With nothing booked on our first Sunday in Hong Kong, we made our way to Hong Kong Island, having a quick look at St John’s Cathedral on the way to the bottom station of the Victoria Peak Tramway. After a visit to the Victoria Peak, we headed back to the central district of Hong Kong to look at the trams prior to getting the MTR back to Mong Kok. In the evening, we headed back to the Avenue of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui overlooking Victoria Harbour.
As our hotel was located in Mong Kok (where we could see the target on the hill that aircraft landing at the old Kai Tak airport used to lie up), we walked to the Mong Kok MTR station and obtained Octopus Cards which enabled us to use the public transport around the territory.

Kai Tak Airport Target
25 February 2007

Mong Kok Street Scene
25 February 2007
Reaching Central MTR station, our train terminated and we walked to St John’s Cathedral. On this Sunday, we had missed the English language service.

Interior of St John’s Cathedral
25 February 2007
It is located amongst the high buildings in the Central District, however there are trees around it (which we pictured when we attend the English service the following week).

Tower of St John’s in the trees
4 March 2007
So onto the bottom station of the Victoria Peak tramway.

Tram leaving Peak Tramway bottom station
25 February 2007
The tramway works as a funicular railway, with two 2-car trains.

Peak Tramway
25 February 2007
At the top we got views across Victoria Harbour to Kowloon, and to our hotel on Mong Kok.

View from Victoria Peak
25 February 2007

Langham Place from Victoria Peak
25 February 2007
There are also local sights to see.

Viewpoint at Victoria Peak
25 February 2007
We returned back to the Central District, taking the Peak Tram back down,

Peak Tram arriving at top station
25 February 2007
Being a Sunday, the Central District was busy, as for many workers this is their only day off in the week.

Central District Market
25 January 2007

Fast Food Hong Kong Style
25 February 2007
Along the north side of Hong Kong island is a busy tram system.

Trams at Sheung Wan
25 February 2007
We headed back to Kowloon and Mong Kok on the MTR.

MTR route map in train
25 February 2007
In the evening, it was back to Tsim Sha Tsui on the MTR for an evening meal and see the illuminations of Hong Kong from the Avenue of Stars on the Kowloon side.

Hong Kong Illuminations
25 February 2007

Avenue of Stars
25 February 2007
So back to Mong Kok, where we pictured a Golden Pig erected in the Langham shopping centre as part of Chinese New Year decorations.

Year of the Golden Pig, Mong Kok
25 February 2007
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