Dear Vicky: Ding Ding! Tram Coming Through

The tram on Hong Kong Island is one of my favourite rides. Screw those ugly tour buses. If you want to see Hong Kong island, the tram is the best way to go. And it only costs a fraction of any other means of transportation you’ll find in Hong Kong. For most of my years it cost 2.3 Hong Kong dollars to ride the tram from the west end of Hong Kong island to the east. That’s 30 cents US.

The tram started in 1904, which was pretty cool to me. Just like the Star Ferry, the tram went through different designs. The company even restored a couple of the old trams and turned them into party trams for hire. The trams are airconditioningless-I just made up a word-, which, in a city that abuses ACs, is a breath of fresh air.

I’ll stop boring you with words. Here are some photos I shot over the years.

Tram before a storm

Ad on the side, and a young man staring at me.

The sound of the tram is part of the background symphony of the Hong Kong streets.

Pantone has a colour called HK Tram Green, I guess.

Tram and cyclist.

The front and back seats on the upper deck are the best seats on a tram.

And you are welcome.

Tram and road workers

I’ve posted this photo before, but I think it deserves to be here.

View behind the driver.

Sitting on the upper deck gives you a better view of Hong Kong.

When the lighting is right, you get a gorgeous light paint like this one.

Trams in motion

The tram can go pretty fast, especially late at night. Every once in a while, you’d see news about trams tipping over. It usually happens at night when the drivers try out the Formula 1 mode.

And that concludes my tram post! Thank you for coming along! I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride. Au revoir!