The plan of the day was to go to the Space Museum in the morning and the Peak in the afternoon. However, we Googled and realised that the Space Museum is closed on every Tuesday. Zzzzzz. We decided to take our time and only go to the Peak.
There was no hurry but Daddy Lim woke up at 7am and he offered to go to buy bfast. So rare. He came back with you tiao and porridge. It was yummy. We packed up and checked out thereafter and headed to the new hotel - Hotel Benito in TST, that will house us for the rest of the trip.
The hotel that we spent a night appeared to be in some industrial/ wholesale market area. There are quite some old buildings in the area.
Our new hotel is conveniently located next to the TST MTR. We found the hotel easily and were thrilled to know that the room was ready. It was a fairly decent sized (HKG's standard) triple room with a super single bed and a single bed.
The bfast was definitely not enough and we had a quick lunch at KFC before we headed to the Peak. As per the Liow family's instruction, we took the MTR to Admiralty and then bus 12A for 1 stop. That brought us really near to the tram station, with clear signage showing where to go.
When we saw the q for the tram, our jaw dropped again; we got reminded of the cable car Q. Ended up, Daddy Lim had to Q for the tram tickets in the hot sun (what winter?) while I brought the kids to the shade and enjoy ice cream.
It was another Q for the tram after the tickets were bought. Look at the crowd. The only comfort is that they packed a lot of people into each tram.
Finally at the Peak!
Just as how I remembered, other than the amazing view and cool weather, there arent much else. There is a new Trick Eye Musuem and the kids were bugging to go. We had 20% discount with the coupons from the Liow family. We paid HK$200 only to realise that it was a tiny musuem. It wasnt worth the entry fees.
It was about 5pm when we felt that we were so done with the Peak. There was a long Q for tram and we had a crazy idea - to walk down the Peak. We Googled and saw that it is about 3km and 1 hour walk. We made toilet break and to 7-11 for snacks before we start our expenditure. The kids were bursting with excitement at the suggestion. They were more thrilled at the idea of walk down the Peak than going to the Peak itself. Haha.
There are apparently many ways to walk down the Peak. We opted for the most visible road.
At the start of our descend.
It was a proper walking path and while on the way down, we were amazed at the number of people hiking up to the peak. Some parts were so steep that our knee and toes hurt bcos of the constant braking with every step. We had to constantly yell at the kids not to run or risk tumbling down the steep road.
Many people were walking their dogs, including many maids. I think the maids must be very healthy with all the exercise. It took us abour 25 mins when we arrived at the Mid-Levels, where the quite rich live.
By then, most of the enthusiasm had burnt off and the kids self-entertained were beginning to complain about beingredients tired.
Half hour into our descend, the kids were distracted by a huge golden retriever. Her friendly owner educated us on how to approach a new dog and we were delayed for a good 10 mins.
We walked for another 15 mins and found ourselves in front of the zoological and botanic garden. It was small but free. We took a break, used the free toilets and then cut through the park.
We finally arrived at the bottom of the Peak after almost 1.5hr with all the distractions. Super proud and alive.
We had Yoshinoya for dinner back at TST. The menu variety was amazing. I had steamboat and Daddy Lim even ordered sake. It must be to celebrate the descend down the Peak. Haha.
Mummy Lim
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