Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯)

The Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯) in Hong Kong is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. It is 800 meters long and consists of 20 single-direction escalators and three moving sidewalks.

It starts from the Hang Seng Bank HQ in Central, it runs through Cochrane Street between Queen's Road Central and Lyndhurst Terrace, then it runs along Shelley Street (些利街). It will take about 20 mins to finish the whole trip, but you can shorten the time by walking while the escalator is moving.

The escalator bisects the following streets/roads:

• Des Voeux Road Central (德輔道中)



• Queen's Road Central (皇后大道中)



• Stanley Street (士丹利街)



• Wellington Street (威靈頓街)



• Gage Street (結志街)



• Lyndhurst Terrace (擺花街)



• Hollywood Road (荷里活道)



• Staunton Street (士丹頓街)



• Elgin Street (伊利近街)



• Caine Road (堅道)



• Mosque Street (摩羅廟街)



• Mosque Junction (摩羅廟交加街)



• Robinson Road (羅便臣道)



• Conduit Road (干德道)

The system runs only at a single direction at one time. From Monday to Saturday, it runs from Mid-Levels to Central from 6am to 10am and then runs in the opposite direction from 10am to midnight. On Sundays and public holidays, it operates from Central to Mid-Levels from 6am to midnight.

To get there, we got off at Central MTR Station (Exit C) and walked passed Hang Seng Bank HQ and and just follows the signboards for the direction to the escalators.

Besides serving as one of the important transportation in Hong Kong, tourist can use it to access to some of the tourist attraction and also to restaurants, bars, and shops.

On each of the street/road the escalators passes, you can find that there is entrance to the road/street, often on both sides of the street/road.



There is also information signboard that give directions to some of the tourist attraction at the entrance/exit of the road that the escalators passed.

By following the direction to Man Mo Temple, we walked for about 15 mins to reach the destination, along the way there is still some information signboards, so you do not need to worry whether you're lost.


Information signboard also showing the direction to Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum and Jamia Mosque.




After visited some of the tourist attraction, we went back to the escalator and continued until the Mid-Levels. To go down back to Central, you can either choose to take bus, taxi or on foot.

Others

Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland is located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island and is the smallest Disneyland park. We bought 1 day ticket at the ticket booth for HKD 350 per person. There is park hours, show times and fireworks schedule, make sure you plan well prior to the visit in order not to miss any show. You might refer to the following url for more information.
http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage


We took MTR to Disneyland Resort station.

Trams

Hong Kong Tramways is the system that runs exclusively on double-deckers. Hong Kong Tramways Limited Company runs six main routes between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan from 6am to midnight daily. The system is 13 km long, with a total track length of 30 km and run on a double track. You can find a tram stop averagely in every 250m.

Routes:

• Shau Kei Wan to Western Market





• Shau Kei Wan to Happy Valley





• North Point to Whitty Street





• Happy Valley to Kennedy Town





• Causeway Bay to Kennedy Town





• Western Market to Kenney Town

A single tramcar ticket fare is HKD2 and the tramcars are self- service ticketing. You can also use the Octopus Card to pay the fare. You can refer to below url for information. http://www.hktramways.com/en/service/index.html

Avenue of Stars & A Symphony of Lights

Avenue of Stars is located on the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade and it is a free attraction that can be visited any time of the day or night. At 8pm nightly, it is a good place to watch the Symphony of Lights. You may take MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit J, and just follow the signboard to Avenue of Stars or Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront.

Some photos

Tian Tan Buddha (天坛大佛) - Lantau Island (大屿山）

I would recommend for anyone going to Hong Kong, this should be in their to do list -- Tian Tan Buddha.
We took MTR until Tung Chung station （东涌站) and then cable car ride from Tung Chung. We purchased the package which included round trip Ngong Ping Cable Car, Entry to Walking with Buddha and Entry to Monkey's Tale Theatre, the price was around HKD 160 per person.

The cable car journey was around 20-25 mins 1 way. During the 25 mins journey, we enjoyed the beautiful relaxing sceney so much, you might find it is a huge contrast from the view on Victoria Peak.

The cable car will stop at Ngong Ping Village, there were some sourvenier shops, tea house and restaurants in the village.

We went for the shows - Walking with Buddha and Monkey's Tale Theatre, it was around 15 mins each.

After the Ngong Ping Village, you can see the seated bronze Buddha - Tian Tan Buddha （天坛大佛） and also the Po Lin Monastery （宝莲禅寺）.

By following the signage "The Wisdom Path", continue walking for around 15-20mins and you'll see 38 large Buddism wooden columns installed on the ground along the hill. The "Heart Sutra" was carved into each of the wooden columns.

On the journey going back to Ngong Ping Village, we stopped for food. There was a small store offered food and drinks between The Wisdom Path and the Teahouse, the price was slightly higher but we think it is still acceptable as this is a tourism spot.