Viewing The World from The Peak

The Peak in Hong Kong is actually called Victoria Peak. It is located in Hong Kong and it's not the tallest structure in Hong Kong, but it stands at one thousand eight hundred eleven feet above sea level. There are sections of the mountain that are exclusively for tourist sightseeing while there is another part of the mount that is just meant for a privately owned radio company.

Hong Kong The Peak Tower

The Peak actually started off as a residential area for rich and wealthy people. That phase of the Peak was started by the Governor of the time, Sir Richard Macdonnell who built his summer home there around 1868. Other rich people who wanted to get away from the intense summer heat followed his example and built houses on the Mountain. The residential phase of the peak roughly ended after a forty something year long time period. At the time a tram had been made so those residents used sedan chairs to go up and down the mountain. The tram routes were in consideration and development to operate on the mountain in the year 1881. With the tram constructed and built, The Peak quickly became a popular tour site with the panoramic view of the city. The view is really breathtaking. You literally can over see the whole city and the tall buildings are so small it looks like they are toys or figurines. 

Tram Train Hong Kong

The Peak Hotel opened in 1873 but with little people wanting to hike to it business was slowly becoming bad. In 1882 the company assigned to building the tram called Hong Kong High Level Tramway Company was born. At first the trams were made of really cheap and unsafe materials like varnished timber and there were a lot of openings throughout the tram so people could have easily fallen off. Due to its massive popularity, on the first day the tram had around six hundred people riding it! In 1926, operators of the Tram switched from the coal engines to an electric powered. During World War II, when Japan took over Hong Kong, The Tram engines took a heavy blow and so it was out of commission until 1945 when it started to work again. A lot of work and money was put into the Tram system to make it what it is now today. The Trams were really packed the few times I've been there, I guess it helps proves to me that this site is really popular and famous since so many people know of it and would go visit it even on weekdays when people should be at work.

HK The Peak

 Every year around seven million people come visit The Peak and explore its fascinating wonders and tour the site for more memories. This tourist attraction is easily known as the famous major tourist attraction in Hong Kong along with Disneyland and Ocean Park. I myself have gone to this wonder several times when I visited Hong Kong to see my family. I was really amazed when we got to the top and when I looked down at the view. It was really breathtaking. I really encourage people who had never been to Hong Kong, to go and definitely visit this beautifully made scenery. I haven’t been back to Hong Kong in a while so I hope next time I go back and visit this place, it will be even more beautiful and breathtaking than I remembered it was!