Victoria Peak

Last day in Hong Kong!
We had noticed from the past few days that the air quality deteriorated between morning and late afternoon, so we thought if we could get up to the peak early on Sunday morning, we might be able to see something. I had optimistically thought that this was some peculiar atmospheric problem, but other people were willing to say it was "smog," or (gasp!) "air pollution." (:-/
We were staying in Kowloon, which is actually on "the peninsula" and you have to take a ferry to the Kong Kong Island (proper). The current ferry service has been going for over 100 years, and the ferry we rode was actually 2 years younger than me. My friend AJ had a good sense of direction, so we quickly found the spot where we were supposed to catch a mountain tramway to the peak. But my friend Ling stopped to ask a local cop, who told us the tram was shut down, so we took the bus. That was an adventure! Double decker bus, very exciting swerving and swaying up the narrow mountain road.
Spectacular views from the "peak" - not actually the highest point of the island, but what the heck. Took some pictures, but the camera does not capture all the eye can see. After we explored around for a while, we decided to descend. Found out the tram was actually in service! Very interesting - Very Steep! Especially going backwards! yee ha! Anyway, we were actually glad to have taken the bus up and the tram down. We got to see some interesting parts of HK on the bus, plus the swervy curvy ride. The tram was intersting, but I think would take a while to get used to..