Friday, May 26, 2006

Free transport

Yes, there is free transport from Central to mid-hill on the HK island -- the Central/Mid-levels escalators. It is 800-meter long and makes a 135-meter vertical climb/descent between Central (near the sea) to the Mid-Levels area, saving a lot of traffic along the narrow zigzag roads on the hill. The escalators go one-way uphill or downhill depending on the time of the day. See more photos on Wiki.
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posted by Lisi at 5:00 PM

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Comments on "Free transport"

　

Blogger Brian Dubé said ... (May 26, 2006 6:57 PM) : 

good idea, good way to save on car traffic...

　

Blogger Chantal said ... (May 26, 2006 7:40 PM) : 

nice impression of the scene.

　

Blogger Mark said ... (May 26, 2006 8:19 PM) : 

This so cool, love to try it one day.What are the views like?

　

Blogger Bob said ... (May 26, 2006 9:11 PM) : 

Great shot

　

Blogger Kris said ... (May 26, 2006 10:04 PM) : 

thats very clever solution! a Good shot,too!

　

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (May 26, 2006 11:46 PM) : 

if i remember it well, some scenes in 'Chungking Express', a film of Wong-ka-wai, were shot in these escalators... Lisi ?
p:s don't know why think of this film when seeing the picture ??!!

　

Blogger Cynthia Quiros said ... (May 27, 2006 2:14 AM) : 

grat shot!!! It must be so cool to cross it like this!!

　

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (May 27, 2006 3:03 AM) : 

I was there in April this year. I went there just to see this thing. And my questions was why they didn't build one for coming back down.

　

Blogger Ryan said ... (May 27, 2006 2:03 PM) : 

Nice shot. The like the subtle motion in this photo.

　

Blogger Louise Starkey said ... (May 27, 2006 2:35 PM) : 

What a great idea. This photo really captures the ordinary people!

　

Blogger Lisi said ... (May 27, 2006 5:48 PM) : 

Santy and Chris -- yes, of course, you can go either way on the stairs but frankly, I haven't seen anybody using the stairs instead.

Mark -- the view is typical of HK, you'll see lots of concrete around you!

Michelle -- same here...and it attracts a lot of Asian tourists because of that film.

Thanks for the footprints everyone!

　

Blogger chillycraps said ... (May 29, 2006 6:59 AM) : 

it's pretty cool on the escalator, cos you can see those second storey cafe or bookstore...

things that one can only find in hk..

　

Blogger Chris said ... (June 07, 2006 4:16 AM) : 

Great shot ! Two world seem to oppose. Framing is excellent.

　

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