GUIDE TO HONG KONG´S BEST PHOTO LOCATIONS PART.5

Victoria Harbour Skyline, is one of the easiest skylines to recognize, is one of the most photographed and famous in the world, it has the highest number of skyscrapers and most of them are illuminated at night with their neon publicity creating an amazing view to enjoy even if you are not into photography. If you want to know the highlights of this place, please continue reading.

You can start by taking the MTR subway Tswen Wan Line and to the Tsim Sha Tsui Station, it’ll drop you in the middle of the commercial district where you can find many shopping malls, restaurants, camera stores, etc. If you walk around a couple blocks north from the MTR station you’ll arrive to the Kowloon park, is a nice, relaxing and quiet park, a little break from the frantic streets of Kowloon, there is a botanical garden where you can enjoy different vegetation, if you like wild life photography Kowloon park is a good place to visit as they have the Hong Kong zoo right in the park, north from the park the concrete jungle continues, places like Mongkok where the lady’s market is located, a place to go if you want to buy souvenirs, better yet, is a must place to go if you like street photography, I personally like to explore this part of Kowloon, it feels a little bit different than what Hong Kong Island does, it has his own and unique appeal.

Now, going south from the MTR Station is Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, walk along the waterfront and enjoy the skyline view of Hong Kong island, this is the southern tip of Kowloon, you can rent the Aqua Luna junk boat if you like, classical boat with large sails that you see in Hong Kong’s postcards or movies.

They say that if you want to feel the real essence of Hong Kong you’ll need to hop on a Harbour Cruise and enjoy the vistas; if you have time on your side, this is definitely something you shouldn’t miss, you could cruise during the day and make it on time back to the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront to catch the sun going down behind Hong Kong Island.

If you continue walking towards the east long side the waterfront you’ll run up to the “Avenue of the Stars”, Hong Kong’s answer to Hollywood “Walk of Fame”, it pays tribute to the names that helped make Hong Kong the “Hollywood of the east”, some of the names that I was only able to recognize were Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Bruce Lee statue in the Avenue of the Stars

Meanwhile walking the waterfront, make sure to check out where you’ll like to position yourself for the sunset photo, being this a huge walkway and the skyline in front very linear, there is not much difference in compositions as you move from the west side to the east side as the parallax effect is very little, the biggest difference is the more you go east, the farther you are from the skyline.

Me waiting for the light at Victoria Harbour

If you stay long enough, at 8 pm the Symphony of Light show begins, 40 buildings from both sides of the harbour display a laser show that perform in an spectacle synchronized with music, the show last around 13 minutes.