Hong Kong - The Mid Level Escalator

We decided on a day trip to the mid level escalator. 

But first we tried out Hong Kong's subway system and found it efficient, clean and very busy.  Someone was right by the automated fare dispenser system to help us out and send us to the right train.  I think Toronto would be very pleased to have a system like Hong Kong's.

Waiting for the subway train.  There's an automatic glass door system that opens when the train arrives.

So what is the mid level escaltor?  It's an 800-metre hillside escalator that starts near the Central subway station,  runs to the Hang Seng Bank Building on Des Voeux Road Central, then passes through the Central Market and continues to climb past Hollywood Road to the prime Mid-levels residential district. The longest covered outdoor escalator system in the world they say.  Great street views along the way and plenty of places to stop and enjoy the view, have lunch and do a bit of window shopping.  We picked up some toothbrushes for an an orphanage we're going to visit in Cambodia

Marilyn strides purposefully along a side street

We take our turn on the first of many escalators

A street view as we ride up the escalator

A mosque with an interesting iron gate just by the escaltor

A lot of people live here - one big apartment after another

A fig tree grows right out of the wall

Before we left the area, we came across a school group, wearing their smart school uniforms

With notes in hand, they're writing about the history of the building