Hong Kong Day 2: Star Ferry and Rickshaw Double Decker Bus

Star Ferry

Riding star ferry to commute between Kowloon and Hong Kong islands is a great travel bargain! I can still recall vivid memories when my aunt took us for a night ferry ride from Central to Tsim ShaTsui way back in my younger years. Since then, I always make it a point to ride the Star Ferry whenever I am in Hong Kong. Just a tip, you can get the best view at night time.

The colorful boat to the right is the Star Ferry boat for the 1.5 hour afternoon cruise.

Kowloon Star Ferry Station

Here is the inside of the Star Ferry upper deck.

I am a huge fan of double decker tourist bus.Not only that it is a cheaper means to tour around, but you get to see many places at your own travel pace. Once we got off from Central Ferry station, we walked towards the Central bus terminal across and saw the Rickshaw Double Decker Bus waiting. It was already about 4:30pm so we hurriedly paid for a one day pass from the driver thinking that it is good for 24 hours. Oh, we were absolutely wrong! We felt totally ripped off when we saw in the brochure that the ticket is only good for the same day and the pass is only valid until 5:30pm. So lesson learned, if you are going to take the Rickshaw Double Decker ride in Hong Kong, make sure to be there at 10 am in order to fully maximize it. If not, you can take the Big Bus Tour instead but for a much expensive price tag.

The Rickshaw bus we took passed through the Metropolis Route and it was nice to see the view of Hong Kong Skyscrapers from the open-air top deck of the bus.

The double decker bus passed by Wanchai and the building in the photo below is Renaissance Hong Kong. Actually, this hotel is also one of my hotel options in Hong Kong but I ended up with Kowloon Shangrila as I want to stay in Kowloon.

The Golden Bauhinia Square where Hong Kong was turned over by Britain to China in 1997.

It’s fun to ride in these Ding Ding Trams, unfortunately for this trip I didn’t get the chance to ride one.

The China Bank Building with its iconic criss-cross design.