Hotels.com and Cheaptickets helped me to organise the trip.
On our second day in Hong Kong we took the Central Mid Levels Escalators which is for free, it takes you from Central through Soho (which has good shopping and restaurants) up to the Mid Levels. The ride is free and takes about 20 minutes if you don’t walk. If you go really early please be aware the escalator goes downhill instead of up.
It seems that most local people just used the escalator to get to this MTR fare saver thing? It looks like you get HK$2 when you swipe your octopus card over it. I did it .. but if someone knows more please leave a comment.
Towards the end of the ride was this cool looking mosque.
Hong Kong: Peeking from Victoria Peak | Random Good Stuff - The Entertainment Blog wrote,
[...] to the Peak Tram Station you can either walk from the Central MTR Station or do what we did. Take Mid Level Escalator all the way up and walk through the Hong Kong Zoo (free Admission) and Hong Kong Park to [...]
Link | August 9th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Marty wrote,
the octopus swipe thing is for a $2 discount on ur next ride on the MTR.
Thhere is a time limit from when you swipe till ur next ride but i cant remember how long.
Link | August 10th, 2007 at 11:05 am
RGS wrote,
Ah … thank you Marty for the info. I was just amazed by all people swiping octopus cards of it seems like the whole family
I did swipe my card as well … I wonder why MTR is doing it? To make the escalators more popular?
Link | August 10th, 2007 at 11:09 am
hong kong tour wrote,
Most of the people pass by the fare saver swipe their octupos cards, its still $2 discount and can be used when you ride a Tram
Link | March 31st, 2008 at 1:22 am