Daily Photo – Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
This is a view from one of the lookouts on Victoria Peak. The best way to get there is to take the Peak Tram, a 138-year-old railway line that slowly rattles its way to the top over a vibrating ten minutes, making numerous stops along the way as it still functions as a genuine piece of public transport.
Once you arrive at the top, you get pretty much the same view as the original residents of Victoria Peak in the 19th century. Before 1888, however, residents reached their homes by using sedan chairs, which carried them up and down the slope. No doubt this was much slower and considerably harder work, especially for the unfortunate souls doing the carrying rather than the sitting.
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