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Star Ferry
Central Pier in Hong Kong to get to and from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon
Overview: This is my favorite thing in Hong Kong to do is to take to Star Ferry across Hong Kong Harbor and revel in the beautiful waters surrounded by the gorgeous, crazy architecture of the buildings. It runs every 5 to 10 minutes.
Star Ferry in Hong Kong gets you across Victoria Harbour
Cost: 8HK, but handicap people can use the Star Ferry for free.
Accessibility: At the ports, you go through a gate at the ticket window. Go down the corridor and wait in line at a gate. The gate is at the top of a ramp, up which passengers of the incoming ferry will come. Once they are through, you go down the ramp, which has a wooden surface with ridges. These ridges keep people from slipping. At the bottom of the ramp is the entrance to the ferry. The dock workers will lower a bridge or ramp. The ramp isn’t that steep but remember, you’re on water so the ramp and the ferry will bob up and down with the current of the water. The trick to getting on is to wheel quickly up the ramp. The ramp has a sort of sand paper surface to help with traction. The staff will help you up as well.
Boarding Star Ferry in Hong Kong
On the ferry itself, you’ll wheel along the wooden floor. It’s not that rocky of a ride. If you have your breaks on, you’re safe.
Disembarking, you have to go down the ramp from the ferry and go back up the long ramp up to the flat.
Getting There: The Star Ferry can be reached via a tunnel under the main road, Salisbury, that runs parallel with the harbor on the Kowloon side. Landmark for the tunnel is the YMCA.