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How to Visit Victoria Peak: Hong Kong’s Most Popular Viewpoint

January 17, 2020 //  by Lily Wu//  23 Comments

So, you want to visit Victoria Peak.

Look, I’m the last person to tell you to do something because it’s awesome and amazing just because it’s the second-most-popular activity on TripAdvisor for a city. Some of those things suck (looking at you, Walk of Stars). Some of them are only fairly good. And only a few of them are as “fun!” and “spectacular!” as Lonely Planet says they are.

I would never lie to you guys about my opinions. Here are the reasons why you should (and shouldn’t) visit Victoria Peak, this often-cited tourist attraction.

By the way, if you’re visiting Hong Kong (and especially for the first time!), consider checking out my posts on Hong Kong Dining Rules You Need to Know, as well as my neighborhood spotlight on local food in Sheung Wan, a neighborhood just one stop over from Central.

Victoria Peak in Hong Kong is the city's most popular viewpoint. If you need a detailed guide on exactly how to get there (with photos and details on what to expect), this post is for you! #HongKong #HongKongTravel #VictoriaPeak #VictoriaPeakHongKong #Hikinghongkong
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Table of Contents

  • But First, a Little Bit of Victoria Peak History
  • Why You Should Visit Victoria Peak 
  • Why You Shouldn’t Visit Victoria Peak 
  • How to Get to Victoria Peak
    • Victoria Peak Tram
    • Hike to Victoria Peak
      • How to Get to the Start of the Hike
      • Get to Victoria Peak by Taxi
  • The Victoria Peak Experience
    • Visit Victoria Peak Viewpoints
      • Lion’s Pavilion Lookout
      • Peak Galleria Terrace
      • SkyTerrace
  • Take an Easy and Refreshing Stroll around Victoria Peak (Peak Circle Walk)

But First, a Little Bit of Victoria Peak History

Victoria Peak is the highest hill on Hong Kong island. Don’t feel fooled by this lofty title: it is not the highest peak in the entire Hong Kong territory – far from it. There are much, much, higher elevation points in Hong Kong (one of them named Suicide Cliff, for that matter). Victoria Peak comes in at a measly number 31.

Its main claim to fame was that in the 19th century, a bunch of rich white people wanted to live here, because it would give them a boost in both a physical (and figurative) sense from the peasantry and plebs down below.

The earliest houses on the Peak were named things like “The Eyrie” and “Bushy Cottage” and “Cloudlands,” which mostly makes me think that the early Governors woke up one morning and were like, “I’m Governor, and I can do whatever I want, so what I’ll do is pretend to be a medieval knight.” Like the Silicon Valley Bros who name their companies things like Palantir (yes, this actually exists, and their meeting rooms are named after lands in Middle Earth, which is both terrifying and awesome).

I especially love that Victoria Peak’s Wikipedia page euphemises this delightfully with the following: “…the Peak attracted prominent European residents because of its panoramic view over the city and its temperate climate compared to the sub-tropical climate in the rest of Hong Kong). Because the non-European residents of Hong Kong couldn’t possibly have been attracted to temperate climates as well, don’t you know?

Why You Should Visit Victoria Peak 

There’s a lot of historical significance to be found in this spot (just read the above)

There are a lot of iconic skylines and views in the city. This is definitely one of Hong Kong’s top 3.

The Victoria Peak Tram is a pretty cute (albeit short) experience, especially if you have small children. I’d love this thing as a kid. It is like a a very, very, easy and slow roller coaster.

Victoria Peak Tram on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
Victoria Peak Tram. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

Why You Shouldn’t Visit Victoria Peak 

This is one of, if not the most, popular tourist destinations in Hong Kong.

Therefore, in the past 5 to 10 years, it’s been turned into somewhat of a caricature of a tourist attraction. Anyone who has done traveling in popular areas has experienced first-hand what it’s like when development is built revolving around a certain site. The Peak is no exception: decades of tourist hordes have turned this area into a sophisticated visitor factory. It sucks you in and spits you back out, with your wallet lighter (but you can avoid this easily by committing to no food and no shopping).

In true Hong Kong fashion, there are huge malls at the top. You can’t escape them. I’ve learned to stop hoping for Hong Kong capitalism, because in this city, capitalism wins. Always.

Because how else can you make tourists who are trying to see a beautiful view spend even more money than they already have? You shove them, like a sick human assembly line, into a mall as soon as they arrive. They have no option but to wander, in a disoriented daze, through shops selling plastic keychains and postcards, and inevitably end up buying too many Kinder chocolates for someone back home (the office? Who knows).

There are a lot of people up there at the top. This means that there will be lines. You thought you already lined up to come up the hill (if you took the tram). Well, folks, you’ll have to line up again to come down.

Lines on Victoria Peak
Yeah, I’m just gonna nope my way out of this one. Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

How to Get to Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak Tram

The tram is the way to go if a) you’re unabashedly lazy like me; or b) you’re traveling with young children during one of the 8 months that Hong Kong becomes as hot as Satan’s underarms. Nothing says “wholesome family fun” like dragging your screaming sweaty kid up a mountain. I hope you like pit stains; or c) the idea of riding a very slow and very easy roller coaster appeals to you.

Victoria Peak Tram in Hong Kong
The Victoria Peak Tram as it arrives in the Lower Terminus. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

I’m probably underselling the tram. It’s actually pretty fun, depending on your idea of fun. If the idea of finding yourself at nearly a 90 degree angle facing up a mountain fills you with wonder and not horror, then yes, it is fun.

The Peak Tram was first constructed in 1888 as a way to connect residences on or near the Peak with those at the bottom of the hill. Previously, the only way to get up was by sedan chair. Seriously. The only way to get up a mountain was for people to carry you on your shoulders like you were some Persian princess in a Disney cartoon.

Lady in sedan chair
Because colonization. Because, of course. Circa 1920, Hong Kong.

This fact is plastered all over Hong Kong like it’s meant to be pleasantly informative, but every time I read it, I quietly think what the hell, guys. I’m glad no one is doing this anymore, because you bet your britches certain people were benefiting from this “service” and other types of people were doing the servicing. (Read: Racial zoning laws. Why doesn’t anyone talk about this? ).

Since that time, the Tram has featured in numerous movies, photographs, and art. If you want to visit, though, just be prepared for those godforsaken lines.

The interior of the Victoria Peak Tram
The interior of the Victoria Peak Tram. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

Adults: $37 HKD single, $52 HKD return. This is about $4.73 USD single, $6.65 return

Children: (3-11) or seniors (65+): $14 HKD Single, $23 Return. This is $1.80 USD single, $2.94 USD return.

Hike to Victoria Peak

Try to visit Victoria peak by hiking. The trek isn’t a tough hike. For illustration purposes, occasionally I go to the gym. Contrary to my resolutely apple-shaped body, I tend to work out fairly regularly. I do squats, and lunges, and hip thrusts and things to futilely counteract the genetics that gave me an unfortunately rectangularly-shaped backside (which would never, in any kind of universe, be described as “thicc”.)

The point I am trying to make here is that I can be called a reasonably fit woman. Therefore, hiking to the Peak can sound like a reasonably good idea, especially If you’ve had to give up CrossFit for a week to visit Hong Kong.

The hike is also rather short. If you start at the end of the Central-to-MidLevels Escalators, it will take you less than an hour. I know this, because there were several strategically-placed benches on the route for the hopelessly lazy, like me, who want to take breaks and play with their phones.

I stopped, and drank water, and played with my phone while pretending to the hikers I passed that I wasn’t winded, no, not at all, and continued when the sweat droplets on my face felt sufficiently cool again.

This is what some of the hike looks like. This is not a hike for scenic views. This is a hike for a little bit of exercise.

View from Old Peak Road Victoria Peak Hong kong
View from Old Peak Road. Hong Kong. January 2020.
View from Victoria Peak hike in Hong Kong
Okay, this one is pretty nice. Hong Kong. January 2020.

How to Get to the Start of the Hike

If you want to visit Victoria peak by hiking, the best way is to start from Central and find the Central to Mid-Levels Escalator. Take the escalator until you can’t see the next stage of the escalator, and then just search Google Maps the directions to “Victoria Peak.” Find the street that’s called “Old Peak Road” and just follow it to the top. You’ll know when you’re on the right path when the street begins to slope ever-so-more-steeply.

The Central to Midlevels Escalator
The Central to Midlevels Escalator. Hong Kong Island. January 2019.
Victoria Peak Hike in Hong Kong
What most of the hike looks like to Victoria Peak Hong Kong. January 2020.

The views on this road, unfortunately, aren’t of the sweeping vistas and froth-lined shore variety. They are, instead, incessant green shrubbery, which is occasionally punctuated by windows of Hong Kong skyscraper. Like this.

Views from Old Peak Road in Hong Kong

Eventually, if you’re reasonably able-bodied, you’ll find yourself coming to the SkyTower peak within an hour. You’ll know when you smell the commercialized kitsch emanating from the top of the hill. You’ll know.

Get to Victoria Peak by Taxi

This one is obvious. The cost of a metered cab ride will cost more the further you are from the Peak, but from Central, it’s likely to cost you between 60-80 Hong Kong Dollars (between 9 and 12 USD).

The Victoria Peak Experience

Prepare yourself. You’ve made it to Victoria Peak. If you arrived by tram, you’ll immediately be thrust into what the Hong Kong Tourism Board likes to call “The Peak Market” or a “Shopping Paradise,” which translates to “a whole lot of fridge magnets” and “more Toblerone bars than you knew existed outside Switzerland.”

If this is your first visit to Hong Kong, you’ll know that this is just par the course – that’s Hong Kong capitalism, baby! I know what you read about this city before you came. If you thought that you’d just take the Tram and be able to escape without trinkets being thrust into your eye’s line of sight, you’d be sorely, sorely, mistaken.

If you’ve found yourself here, take two flights of escalators down and find the exit to the the open space. I have found myself meandering way too often among plastic trinkets and oversized teddy bears to wish the same on unsuspecting and well-intentioned visitors.

On your way down, you’ll bypass two often advertised experiences: Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum (it’s only 10 HKD for admission, so I suppose if you wanted to waste your time, you could do a lot worse), and the Sky Terrace, offering a 360 degree view of the Hong Kong skyline.

Here’s to hoping for a smogless fogless sky.

Madame Tussaud’s got figures like Angelina Jolie, Benedict Cumberbatch, and a whole host of East Asian actors and actresses. And though I’ve personally never visited, the views from the Sky Terrace are supposed to be insane (if photos online are anything to go by).

Once you find yourself outdoors and out of the completely unavoidable malls, your surroundings will look like this.

Victoria Peak around the mall
Lots of space, barely any crowds on Victoria Peak. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.
Victoria Peak around the mall
Just a quiet, serene, people-free afternoon on Victoria Peak. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

It continues to amaze me how they’ve turned this area into a clusterf*** of both tourists and locals. There will be more children here, at this very moment, on the Peak, than you’ll ever see combined in your entire visit to Hong Kong.

Visit Victoria Peak Viewpoints

Lion’s Pavilion Lookout

What to do next? Make a beeline for the most popular lookout point, Lion’s Pavilion. There will be signs pointing you in that direction (and you’ll also know by the crowds of people going there). It’s the most recognizable viewpoint, and the photos from there look like this. It’s easy to grab a shot and go. Close to the Lookout Point will be vendors selling art prints, and refrigerator door magnets (Does anyone ever buy these?) and that sort of thing.

Victoria Peak view on Hong Kong Island
The view from Lion’s Pavilion. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

Peak Galleria Terrace

The Peak Galleria Terrace is a platform that you’ll find once you wander into, well, the Peak Galleria. I personally don’t think the views here are astonishingly superior to those at the Lion’s Pavilion, but hey, while you’re here, right?

 

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SkyTerrace

Tickets to the SkyTerrace can be purchased at counters when you arrive (or at the bottom when you buy a ticket for the Peak Tram, as a package deal). The views look like this.

The view from SkyTerrace in Hong Kong Victoria Peak
The view from SkyTerrace. Hong Kong Island. January 2020.

Take an Easy and Refreshing Stroll around Victoria Peak (Peak Circle Walk)

If you’re anything like me, the sight of families, strollers, and melting ice cream cones will make you hot at the collar and run screaming at the nearest exit. Truth be told, being at the Peak gives me flashes back to sweltering summers in Orlando’s Disney World, complete with 2-pound turkey legs and sticky hands and crying babies.

This is why I’m not having kids, I announced to my very Chinese mother during our most recent Thanksgiving, my mouth full of dumplings. Give me chubby cheeks and fat little feet, but not vomit and diapers.

So what are you to do?

You get a 60 – 90 -minute or so walk on Lugard Road. Find the signs that point you to the direction and go left.

Lugard Road sign on Victoria Peak

There are no inclines on this walk: perfect for those strollers and baby carriages, and just what you need to get away from the commercialized madness of just minutes before. You don’t even have to be fit for this (although you will inevitably come across old Chinese grandmas in full hiking gear, in two pairs of visors and covered head to toe in Lycra).

This will make you feel simultaneously inadequate and underdressed, but fear not – these grannies are a special breed, and when you see the first babies being carried, you will realize that this walk can be completed by toddlers. If the little pudge-ball with wispy curls and Velcro sneakers can do this walk, then so can you.

And if you’re here in Hong Kong on holiday, even better: you’ll think about that dim sum breakfast you had in the morning and congratulate yourself on moving your body today, like a real adult.

For most of this walk, there won’t be much in the way of views of nature – on the right-hand side, you’ll see lush green vegetation (and get bored of it by the time the first 10 minutes have passed), but the walk will also be punctuated by gorgeous glimpses of blue sky (on a clear day) and towering needle sharp skyscrapers in the distance.

Old Peak Road views to Victoria Peak

Eventually, you’ll come to Lugard Road Lookout Point (about 20 minutes in), which offers far superior panoramic views than the aforementioned Lion’s Pavilion.

At the end of the 3.5 kilometers, you’ll find yourself exactly where you started. Again, look for the incessant crowds.

That’s it! I hope you now know the basics on how to visit Victoria Peak, a violently popular tourist attraction whose popularity won’t die down anytime soon.

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  1. Lily Fang

    February 14, 2020 at 12:11 am

    Realized I hadn’t read this post of yours yet, and I love how honest in your travel writing! I feel like SEO motivates bloggers to write the same kinds of posts, and to do so in a very straightforward way (which is totally fine, nothing wrong with it!), but it’s awesome to read posts that have a lot of personality. Capitalism always wins in the US too (sigh), and I can’t believe that people used to be carried up on sedan chairs (LOL and yikes!).

    Btw, do you have Bloglovin? I feel like it’s way easier for me to keep up with posts that way, but it also seems like a vestige of the old personal blogging community haha. Hope you’re doing well!

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  2. Alex

    January 20, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    Great visitor guide, can definitely share with future visitors to Hong Kong. Quick tip for a cloudy/foggy/hazy day (which always seem to happen when I plan to take a visitor up) but the views are just as impressive at night (if not better) and Hong Kong lights seem built to travel through all but the densest of clouds!

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    • Lily Wu

      January 20, 2020 at 9:44 pm

      Oh that’s amazing! I’ve never actually been there at night (despite having lived here for so long) but everyone says the view is absolutely spectacular!

      Reply
  3. Patti

    January 19, 2020 at 12:47 pm

    Oh wow. I’ve always wanted to visit Hong Kong. I never knew what a beautiful park existed there. That view is incredible!

    Reply
    • Lily Wu

      January 19, 2020 at 1:53 pm

      Hong Kong is really cool for both landscape and city photography! Highly recommend at least one visit (and it’s pretty easy to see everything you’d want to see in as short as 2-3 days!).

      Reply
  4. Rhonda Albom

    January 19, 2020 at 9:09 am

    We were just there about three months ago. We took the tram and really enjoyed the entire experience. Oddly and unexpectedly, we ran into some friends on the top of the hill.

    Reply
    • Lily Wu

      January 19, 2020 at 10:07 am

      Aw I’m glad you liked the tram! It’s a pretty fun experience. I’m not surprised you ran into friends because Hong Kong is basically like a gigantic fishbowl…can’t escape people even if you try…

      Reply
  5. Vanessa Shields

    January 19, 2020 at 6:34 am

    What fun and extremely informative post! Loved your perspective on getting to the top of the peak. Lol. I think i’d like to hike up and then take the tram down. The views look amazing and something I definitely want to do when I visit one day! 😁

    Reply
    • Lily Wu

      January 19, 2020 at 10:08 am

      Thanks Vanessa! Yep, I really think that getting your steps in while you’re traveling is super important, so I’d probably do the same!

      Reply
  6. chasingbeans

    January 18, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    Nice article you have made. I really appreciate your efforts and points you have covered in this post simply superb. I follow(read) blogs for increasing my knowledge. I really liked it very much. Keep sharing like this in coming future.

    Reply
    • Lily Wu

      January 18, 2020 at 10:56 pm

      You’re too sweet! Thank you so so much for reading. Even if people aren’t exactly visiting Hong Kong, I hope they can at least gain some cursory knowledge and are amused by my writing!

      Reply
  7. Tina

    January 18, 2020 at 7:20 pm

    Gosh, I wish I’d read this post before visiting Hong Kong a few years ago. We had two long layovers there, did no research at all, and decided to visit Victoria Peak because a friend recommended it to me last minute. We didn’t get far up to the street until we saw the queue, it was INSANE. Never seen that many people in my life hahaha. Will try it again next time I’m in Hong Kong though.. thanks for your tips 😀

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    • Lily Wu

      January 18, 2020 at 7:37 pm

      Haha, oh yes, the lines are absolutely crazy! It’s enough to deter anyone from going, so I definitely want to warn people before they get in line! Thanks so much for reading, Tina!

      Reply
  8. Joe

    January 18, 2020 at 4:26 am

    A lovely read as usual! Just one point – HK visitors who CrossFit don’t need to stop. There are 3 CrossFit gyms (at least) in ur area !!

    Reply
    • Joe

      January 18, 2020 at 4:28 am

      Sorry, *at least 3 CrossFit Boxes™️

      Reply
    • Lily Wu

      January 18, 2020 at 9:20 am

      hahahaha I was NOT expecting this comment! You’re right, of course. And CrossFit is enough of a religion that well, they wouldn’t stop!

      Reply
  9. Ann

    January 18, 2020 at 1:22 am

    Great post (as always). Would love to go there 🤗

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    • Lily Wu

      January 18, 2020 at 9:20 am

      Thanks so much for reading, Ann!

      Reply
  10. Shannon

    January 17, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    I wish I had read an honest post like this before visiting Victoria Peak a few years ago. The queues for the tram were crazy!! Will definitely hike up next time! Another great read, Lily!

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    • Lily Wu

      January 17, 2020 at 11:47 pm

      Shannon, thanks for reading! You know, I’ve lived here for a handful of years already, and I can fathom take the tram up….but then once I see the lines waiting to go back down, I NOPE the eff out of there and just opt for cab!

      Reply
      • Shannon

        January 18, 2020 at 12:19 am

        Hahaha, I really don’t blame you!!

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  11. Divine

    January 17, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    Great post. Very interesting when visiting Victoria Peak. Thanks for sharing

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    • Lily Wu

      January 17, 2020 at 11:04 pm

      Thanks so much for reading! Hope you find it useful.

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📍USA 🇺🇸 (Massachusetts) ⁣ It snowed a 📍USA 🇺🇸 (Massachusetts) ⁣ It snowed a huge snow last week! ❄️ We had a proper “nor’easter” - which, according to Wikipedia, is “a macro-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean.” After having missed snow for many years living in Hong Kong, I honestly can’t tell you how much I’ve missed even the meter-high walls of snow we’d get, without fail, every winter in New England. ⁣ My family is driving down the Cape (Cape Cod) for Christmas! What are your plans?? ⁣ ⁣ #massachusettssnow #ilovenewengland #newenglandsnow #noreaster #bluehillreservation #newenglandphotography #newenglandphotographer #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #cathaycreators #newenglandliving #newenglandlife #ilovemassachusetts #snowsnowsnow #snowmountain #snowlove #snowhike #snowscape #snowcovered #journeyofgirls #journeysofgirls #travelgirlsgo #snowfilter #snowseason #massachusettsoutdoors #massachusetts_igers #massachusettslife #travelgirldiary #travelgirlsofficial #travelgirlscommunity
📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (Lion Rock) ⁣ This was t 📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (Lion Rock) ⁣ This was the second time I’ve hiked to Lion Rock in Kowloon (the first time being over 3 years ago), and I still love the little Lego-pieces of HK’s buildings as far as the eye can see! ⁣ I’m not jn Hong Kong at the moment, but I’ve been telling my family here in the US that it isn’t all dense concrete and gray cityscapes, a huge amount of HK is literally just lush tropical wilderness. ⁣ Hope everyone is having a lovely start to their holidays! My family has never been big holiday people (don’t think they place a lot of emphasis or value on atmosphere), but we still got a little cat-proof tree tree at my insistence to spruce it up a bit. ⁣ ⁣ #ilovehongkong #homekong #hongkongphotography #hongkongphotographer #cathaycreators #hikinginhongkong #hongkonghiking #hkhikes #hongkonghikes #sheisfromhk #sheisnotlost #lionrockhike #lionsrock #hk_iger #travelgirlsgo #livetoexplore #hongkonglife #hongkonginsta #hongkongig #explorehongkong #discoverhongkong #awesomehongkong #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #hongkongblogger #damestravel #traveldames #thedreamytravel #girlsvsglobe #girlsborntravel
📍Massachusetts (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ What’s th 📍Massachusetts (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ What’s the coldest place you’ve ever been to? ⁣ Can you smell how crisp the air is? It was also bone-shatteringly cold - 🥶 30 F (just below 0 C) feels just as fresh and stingy on my face as I remember! There are ZERO “Instagram spots” in the classical sense here - so you’ve got to get creative with Mother Nature! ⁣ Life has been funny lately. I’ve been in the USA for about 2.5 weeks now and I’ve finally settled into a rhythm and a routine. Part of that routine involves 3-4x weekly walks with my parents in a nearby “reservation” - big swathes of land with hiking trails, ponds, and lakes. I’m wearing leggings underneath jeans here, and could STILL feel the sharpness of cold air penetrating all the way through to my skin. ⁣ I’ve traded skyscrapers and haze for lakes and sunsets, and right now, feel super content. ⁣ ⁣ #ilovenengland #houghtonspond #newenglandsunsets #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #newenglandphotographer #newenglandphotography #newenglandliving #newenglandlife #newengland_igers #newenglandfall #newenglandblogger #sheisnotlost #travelgirlshub #damestravel #dametraveler #sheisfromhk #agameoftones #cathaycreators #newenglandpictures #newenglander #ilovemassachusetts #masachusettsphotographer #massachusettsoutdoors #bluehillsreservation #hikingboston #newenglandhikes #massachusettslife #massachusettsmade #naturalmassachusetts
📍Boston, MA (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ This photo was 📍Boston, MA (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ This photo was taken last year in one of my favorite places in Boston, the Boston Public Library (where my dad still works!). ⁣ If I get my negative COVID result today, I’m finally out of my self-imposed quarantine! It won’t bring me much freedom, but I’m excited to meet the two new cats in the house and to finally be able to make and serve my own meals. Hope everyone is having a good week! ⁣ ⁣ #iloveboston #bostonpubliclibrary #beantown #newenglandphotographer #newenglandphotography #bostonma #bostonblogger #bostonbloggers #lifeofadventure #alwaysgo #wanderfolk #letsgosomewhere #exploreeverywhere #tasteintravel #instatravel #stayandwander #welivetoexplore #neverstopexploring #visualwanderlust #femmetravel #girlslovetravel #dametraveler #wearetravelgirls #ladiesgoneglobal #sheexplores #girlsborntotravel #theglobewanderer #traveldiary #travelphotography #bostonphotography
📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 ⁣ This summer, I met so 📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 ⁣ This summer, I met so many wonderful friends and formed exciting and fun friendships - as a result, I ended up on boats WAY more than any other HK summer, and still took place well into October. Now that I’m in cloudy and rainy and cold New England, I’m absolutely thinking about these sunny days, but being around my family is just as amazing. ⁣ I feel like I have so many books to read, things to write, yoga poses to learn, dishes to cook. My stories won’t be as fun as they are usually (a lot less booze and boats and a lot more books and cats) but I hope you guys will stick with me over these next few months! ⁣ #ilovehongkong #homekong #cathaycreators #outonthewater #imonaboat #sheisfromhk #hk_igers #hongkonginstagram #hongkongphotography #hongkongphotographer #hongkongig #hongkonglife #theprettycities #travelgirldiary #travelgirlsofficial #travelgirlscollective #travelgirlsgetaways #travelgirldiaries #travelgirlsvibe #explorehongkong #discoverhongkong #hongkongcity #hongkongview #hongkongharbour #exploreasia #travelgirlsgo #girlswhotravel #lifeinhongkong #hongkonglife #bostonbloggers
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📍Los Angeles, CA, USA 🇺🇸 Lol this photo 📍Los Angeles, CA, USA 🇺🇸 Lol this photo was taken during one of the most arduous and expensive trips of my life - trying to make it back from the USA to HK is no joke. My flight was cancelled last minute and I had to reroute with three new flights....then at the last minute I was turned away at the gate because my COVID test had my middle initial instead of my full middle name! HK doesn’t mess around. Hundreds and hundreds spent on hotels and a new COVID test notwithstanding...I got to spend time with a dear friend of mine on the west coast and it was so, so, nice. The air smelled of weed and the air was salty and sandy and amazing and nice. And the tacos!!!! Ugh. Just a few hours of an almost-vacation....here I am sitting at Venice Beach eating the Fairfax sandwich from Eggslut. Ugh. So good. I’d love to come back and do a more proper trip next time - any recs for the LA/SoCal area?? #losangeles_city #losangeles_la #losangelescalifornia #bostonbloggers #losangelesbloggers #travelgirlshub #venicebeachcalifornia #venicebeachskatepark #journeysofgirls #damestravel #lifeofadventure #alwaysgo #wanderfolk #letsgosomewhere #exploreeverywhere #visualwanderlust #welivetoexplore #adventurethatislife #adventurevisuals #californiadreamin #californiablogger #californiavacation #westcoastblogger #hkbloggers #hongkongblogger #ilovecalifornia #californiacoast #californiaroadtrip #westcoast_exposures #westcoastlife
📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 I was laughing to a f 📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 I was laughing to a friend last week about how cold it is here in New England, but how much better I am actually dealing with the cold even though I’ve lived in Hong Kong for 4 years now! When I go out NOW, I’m wearing at least 4 layers of clothing and a thick coat on top, and always, always 2 layers of pants. If I run I’ll put on leggings and joggers on top of those, OR two pairs of leggings, one on top of the other. I don’t know if I thought I was too cool for dressing warmly or what - but I’d shiver through countless snowy days in Boston waiting for the bus to get to school, refuse to wear a hat - and even sometimes wore skirts. This did not, I am sad to report, make me cool. It just made me very cold. Here’s a photo of the moon at sunset, a few miles from my parents’ house. #bostonbloggers #newengland #ilovemassachusetts #massachusettsnature #massachusettsphotography #bostonphotographers #cathaycreators #hongkongblogger #bluehillreservation #bluehillsreservation #newengland_igers #newenglandliving #newenglandlife #newenglandphotography #newenglandoutdoors #newenglandwinter #travelgirlsgo #journeysofgirls #newenglandsunsets #sunsetgram #sunsets_oftheworld #sunsetoftheday #sunsetcolors #sunsetlove #massachusettslife #massachusettsoutdoors #bostonliving #bostonweather #bostonphotography #bostongram
📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 ⁣ I loveee the New E 📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 ⁣ I loveee the New England vibes in this photo so much! This was taken during a short run I did with my brother - I always always always avoided running because I was obsessed with “maintaining gains” when I began weightlifting 6-7 years ago. I’m surprisingly really loving it - I love just putting on a new album in whatever genre (so far have listened to Kanye, the Beatles, Linkin Park, and a LOT of Bach) and listening to it all the way through with no interruptions. ⁣ I can only really go 3-5km at a time right now without feeling like I want to stop (and I won’t be running any marathons soon) but I’m really happy I’ve found something else meditate and good-for-me to do! ⁣ Do any of you run and have any tips for a novice like me?? ⁣ ⁣ #newenglandwinter #newenglandoutdoors #newenglandfall #randolphma #newenglandblogger #newenglandpictures #bostonblogger #bostonbloggers #hkbloggers #newenglander #newenglandnature #newenglandtravel #newengland_photography #ilovemassachusetts #iloveboston #beantown #newenglandigers #bostonian #bostonlife #travelgirls #travelgirldiary #travelgirlscollective #damestravel #dametravelers #runningstyle #runningviews #winterrun #winterrunning #winterruns #belcherpark
📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 ⁣ Since I’ve been 📍Massachusetts 🇺🇸 ⁣ Since I’ve been here, I’ve been going on walks with my parents a few times a week. My dad always ALWAYS wants to catch the sunset (he’s an avid photographer!) so here’s one that we caught a few weeks ago. ⁣ Life here is, as one of my friends described, so wholesome here. I’m still working remotely, but without a social scene all of my free time has been spent listening to new music, reading new books, practicing yoga, and moving my body. I honestly don’t miss the hectic life at all and I always wondered if I could ever live outside of a huge metro urban setting (and whether I’d get bored). I honestly think I could do it, I love living the way I have been! ⁣ For those of you who live in cities and love it, do you think you’d give up the go-go-go lifestyle for something more simple? ⁣ ⁣ #ilovemassachusetts #bluehillreservation #bluehillsreservation #cantonma #newenglandphotography #newenglandsunsets #newenglansphotography #iloveboston #beantown #bostonsunsets #bostonbloggers #travelgirlsdiary #journeysofgirls #journeyofgirls #randolphma #sunsetsofinstagram #sunsetsgram #hongkongbloggers #hongkongblogger #hongkong_ig #sunsetscape #massachusettsoutdoors #massachusetts_igers #massachusettsmade #naturalmassachusetts #sheisfromhk #agameoftones #girlswhotravel #massachusettsgirl #bostongirl ⁣
📍USA 🇺🇸 (Massachusetts) ⁣ It snowed a 📍USA 🇺🇸 (Massachusetts) ⁣ It snowed a huge snow last week! ❄️ We had a proper “nor’easter” - which, according to Wikipedia, is “a macro-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean.” After having missed snow for many years living in Hong Kong, I honestly can’t tell you how much I’ve missed even the meter-high walls of snow we’d get, without fail, every winter in New England. ⁣ My family is driving down the Cape (Cape Cod) for Christmas! What are your plans?? ⁣ ⁣ #massachusettssnow #ilovenewengland #newenglandsnow #noreaster #bluehillreservation #newenglandphotography #newenglandphotographer #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #cathaycreators #newenglandliving #newenglandlife #ilovemassachusetts #snowsnowsnow #snowmountain #snowlove #snowhike #snowscape #snowcovered #journeyofgirls #journeysofgirls #travelgirlsgo #snowfilter #snowseason #massachusettsoutdoors #massachusetts_igers #massachusettslife #travelgirldiary #travelgirlsofficial #travelgirlscommunity
📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (Lion Rock) ⁣ This was t 📍Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (Lion Rock) ⁣ This was the second time I’ve hiked to Lion Rock in Kowloon (the first time being over 3 years ago), and I still love the little Lego-pieces of HK’s buildings as far as the eye can see! ⁣ I’m not jn Hong Kong at the moment, but I’ve been telling my family here in the US that it isn’t all dense concrete and gray cityscapes, a huge amount of HK is literally just lush tropical wilderness. ⁣ Hope everyone is having a lovely start to their holidays! My family has never been big holiday people (don’t think they place a lot of emphasis or value on atmosphere), but we still got a little cat-proof tree tree at my insistence to spruce it up a bit. ⁣ ⁣ #ilovehongkong #homekong #hongkongphotography #hongkongphotographer #cathaycreators #hikinginhongkong #hongkonghiking #hkhikes #hongkonghikes #sheisfromhk #sheisnotlost #lionrockhike #lionsrock #hk_iger #travelgirlsgo #livetoexplore #hongkonglife #hongkonginsta #hongkongig #explorehongkong #discoverhongkong #awesomehongkong #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #hongkongblogger #damestravel #traveldames #thedreamytravel #girlsvsglobe #girlsborntravel
📍Massachusetts (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ What’s th 📍Massachusetts (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ What’s the coldest place you’ve ever been to? ⁣ Can you smell how crisp the air is? It was also bone-shatteringly cold - 🥶 30 F (just below 0 C) feels just as fresh and stingy on my face as I remember! There are ZERO “Instagram spots” in the classical sense here - so you’ve got to get creative with Mother Nature! ⁣ Life has been funny lately. I’ve been in the USA for about 2.5 weeks now and I’ve finally settled into a rhythm and a routine. Part of that routine involves 3-4x weekly walks with my parents in a nearby “reservation” - big swathes of land with hiking trails, ponds, and lakes. I’m wearing leggings underneath jeans here, and could STILL feel the sharpness of cold air penetrating all the way through to my skin. ⁣ I’ve traded skyscrapers and haze for lakes and sunsets, and right now, feel super content. ⁣ ⁣ #ilovenengland #houghtonspond #newenglandsunsets #bostonbloggers #bostonblogger #newenglandphotographer #newenglandphotography #newenglandliving #newenglandlife #newengland_igers #newenglandfall #newenglandblogger #sheisnotlost #travelgirlshub #damestravel #dametraveler #sheisfromhk #agameoftones #cathaycreators #newenglandpictures #newenglander #ilovemassachusetts #masachusettsphotographer #massachusettsoutdoors #bluehillsreservation #hikingboston #newenglandhikes #massachusettslife #massachusettsmade #naturalmassachusetts
📍Boston, MA (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ This photo was 📍Boston, MA (USA) 🇺🇸 ⁣ This photo was taken last year in one of my favorite places in Boston, the Boston Public Library (where my dad still works!). ⁣ If I get my negative COVID result today, I’m finally out of my self-imposed quarantine! It won’t bring me much freedom, but I’m excited to meet the two new cats in the house and to finally be able to make and serve my own meals. Hope everyone is having a good week! ⁣ ⁣ #iloveboston #bostonpubliclibrary #beantown #newenglandphotographer #newenglandphotography #bostonma #bostonblogger #bostonbloggers #lifeofadventure #alwaysgo #wanderfolk #letsgosomewhere #exploreeverywhere #tasteintravel #instatravel #stayandwander #welivetoexplore #neverstopexploring #visualwanderlust #femmetravel #girlslovetravel #dametraveler #wearetravelgirls #ladiesgoneglobal #sheexplores #girlsborntotravel #theglobewanderer #traveldiary #travelphotography #bostonphotography
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