Batgung - panorama

Peak panorama

mrb — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:00:00 +0000

You've definitely seen the view from the Peak Tower, but have you ever walked along Lugard Road to get the the full harbour view? Here's a preview:

(Once a picture appears below, click anywhere on the picture with your left mouse button, and your mouse pointer should change from a hand to an arrow. Click again on the picture and keep the button pressed. Now you can move the mouse around to view the whole panorama. Use the '+' and '-' keys to zoom in and out.)

It only takes around 15 minutes walk to get to the viewing point, then you can either turn back, or keep walking to do a complete circuit of the Peak. The full circuit should take you about an hour, and there are good information boards at regular intervals along the path.

MrB

Hong Kong nightime view from the Peak

batgungAdmin — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:31:01 +0000

An essential stop on every visitor's itinerary, this is the nightime view looking out from the Peak across to Kowloon.

Shing Mun reservoirs

batgungAdmin — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:31:01 +0000

Tai Mo Shan makes another appearance, at the left end of this panorama. Then you see the upper Shing Mun reservoir, and at the right is the lower reservoir. This photo was taken from one section of HK's wartime defenses, described in more detail here.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

2006

Lamma

batgungAdmin — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:11:03 +0000

In July 2003, we had a couple of weeks of beautiful clear weather, which meant fantastic views out over the South China Sea. This is taken from the Western end of the island, looking South towards Lamma Island. If you're walking on the flat road around the peak, half way around you'll come to a small park and a paved road sloping off to the left - this is the view from the end of that road. At the time we took this photo Mrs B was just getting ready deliver our baby B. We'd ended up here after walking around the Peak, passing time until we could head off to the hospital.

Places shown in this photo:

Lamma Island

Hongkong nightime skyline

batgungAdmin — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:18:05 +0000

This will be familiar to anyone who has visited Hong Kong, the nightime view of HK Island seen from the Kowloon waterfront.