Hong Kong

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Getting around got a lot easier in 1994 with the opening of the Hillside Escalator Link, Travelator for short.  Designed to beat the crush of traffic up to the well to do residential areas on the Mid-Levels.
Within minutes of leaving their office towers residents can be in the Mid-Levels.  We rode section after section, crossing roads before continuing to the next level.  Exiting we walked to the May Tram Terminus and continued up the Peak via the Peak Tramway.  Exchanging transport technology of the 1990's for that of the 1880's.
The Peak Tramway is really a funicular railway. two cars with one driver are pulled and lowered by 5000' of steel cable.  Despite the dramatic incline there has never been an accident.
From the top at an elevation of 1,805' is an unforgettable panorama, especially by night.

Between 1994 and '98 there had been an amazing amount of development up here
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