A few weekends ago a friend and I went back to Hong Kong to hang out. But this time, we took the ferry to get there instead of the subway alternative. The ferry is more expensive but less troublesome and quicker; both in terms of traveling to Hong Kong and going through immigration.
We had to take the subway to the ferry dock at Shekou (Snake’s Mouth) port which is at the tip of the Nantou Peninsula in Shenzhen. We then took the ferry to downtown Hong Kong. You can also take the ferry to the Hong Kong Airport as well as a couple other destinations.
The ferry left around 9 am and we got to the port about 8:30 am and were probably one of the last ones to board as we just made it after buying our tickets and going through immigration. I mean, as soon as we boarded, the ferry literally started to back up to leave. We were able to sit pretty much anywhere we wanted (it wasn’t packed) and after a few minutes, we decided to see if we can go outside to take some photos. We were able to exit the cabin area and stand on the stern and look behind us and take some photos. I’ve been on ferries before but I had never been on a ferry that moves the way this one did. This thing booked. You could really feel the engines moving and feeling the wakes being created. But I was surprised that no one supervises you back/out there. I mean, really, you could fall over or push someone overboard and that’s it. One less person in the world. It felt like no one would know in that one second someone was there and the next second, you have one less headcount. Was pretty weird. It takes about 1 hour to reach Hong Kong. It was pretty cool standing outside watching the water and landscape. It was a cloudy morning but it became a nice day by afternoon. The ferry was neat and would do it again. We took the subway back home the next day by the way (saves $). The pics below are of the ferry crossing…
the first thing i noticed is the water looked rough. i see from the sea spray that the ferry was really moving. from the pic it looks very streamlined and modern. the first pic kind of reminded me of sf bridge or the gw bridge but of course not the rest of the bridge pics. most ferries i have been on are smooth trips. the worst one that duke and i were on was the one arriving on the windward side of Cozumel from Cancun. No tourists are on that side and the hurricanes hit it bad. So the ferry arrived and we all were pretty sea sick (duke was really sick and fell asleep) on the ferry to arrive on a garbage strewn littered side of an island with nothing to see. Also the ferry captn told us the part of the water the ferry traversed there was a very deep part of the gulf of mexico. So were you and the pals queasy and nauseous? long ferry ride for you but shorter than ours in Mexico. Is the ferry for HK considerably more $$$ than all the other hassle ways to get to HK?
ReplyDeleteYou are funny. The ferry is cool! Glad you had fun. Like the pictures. The water looks pretty blue.
ReplyDeleteno...it wasn't bad or to the point you would feel nauseous or anything. at least, not for me. yes, a lot more expensive. the ferry was i think 110 kuai (~$17) one-way which is about prob 2/3 more expensive than the subway alternative. but the immigration lines are considerably shorter and less aggravating.
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