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Hong Kong Trip: Ferry Trip in Hong Kong

After filling our tummy with various HK cafe dishes at Tsui Wah, we decided not to go back to our hotel, Panorama Hotel, so early. My friend's cousin who is a Hong Kong citizen, brought us to try riding the ferry from Star Ferry Pier. As the traffic light for the ferry is still red (no yellow light though), we must wait for a while before we can board the ferry as it had not arrived yet.

Traffic Light for the Ferry in Hong Kong

The ferry crowd was alright as it was already around 8.30ish at night when we boarded the ferry. The ferry ride is actually pretty short as we just rode the ferry from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island and then, back to Kowloon.

The view from the ferry is actually very nice but my lousy phone could not capture the night view pretty well.

Well, you get the idea even though the picture is blurred. Hahaha. I should probably invest in a new phone.

Other random fact about this activity, do you know that Star ferry crossing is rated as one of 50 places of a lifetime by National Geographic? So what are you waiting for? Go make your mark at this iconic spot in Hong Kong. Hehe.

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Hong Kong Travel: Bunnies Love the Clock Tower, Tsim Sha Tsui

After eating our full share of dim sum at Dao Xiang, my friends and I decided that we needed to walk the calories off. We took the train to Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station because we wanted to visit one of the iconic landmark at Tsim Sha Tsui, the Clock Tower. On the way, we saw so many cute bunnies.

Cute bunnies display in Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong

Not sure if there was a bunny festival or something but I guess this is just one of the art exhibition at Tsim Sha Tsui area. Summer bunnies? Hehe.

Cute bunnies exhibition at Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong

After passing through the cute bunnies, we finally arrived at the Clock Tower. The original Clock Tower was actually part of a railway station which connected Kowloon and Canton district. The railway station has long been erected but Hong Kong government decided to keep the iconic Clock Tower as one of the iconic national landmarks of Hong Kong.

Just opposite the Clock Tower, you can see the ferry terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier Terminal.

Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Terminal Hong Kong

Too bad it was kinda foggy that day. But a clear blue sky is seldom spotted in Hong Kong. =(

Ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui to Central Hong Kong

Tsim Sha Tsui is a pretty convenient area for you to spend the night whenever you visit Hong Kong. We stayed in Butterfly on Prat at Tsim Sha Tsui and found this hotel to be quite comfortable both the room and the location. You can directly check their rates here,

IFC Mall, Central Hong Kong

After a hearty dim sum breakfast at Luk Yu (see post), we are ready to explore Central area again. Our random walk to the harbour area brought us to IFC (International Finance Centre).

Although the building is called finance centre, it is also functioning as a mall. Otherwise, we would not even be the least interested to step our feet inside. =P

There's a huge Apple store inside. The design of the store is quite stunning.

There's Tim Ho Wan at the basement level but the queue is simply crazy. We did not want to spend hours queuing so I suppose we should be contented with Tim Ho Wan in Singapore? XD. I'll post on that later.

There's a viewing deck at level 2 of the mall. Nice view of Hong Kong city I must say. Too bad blue sky is apparently a rare sight here.

You can walk to the pier area to see some ferries if you are interested since the pier is within walking distance from IFC mall.