The center of Hong Kong Island is home to numerous impressive skyscrapers and highways. But the most interesting feature to me (well, apart from double-deck tramways) are the numerous elevated pedestrian passages. They don't just serve to cross one street or two. They constitute a large web spanning over the whole city centre, much like the underground passages in Montreal.
Almost every square centimeter (hihi, I almost wrote "inch") in Hong Kong is already developed in one way or the other. Indeed, few buildings rise to less than 20 floors. So why not elevate the sidewalks as well? It saves the precious space on the ground and admiring Hong Kong from some height is definitely the right thing to do:-)
Marc and I just let ourselves be lead by the sky walks. Definitely a new way of visiting a city!
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