Life in China 2016: A Picture A Day, September 6 - Today, we had to go to Hong Kong. We have many options of how to go: by car, bus, metro, train or ferry, and sometimes a combination. Depending on where in Hong Kong we need to go, we choose a different way. Today, we went to Jim's company Headquarters, which Is on Hong Kong Island. We had a car drive us the hour back to where we used to live and then took the ferry, which is a one hour trip one way. The nice part of going this way is that you get through immigration quickly because it is only those people taking the ferry that go through at this point - this makes a big difference compared to places where you walk or drive to cross the border! On weekdays, a one way ferry ticket costs 120rmb (18usd) for an economy class ticket or 150 rmb (22.50) for round trip. I think weekends are a little less. The ferry is nothing fancy, but I think more comfortable than by bus or car. The terminal in Hong Kong is attached to a shopping mall and the metro system, so it's very convenient :-) The lower picture is a ferry on the way there in the rain. The upper picture was crossing the footbridge to enter the terminal to return to China and by then the weather had cleared up :-)