Skyscraper spotting

As in most major metropolises, people in Hong Kong seem to live in hyper-speed they’re always on the go and it’s easy to get caught up in the rush. It’s a good idea to slow down and remember you’re on holiday. Relax and take it all in from a distance before you attack the streets of Central on Hong Kong Island From the Kowloon side of the harbor out ready photographed. the hand-over ceremony was held, is on, on the right is the brand new, 362-foot-left; high (415 International Finance Center. easy to spot -it dwarfs every other the buildings rise to the sky shoulder to shoulder. wonders include the Bank of China Tower, designed by consists of four triangular glass and aluminum towers of varying heights that emerge from a granite podium. There is  floor that giv view of the northwest side of Hong Kong. Just next to the Bank of China Tower, by Statue Square, is the home of the HSBC. Designed by the famous architect Norman Foster, it’s a glass and steel wonder with a 171-foot-high (52 m) atrium.

To view it all from a different angle, take the Star Ferry across the harbor and get on the Peak Tram on Garden Road to Victoria Peak. The tram makes its precarious way up the 1, 811-foot-high (552 m) Victoria Peak is striking. And when you’re ready, take the plunge into the streets and experience the glass and steel giants up close. If you’re still up for more skyscraper spotting then do the whole trip one more time at night when the sky illuminated by the many high-rises.

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