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hkskyline
October 4th, 2005, 03:10 PM
The Bank of China has a free public observation deck at its skylobby at 43/F.

Photos taken Oct. 4th :

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HKT
October 4th, 2005, 05:12 PM
YES, the weather today is great, which is the best time for photography.

Hmmm, is it easy to take pics from BoC or are there guards around?
hkskyline
October 4th, 2005, 05:24 PM
The skylobby is open to visitors. I saw a big foreign tour group gather on the ground floor ready to go up. They even distribute visitor information up on 43/F.
hyacinthus
October 4th, 2005, 06:16 PM
very pretty pics. Thanks for sharing... Did you do a panorama from the observation deck? :)
Car L
October 4th, 2005, 06:49 PM
Besides good weather, clean window glass is also a big factor, the last two times I went up there during the winter, I got dirty windows.
waikhplkcc
October 4th, 2005, 06:53 PM
what a great chance to have such amazing looks !
Terrence
October 4th, 2005, 07:26 PM
great(^o^), nice job
Sher
October 4th, 2005, 10:02 PM
Beautiful shots and weather! ICC is huge!!
BTW, did you go up to the IFC observatory? you should go there on that day too! :)

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051004/set01/RIMG0105.jpg

I saw that UC building in the background everyday from my home during my summer holiday, but never realized it has grown that tall.. do you or anyone know what the name is?
hkskyline
October 5th, 2005, 03:44 PM
The windows are not designed to allow for panorama-style picture taking. There is a lot of glare.

I wanted to go up IFC 2 that day as well, but I was tired from walking so I hopped onto a bus for the hillsides afterwards. More photos to follow.
Car L
October 5th, 2005, 05:03 PM
Does 2IFC has an observation deck? which floor?
hkskyline
October 5th, 2005, 05:26 PM
It's the HKMA library.
Car L
October 5th, 2005, 08:21 PM
Thanks, I will visit the HKMA in my next trip to HK.
hkskyline
October 21st, 2005, 11:08 AM
The library has a nice view of the south and west sides of Hong Kong Island, but the there is a lot of glare on the windows so it's quite difficult to take pictures. Go there early in the morning.
ZZOOzzoo
October 21st, 2005, 05:57 PM
Wow... thanks for the breathtaking pictures!

AIG building was busily under construction when I left HK.. I guess it's almost completed.

Those pictures made me miss HK again. :(