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Home Archives Archives before June 13, 2001 RSS Feed Adaptive Path (my company!) About peterme Coordinates Most of the Time Oakland, CA Interests Current American history around the time of the Revolution, figuring out how to marry top-down task-based information architecture processes with bottom-up document-based ones, finding a good dentist in San Francisco Oakland Perennial Designing the user experience (interaction design, information architecture, user research, etc.), cognitive science, ice cream, films and film theory, girls, commuter bicycling, coffee, travel, theoretical physics for laypeople, single malt scotch, fresh salmon nigiri, hanging out, comics formalism, applied complexity theory, Krispy Kreme donuts. surf Click to see where I wander. Wish list Show me you love me by buying me things. Spyonme Track updates of this page with Spyonit. Clickee here. Essays [Editor's note: peterme.com began as a site of self-published essays, a la Stating The Obvious. This evolved (or devolved) towards link lists and shorter thoughtpieces. These essays are getting a tad old, but have some good ideas.] Reader Favorites Interface Design Recommended Reading List Whose "My" Is It Anyway? Frames: Information Vs. Application Subjects Interface Design Web Development Movie Reviews Travel		More pics from Hong Kong... Posted on 12/05/2002. Including our exciting ride up the ESCALATORS! Click "More..." to see them all. Hong Kong features more forms of public transport than any city I've ever been to. You've got: Subway Commuter rail Normal bus (double decker) Public light bus (seats 16, zips around) Tram (also double decker) Taxi Ferry The Peak Tram (gets you to "The Peak", an amazing vista spot) My favorite, however, might be the escalators. Yep. See that sign in the picture above? It's pointing you to the escalators. Here are a couple of pics of Lane on the escalators... Here is a shot from near the top of the escalators, looking back down the hill. (Yep, Starbucks is ubiquitous) Here's a nice shot of Lane on some steps: I quite enjoyed this cramped public market we wandered through... Looking back at it, up the hill... And of course, services to cater to my demographic... 5 comments so far. Add a comment. Previous entry: "That's Coo'." Next entry: "The Ballad of Adam and Nathan, part 2." Comments: COMMENT #1 Damn...I miss HK now...funny I got lots of shots of HK on the escalator/people mover and of me drinking at a Starbucks... Public transportation was awesome especially when you have a smart card that doubles as a smart card for pastries and coffee at cafes near the stations. Mind you a yuppie in HK is called a chuppie. Posted by ML @ 12/05/2002 07:49 PM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #2 I am glad you got up them Escalators! Posted by KSarahSarah @ 12/06/2002 06:38 AM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #3 did you walk all the way up victoria peak? it's quite a hike. but so worth it. Posted by richard @ 12/06/2002 08:53 AM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #4 I was in Hong Kong last week too, for the first time. Unfortunately I was in meetings all day and only got out at night, so couldn't get pictures of half of the cool stuff I saw. What amazed me was the smells of the place. Not downtown, although bits of Temple Street had some of the feel, but up in Tsuen Wan I'd walk down a block and have a different combination of spices every 20 feet. Breakfast was incredible, take a walk around the neighborhood in the early morning, getting a bun or pastry for HK$3 or so here, a wonton there. And the night time lights are, of course, amazing. Especially looking south across the straight to Hong Kong or looking down from the peak. Posted by Dan Lyke @ 12/08/2002 10:23 AM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #5 I like the way the person in the photo looks all dreamy and happy on the escalators. I live in Hk, and it mostly shuttles weary (or about to be weary) people to work and back. It's like the Garden State Parkway or the Long Island RR is in NYC. Most people look grim on it. But in these photos it spells bliss. Refreshing! Posted by Erly @ 12/16/2002 05:48 AM PST [link to this comment] Add A New Comment: Name E-Mail (optional) Homepage (optional) Comments Now with a bigger box for text entry! Whee! All contents of peterme.com are © 1998 - 2002 Peter Merholz.