Sunday, August 05, 2007

Ocean Park, Pandas and The Peak

30.07.07

Day 6 – Ocean Park, Pandas and The Peak

This is a super tiring day!

Started with bean curb breakfast at this small coffee shop at Mongkok.Mongkok Breakfast

A very busy day as we had a few places in mind to visit and this is our last night in Hong Kong.

First destination – Ocean Park

Ocean Park

We had to take a bus (696) from Admiralty MTR to reach the Ocean Park. To our surprise, there were a lot of people queuing to go to the Ocean Park on a Monday!

to Ocean Park

(this is only one of the many buses that is fetching the people to the Ocean Park)

On the way up, we saw some of the rides. It looked so scary man!

Ocean Park

As we have 2 aunties with us, we decided to start with a mild ride. Lol.

The Ocean Park Tower

Ocean Park Tower

You get to see the full view as it went quite high up and nothing is blocking the way.

Ocean Park Tower

view from Ocean Park Tower
view from Ocean Park Towerview from Ocean Park Tower

Then, we moved on to the Ferris Wheels. It wasn’t supposed to be scary, but it was very shaky when we were in it. Lol. The constant stopping make it worst, but the view from there is quite nice.

Ocean Park Ferris Wheels

Also, due to the hot weather, we had no energy to play most of the rides. Hence, we ended the rides with this supposedly to be windy ride, the swing. However, when we were on the swing, it is hot wind that is blowing against us. Lol.

Next up is the ocean aquarium which is a 4 storey deep ocean. We saw lots of BIG fishes! But, they seem to be quite poor thing as they can only swim in that area round and round.

Ocean Park ocean aquariumOcean Park ocean aquarium

Visited the Sharks corner. It has a travelator with the aquarium surrounding it, so you get to see the sharks swimming all around you! A very close up view.

Then, we took the cable car to the other side of the Park to see the Pandas. The cable car is a real scary experience. Lol, me and my friends were screaming when it moved down the mountains. Haha. The cable cars are hanging on to these thin lines and we are above rocky mountains and the big sea. You can’t blame us for screaming right?

Ocean Park Cable CarOcean Park Cable CarOcean Park Cable Car

Finally, get to see the pandas after the shock. Initially, the 4 pandas were all asleep. However, we decided to wait and luckily our waiting paid off. We got the best view of the pandas eating and moving around.

Ocean Park PandaOcean Park PandaOcean Park Panda

Aren’t they cute? But, they are very lazy animals. Hahha

After this, we got out of the place as fast as we could as the weather is really intolerable. We need some air con!!

Had our dinner at Café De Corals before making our way to the Peak. Took a double deck bus up the Peak. It was a very good view on the upper deck and the road is quite bumpy just like riding on one of those thrilling rides.

What luck we had when our bus suddenly broke down at the middle of the mountain. Lol. Ended up waiting for around 20 minutes for the next bus to arrive.

The journey up took quite long. But, I suppose it is worth it with the compensation of the scenery and the windy weather. =)

The Peak - Hong KongThe Peak - Hong KongThe Peak - Hong Kong

Took the tram ride back to Central area. It is an eye-opener man!! I didn’t know that the ride is this fast and it is around 45 degrees angle backward down the mountain! Yet, a Korean lady managed to stand 45 degrees from the floor with her body straight without falling. Amazed by her skill!

Finally, went back to Mongkok for the final shopping and went back hostel to pack up!

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