Saturday, June 10th
Saturday was our first day without Tin-Man' supervision. He left us to be with his family while we were in Hong Kong.
I got up in the morning and went out with Matt, Ryan, and Kevin. Our plan for the day was to go to "The Peak", on top of Mount Victoria. To get there you can either take a bus to the top, or a tram car (pictured above). We opted for the tram car. Tin-Man told us that it went up the mountain at a 45 degree angle, and has never had an accident in the one hundred years of its existence. We paid for the tram with our octopus card (that card came in handy so many times).
The ride up was exciting, and interesting. It had to be more steep than 45 degrees in some areas, it felt like we were climbing straight up the mountain. 
The ride kind of felt like the beginning of a roller coaster, except we weren't buckled in. Matt's face captures the experience pretty well.
Once we got to the top we did a little exploring. There was a mall at the top of the peak, and had a lot of cool stuff there. I found a nice Chinese chess set, and the guys were all able to find things they wanted as well.
After we explored the mall we went back outside and walked around. We found a hiking trail and decided to do a little walking. The walk was beautiful. It had been raining for most of the day, but it stopped while we were walking. We had a lot of fun goofing around, talking, and walking.
Later on we got a little nervous. We had been out walking downhill for two hours. It was getting kind of late to be out hiking around (5:15 pm), and we had no idea how far we had left to go. Eventually we found some signs that let us know we would actually make it back to the peak.
The peak ended up being an all day event. We were tired when we went back into the city via the tram car, but it was a good day. We topped off the good day with dinner from Outback Steak House, then went back to the hotel for the night.
I got up in the morning and went out with Matt, Ryan, and Kevin. Our plan for the day was to go to "The Peak", on top of Mount Victoria. To get there you can either take a bus to the top, or a tram car (pictured above). We opted for the tram car. Tin-Man told us that it went up the mountain at a 45 degree angle, and has never had an accident in the one hundred years of its existence. We paid for the tram with our octopus card (that card came in handy so many times).
The ride up was exciting, and interesting. It had to be more steep than 45 degrees in some areas, it felt like we were climbing straight up the mountain. 
The ride kind of felt like the beginning of a roller coaster, except we weren't buckled in. Matt's face captures the experience pretty well.Once we got to the top we did a little exploring. There was a mall at the top of the peak, and had a lot of cool stuff there. I found a nice Chinese chess set, and the guys were all able to find things they wanted as well.
After we explored the mall we went back outside and walked around. We found a hiking trail and decided to do a little walking. The walk was beautiful. It had been raining for most of the day, but it stopped while we were walking. We had a lot of fun goofing around, talking, and walking.
Later on we got a little nervous. We had been out walking downhill for two hours. It was getting kind of late to be out hiking around (5:15 pm), and we had no idea how far we had left to go. Eventually we found some signs that let us know we would actually make it back to the peak.
The peak ended up being an all day event. We were tired when we went back into the city via the tram car, but it was a good day. We topped off the good day with dinner from Outback Steak House, then went back to the hotel for the night.
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