Tuesday 24 November

We took a Hong Kong Island Tour which began by going up The Peak by the Peak Tram. This is the world's steepest funicular railway. The buildings beside it looked as if they were leaning. From the top, facing north, there was a superb view of the concrete jungle of Hong Kong Island and Kowloom. Other islands would have been visible if the day had been clear but there was a very visible layer of smog over the area. HK Isdland is 80 sq m and houses 1.3 million people. That and Kowloom make up 80% of the population of HK. The view looking south was very different - it was all trees and almost no houses.