Business trip to Hong Kong. Part 3 - Victoria Peak
So the Big Bus Tour Honkong bus took us to the bottom station of The Peak Tram funicular which will take us to Victoria Peak.
I would like to say that the best views of Hong Kong skyscrapers open, of course, from the observation deck on Victoria Peak. Every year this place is visited by about 6.000, 000 tourists from all over the world.
The top of the peak is located 552 meters above sea level and provides an excellent opportunity to view the city from a bird's eye view. Moreover, being in his very heart.
Here I would like to warn the reader that even though the funicular works until late, you need to have time to come to it before 17.30.
Further, the Big Bus employees end their working day and, if you didn’t have time, you will have to buy tickets and stand in line for the funicular for a couple of hours.
Before you hit the road, you can check out the exhibition in the "Tram Historical Gallery" - a small museum located right inside the station at the foot of the peak. It is dedicated to the history of the development of the Hong Kong funicular.
If you decide to get to the Peak by funicular, it is better to come early.
Closer to 20.00, the start time of Laser Light Show "Symphony of Lights", the queue for tickets can stretch for hundreds of meters.
15 minutes of waiting and now the funicular quite cheerfully takes us to Victoria Peak. Coming out of it, we see a huge queue back and understand that either a taxi or a bus to the Central area will save us.
At the box office we buy tickets to the Sky Terrase viewing platform in the Peak Tower building and on the way on one of the floors we come across Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
The decision comes instantly and now we are already mocking the Presidents of the United States, portraying Khrushchev and his boot-thumping on America, clicking next to Jackie Chan and Johnny Depp. It's really fun. . .
You can also make a video where world stars will take part in it with you! 
Only here you can also take a photo for memory in the company of the English Queen and her family. . .
Give a few dollars dollars to George W. Bush for a tip. . .
Well, or boorishly look into the neckline of Angelina Jolie's dress. In general, if you want to have fun and benefit your social media account by taking a bunch of photos - you are welcome to the Madame Tussauds Wax Gallery in Hong Kong.
Externally, the Peak Tower is somewhat reminiscent of a Chinese frying pan and is the embodiment of modern avant-garde ideas.
The unusual building is crowned by a viewing platform with the sonorous name “Sky Terrace” (“Heavenly Terrace”).
It offers stunning views of the panoramas of the island and its surrounding territories, hundreds of skyscrapers, mountains, and the port striving upward. You can visit the Peak Tower during the day, evening and night.
Entrance to the tower is free, but you need to buy tickets to get to the observation deck. They can be purchased from the Peak Tower on the G/F floor at the Customer Service Counter. "Terrace" is open from 10.00 to 23.00 from Monday to Friday. On Saturday, Sunday and public holidays the terrace is open from 8.00 to 23.00. For the convenience of visitors, the tower is equipped with escalators and elevators.
On one of the top floors of the Peak Tower is the popular Bubba Gump Shrimp Co Restaurant & Market. "Baba Gump" is decorated based on the movie about Forrest Gump. The hall is decorated with characters' costumes, storyboards, script pages, and in some places individual scenes are recreated.
Hong Kong's Bubba Gump is one of 30 such chain restaurants around the world. The signature dish is shrimp cooked according to different recipes. Nearby is a souvenir shop and paraphernalia based on the movie.
Next to the building of the Peak Tower is the Peak Gallery building, which is no less important for tourists. It is important first of all because on the ground floor you will find a large bus station and a taxi rank that will help you leave Victoria Peak down to its foot in the Central or Admirality areas, or to the nearest Hong Kong metro station.
In addition, there are many shops, cafes and restaurants. And of course, the recently opened Trick Eye Museum HongKong.
In Hong Kong, the Trick Eye Museum opened in December 2014. Unlike ordinary, traditional museums, Trick Eye gives visitors absolute freedom of action. The museum strongly encourages interaction with the exhibits. This, in fact, is the whole essence of the museum.
Each painting is an unfinished image that requires the direct participation of the visitor in order to become a complete story.
And therefore, guests are allowed all kinds of museum folly: you can safely touch, climb onto the exhibits, jump and take pictures of everything that your camera can reach.
For those who are not sure how best to take pictures, there are photographs next to all the paintings with instructions showing the best position to take and marks on the floor indicating the point and angle from which the photos are taken best.
The Hong Kong Trick Eye Museum of Optical Illusions has about 70 exhibits divided into five galleries.
Here on Victoria Peak, you can also spend time doing shopping - in both buildings there are many shops selling world famous brands.
There are also a large number of souvenir shops here - buy yourself a figurine, a magnet or a picture with a panorama of Victoria Bay as a keepsake.
In order to spend time here with benefit for yourself, you need to spend at least 4-5 hours, that is, after a while you will feel hungry.
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Don't worry, there are a great variety of catering establishments from burgers and cafeterias to famous restaurants, where the cost of food in dishes is in last place - the cost of a view of Hong Kong from a panoramic window and the popularity of the restaurant will come first.
HOW TO GET TO VICTORIA PEAK BY YOURSELF:
Walking distance from MTR Central Station (exit J2). Then turn right through Chater Garden, cross Queen's Road Central and walk up Garden Road. Walk past the Bank of China Tower and Citibank Plaza and St John's Cathedral to Peak Tram Terminus (Lower Funicular Station).
Shuttle bus number 15C at the Central Bus Terminal (near Pier 7). Garden Road stop.
Daily : 10:00 am to 11:40 pm (from Pier 7)
Daily : 10:15 am to 11:55 pm (from Garden Road)
Frequency : 15 to 20 minutes
Directions : from HK$4.20
