA ADVENTURE 2018
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9. HONG KONG
Victoria Peak I
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With some seven million visitors every year, the Peak is a major tourist attraction of Hong Kong. It has views of the city and its waterfront. The viewing deck also has coin-operated telescopes that the visitors can use to enjoy the cityscape. The number of visitors led to the construction of two major leisure and shopping centres, the Peak Tower and the Peak Galleria, situated adjacent to each other.

The Peak Tower incorporates the upper station of the Peak Tram, the funicular railway that brings passengers up from the St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong's Central district.

We walked along popular the level loop along Lugard and Harlech Roads, which encircles the summit at the level of the Peak Tower. It provided good views of the entire Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon, as well as Lantau and Lamma Islands.

In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Hong Kong, The Peak is also the summit of Hong Kong's property market. At the peak of The Peak, properties are more expensive than anywhere else in the world and are inhabited with the super-rich of Hong Kong.

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HONG KONG CONTENTS

INTRO 1. Arrival 1a. Ride 2. Aberdeen I 3. Aberdeen II 4. Aberdeen III 5. Aberdeen IV 6. Aberdeen V 7. Up Peak
8. Peak Views 9. Victoria Peak 10. Victoria Peak 2 11. Peak Tram 12. Walkabout I 13. City Tram 14. Walkabout II 15. Choy Family 16. To Hotel
OUTTAKES


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