You can still hire a sampan (舢舨) aka Water Taxi (水上的士) for a ride around Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter or watch Noonday Gun every day at 12:00 pm.
Place: Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Equipment: Canon 40, 24-105mm 4.0L
Archive for the ‘Hong Kong Transportation’ Category
Sampan in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Tsim Sha Tsui Container Terminal
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Hong Kong : 29 May, 2009 – New container terminal at Tsim Sha Tsui? Actually this is naming ceremony for Hamburg Süd new 5,5560 teu container vessel – Monte Aconcagua at Ocean Terminal Cruise terminal.
Name of ship : Monte Aconcagua
Callsign: DGOH2
Port of registry: Hamburg
Type of ship: Container Vessel
GRT : 69132
NRT : 34823
DWT : 71257
LOA : 272 m
B : 40 m
Dft : 13.22 m
Main engine : Sulzer – 62240 bhp
Bowthruster : 2720 bhp
Sternthruster : 2040 bhp
Built : 2009 – Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, Mangalia, Romania
IMO Number: 9348077
Nominal Capacity: 5560 TEU
Capacity: 4100 TEU at 14t
Flag: Germany
Reefer Plugs: 1080
Name and address of the Company: Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH, Willy-Brandt-Str. 59-61, 20457 Hamburg
Company identification number: 1760140
Hamburg Süd is one of the key carriers on the North-South trade routes by ocean transportation. It is part of the Oetker Group, a family-owned German conglomerate.
Event : Hamburg Süd naming ceremony
Date: 29 May, 2009
Place: Ocean Terminal Cruise terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, HONG KONG
Equipment: Canon 40D, 24-105mm 4.0L
Junk Sailing at Sunset
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Duk Ling – restored in the 1980s is the last authentic sailing junk in Hong Kong sailing at Sunset. Chinese junk dates back to the 19th century, when it was a fishing vessel.
Taxis On Rainy Day
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Hong Kong Red Taxi waiting customer on rainy day.
Equipement : Canon 40D, 17-40mm 4.0L
Stock Photo ID: hkdigit-20090425-132002
The Peak Tram (1989)
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Peak Tram began service in its present form in 1989 following a HK$60-million overhaul to upgrade it to a microprocessor-controlled electric drive system. Governor Sir David Wilson officiated at the reopening on September 20, 1989.
- Length: 1364 metres
- Height: 368 metres
- Maximum Steepness: 48%
- Track Gradient: 4 ~ 27 degrees
- Cars: 2 2-car train sets
- Capacity: 120 passengers per train set
- Configuration: Single track with passing loop
- Journey time: 4.9 minutes
- Maximum speed: 6 metres per second
- Track gauge: 4′11.85″ foot (1520 mm)
- Traction: Electricity
Stock Photo ID: hkdigit-080530-074138-01
Queen’s Pier
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
“The pier is steeped in history. Built in 1957 on reclaimed land, to replace a pier adjacent to the Mandarin Hotel, which was then near the waterfront.
The structure consist of tiled concrete base and pillars and model after previous piers in the area. Stairs are located on the northside to allow ferry passengers to board and disembark.
It was formerly a ceremonial landing area for the British Royal Family visiting Hong Kong and for the Governor of Hong Kong landing or leaving Hong Kong. Her Majesty Quenn Elizabeth II landed there in 1975, Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales landed there in November 1989. It was the point of embarcation of Prince Charles and Governer Chris Patten onto a shuttle to board the Royal Yacht Britannia following the handover ceremony on the night of June 30, 1997.
The pier is also a public pier, where pleasure craft were allowed to dock. Tour boats offering a view of the Kowloon side of the harbour use the pier for passenger boarding. Up to 1978, it was the winning line for the annual cross-harbour swimming race.” – wikipedia
Place: Queen’s Pier (皇后碼頭), in front of City Hall in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong
Equipment: Canon 30D
Cityscape
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Hong Kong Peak Tramway windows mirror the view of Hong Kong cityscape.
The Peak Tramway (山頂纜車) is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. It provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong.
Equipment: Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM
