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Tag Archives: driving
Truck blocks tunnel after a 90 degree spin
Here’s a bizarre situation I stumbled across recently – a truck sitting at 90 degrees to the walls in a Hong Kong road tunnel, after somehow performing a 90 degree spin! Photo by a Mr Wang / via Apple Daily […]
The sound of silence?
In a big city noise pollution is inevitable – while moving people closer together means efficient public transport is cheaper to provide, it also makes finding your own quiet space a lot more difficult. So what can you do?
Posted in Transport
Tagged city life, driving, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, on the road
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Learning to drive, and getting your 學 plates
Want a car in Hong Kong, but you don’t have a drivers licence? Then you’ll have to track down a driving instructor to teach you, and an empty road to drive on. But why are the ‘L’ plates on the front of cars so odd?
Take a drive beneath Victoria Harbour
Until the 1970s, the only way to get between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon was to catch the Star Ferry, with cars and freight moving on the fleet of vehicular ferries that also plied Victoria Harbour. The Cross Harbour Tunnel might have made the trip simpler, but why isn’t it quicker?
Posted in Transport
Tagged driving, freeways, Hong Kong, on the road, road charging, tunnels
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Fill ‘er up thanks!
In any city with cars, there needs to be petrol stations to fill them up. However in a densely populated city like Hong Kong, where do you put them? On the ground floor of your apartment block is one place to start.