Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

The Kai Tak area has an interesting relationship with the British Architect Sir Norman Foster. When the Kai Tak Airport ceased to operate on 1998, the succession Chek Lap Kok Airport was designed by Sir Normal Foster. When the old Kai Tak runway was re-​developed into the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in 2013, this enormously long span structure is also, designed by this same British Architect who’s famous for handling gigantic infrastructural architecture.
(In fact, the whole of Hong Kong’s important structures has a close tie with this gentleman. who made his mark as a budding Architect back in the days when he won the design rights to the HSBC building in Central, which became his first large-​scale building project ever. He’s also the winner of the master planning design competition for West Kowloon Cultural District, beating the OMA/​Rem Koolhaas from Holland, and Rocco from Hong Kong)
The whole building is 850m long, 3 storeys high. The ground floor is for vehicular access, with taxi stop and mini bus stop. Pity to say, don’t expect to find loitering taxis around except at landing time for cruises (the no. of taxi are still out-​numbered by the no. of expecting passengers at such times), so pre-​call one. Public transport-​wise, there is only 1 green mini bus no. 86 from Kowloon Bay to here, which stops service at 8pm. It is a perfect spot for driving cruises and jogging though. There’s beautiful park on the top deck of the terminal (closes at 11pm), where you can overlook the skyline of BOTH Hong Kong central district AND the Kowloon Koon Tong coastline from either side because of its particular vantage point, sticking out onto the middle of the harbour.
I particularly love a night stroll here, it has a cool sea breeze even on a hot summer night. Recently there’s a winery shop at Zone A (the furthest bit into the sea) with tasting bar opened next to the Peninsular Boutique and Café. Quite relaxing to have a sip here after a night stroll.