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The Star Ferry, one of the must-do's in Hong Kong, has been
running for about a century.
It is a leisurely 5-minute ride across the Victoria
Harbor for just HK$2.20 (~US 30cents). Locals still take
it routinely.
There's one just about every 5 or 10 minutes, operating from
early in the morning till a bit after 11 o'clock at night.
There are three routes: one between Tsim
Sha Tsui and Central,
one between Tsim Sha Tsui and Wan
Chai, and one between Hung Hom and Wan Chai. They're all
short routes of under 15 minutes or so.
A good thing to do will be to take it from Central to Tsim
Sha Tsui, and then take the one from there to Wanchai. Arriving
at Wanchai, you can walk around the HK
Convention and Exhibition Center where the 1997 handover
ceremonies were held.
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The
ferry has two decks. The bottom deck is cheaper, but even the
upper deck only costs just less than 30 cents US to ride. The
bottom deck is not as nice and if you don't like diesel fumes,
upper deck is your choice. But then, for some reason, the ferries
between 
