Island Eastern Corridor

If you only had a day in Hong Kong and I had to give you a lift to show you all of Hong Kong– I would probably just take you on the Eastern Island Corridor. This road is special enough in several sense: it crosses several districts in one go from Causeway Bay all the way to Chai Wan, you see the changing faces of Hong Kong just by sitting tight and watching the world go by. Secondly its the way that it does it which is awe-​inspiring, the road leaps out toward the harbor and runs along basically the entire length of the north shore to Taikoo Shing, and then it twines itself around the city near Shaukiwan., finally ending up in Chai Wan.
The view, especially coming into Causeway Bay on an early summer evening, provides you with probably the best way to see the town: you have the rest of Wanchai and Central infront of you– together with the backdrop of a setting sun. Too bad that this place could only be reached if you were driving past– they should think about building something here that could be reached on foot.
What’s bad about this place? Well I can wax lyrics about this place all day long but the reality is that traffic is backed up here all day long and half the time you are sitting here waiting in queue and its a rainy Tuesday afternoon. The fact that you are on an overpass means that once you are stuck here you can’t go anywhere. For many people this is just a road they go home on, but as with much of Hong Kong, you really have to sit back to appreciate how nice this place is.