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HK Day 2 : Walk in the Park

Day 2...

Itinerary for the day was to go to Victoria's Peak then Ocean Park after.

According to good old wiki ->
Victoria Peak (traditional Chinese: 太平山, or previously- 扯旗山) is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island. With an altitude of 552 m (1,810 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island proper, but not in the entirety of Hong Kong

We started the day early and the group (together with Kai's Ninang) opted to take a leisurely (leisurely nga ba? :P) walk on our way there.

We got to pass by HongKong Park, where people were jogging, strolling and just taking their time sitting at the really nice benches. Such a different sight to see when you're in HongKong coz everything seems to be really fast-paced there.


And I love love the colorful flowers and really neat set-up.


I could spend the rest of the morning there just emoting.. Haha! :P One more thing I loved about our walk is that I got to appreciate the different building structures HongKong has. Lookie, my favorite buildings are those two transformer-looking ones ->


I love it that I the streets were clear and clean. We definitely don't see much of that here in Manila. Then finally... we made it to The Peak.


Welcome to the Peak! [to be continued...] =)

CARPE DIEM!
I'm out.

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Dennis Villegas said…
Hi Cza! Looks like you and your friends have enjoyed the HK. I've never been to HK so this series is quite a treat.
March 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM
iteagirl said…
Ang dami mo nang posts!! Tinatamad pa ko eh... saka wala akong ipopost.. nasa inyo lahat ng pics ko =P
March 30, 2009 at 10:43 AM
witsandnuts said…
HK has very impressive buildings. After our visit to The Peak, we went around that night to Central area and took photos of the buildings. Especially prettier at night.
March 30, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Cza said…
@Dennis - Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it. :)

@Eliza - Gising gising! Start posting. Copy mo yung nasa multiply muna? :P Hehe.

@witsandnuts - Ooooh.. we should have seen it at night din pala. Next time next time. :)
March 30, 2009 at 11:50 AM
escape said…
wow! beautiful HK. the fountain is really beautiful but despite the beauty of the surroundings, i like the two subjects in the last photo. hehehe... cool pose.
March 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Rico said…
Loved the wacky photos. Sure looks like you guys had a lof of fun!
March 31, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Cza said…
@the donG - Thanks!!! :)

@Rico - We did we did! :) Glad you liked the photos too. :D
March 31, 2009 at 1:58 PM
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