hong kong skyline & victoria harbour at night

after a fun late afternoon hike at cheung chau, we returned to central pier about 750pm.

we could walk to central station & take the mtr to mongkok, or take star ferry cross harbour to tsimshatsui.

we decided on the later.

a pleasant surprise that cross harbour ferry was free this evening. only later we learned that stephen chow 周星驰 was promoting his new “mermaid” movie & offering free star ferry ride on 11.1.2016. ^^

star ferry cross harbour from central pie to star ferry terminal

night scenery was beautiful. we could see the central skyline & lit buildings with the IFC (international financial centre) standing tall.

star ferry cross harbour from central pie to star ferry terminal

central pier receding.

on the other side there was a beautiful running advertisements of lights on ICC building at kowloon station in west kowloon.

hong kong skyline & victoria harbour at night

people were crowding the promenade along the public pier on tsimshatsui waiting for the light display.

we watched about 10mins? when the music came on, but there was nothing to see, nothing much, a bit of laser but no display.

hong kong skyline & victoria harbour at night

the red lit chinese junk, a regular item in hong kong’s tourist promotion.

hong kong skyline & victoria harbour at night

we walked over to avenue of the stars, but it was closed.

time for dinner. we decided to go to tao heung tsimshatsui. all our i-sim free 160Mb data were used up so i had to find a wifi place & managed to get in to isquare’s free wifi.

but dinner was more hussle. it was past 9pm before we settle down at tao heung tsimshatsui, recently moved from carnavon plaza to 3 Minden Row.

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