If you had a flight experience with Cathay Pacific, you might have ended up thinking whether you should go out of the airport lounge and explore the city of Hong Kong, or not. For me, it happened several times and I was always too tired to bother dragging myself into the tour.
But this time, I had 6 hours! And my new Hong Konger roomie told me 6 hour is just enough to see the city central or Tsim Sha Tsui and come back to the airport.
I heard the airtrain is faster to get to the city but I just wanted to see the scenery and landscape of the city so that I took the double decker bus "A21". (it's called "Cityflyer") and it took me like 40 minutes to the last stop.
It costs $33 HKD which is like $4 something USD. The bus doesn't provide you with change so you should prepare the exact amount of fare or buy the ticket at the booth in advance.
[Check the route of A21 at here]
Luckily, I could sit on the front row of the second deck and it just felt great!
The city is really interesting. Some of buildings looked really old and like it's gonna fall down very soon. but right next to those torn down apartment, there are fancy shopping malls for luxury goods. People living in those old apartment just put out there laundry hanging outside the window.
And the big big signboards were hanged above the street like those were gonna fall any minute now.
[a guy riding bicycle in between the cityflyers]
I should've got off at "Nathan road" but I was so occupied with sightseeing and I missed the stop. When I came back to my senses, I was already at the last stop "Hung Hom Station"
I was totally lost and it was the rush hour so that I decided to just follow the crowd. After a while I found a signpost to Tsim Sha Tsui!! (After having walked for 5 minutes I guess)
[Little bakery where those office workers were going into get their breakfast]
[the heavenly egg tart]
[Finally here!!!]
It was super humid and cloudy. Shower was expected in any minute.
There were some old guys at Tsim Sha Tsui, trying to fish.
But it didn't seem like working.
Walking along the river for a few minutes, I arrived at "Avenue of Stars". It is like Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" in Chinese version.
[Jackie Chan's hand print]
[the sculpture looking like the goddess of flim]
[Peninsula hotel and Tiffany Store]
For me, Two and a half hour was enough just to walk around the Tsim Sha Tsui. Taking 2 hours of traveling back and forth, 4~5 hours are really enough just to get the sense of Hong Kong.
So if you happen to stop over at this city, get industrious and drag your tired body out to the city jungle. Soon, you will find yourself totally refreshed!
