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From modern highrise commercial architecture to the steep narrow alleyways crammed with people and shops, Hong Kong Island's Central district is a world of its own.
The middle of the business district is filled with distinctive architecture and surrounded, as everything in Hong Kong is, with tall narrow highrise apartment houses.
Nestled within this beehive of activity are narrow steep streets of shops that sell most anything.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON HONG KONG ISLAND CENTRAL
TRAVEL: December 1991, November 1998, January 2020
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West end of Hong Kong Island Central as seen from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
East end of Hong Kong Island Central and seen from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
View of Hong Kong Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Central Pier, where the ferries arrive and depart, Hong Kong Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
If you fly or cruise into Hong Kong, you hit land on the mainland side of Hong Kong Harbor and probably take the Star Ferry across to Central.
This is where you will arrive on the ferry.
Cityscape, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Unless you are young and know the city well, it won't be too easy to get around and see the city.
One solution to seeing the city, is the Hop-on Hop-off busses available at the Central Pier, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Cityscape from the Hop-on Hop-off bus, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Another means of transportation are these double-decker streetcars, filled to the brim, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 1991.
Small park hidden among the modern high-rise commercial buildings, Hong Kong Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
Steep side streets in the older part of downtown filled with small shops, Central Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 1998.
The famous Happy Valley Racecourse, technically in Happy Valley east of Central Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, 2020.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE HAPPY VALLEY RACECOURSE
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page last revised january 2020