It is almost 8 years since I last stepped into Hong Kong. The last visit was a on-the-way visit - a working trip dated back to 2010. This time, I was there with mum, and we were 100% as tourist! Hong Kong is not a 'new' place to me, but it's always close to me, probably because of the relatives staying there and more uniquely, the common language that we speak - Cantonese! This time, it's also a mother-daughter bonding trip! In this trip, we went to places that I had not explored much in the past. In fact, it's a very MTR-intensive trip - we got to all the places by MTR! There's always something new to learn about this place each time I come :)

Lantau Island 大屿山：from Tung Chung 东涌 to Ngong Ping 昂坪

Compare to those good old days where land transport was the only means to travel from one place to another in the island, the visit to the big Buddha would mean to long bus ride through some winding road before a climb.

Now with the cable car, it's a breeze and a stunning scenery before our eyes! In fact, what's more amazing is the technology to make this possible.

 
Bought the ticket from the website, it saved us from queuing - despite the fact that we were pretty early (arrived at around 9am), there was already a pretty long queue!



The crystal cabin comes with a glass base that we could see through. Scary? The top views were not really scary... :)



From the height, we could see the aiport


The housing estate at Tsing Yi 青衣, an island between the Hong Kong island and Lantau Island


The 'final' connecting tower before reaching the Ngong Ping village


There were steps on the mountain - for those who want to challenge the height by foot



Some things we saw at Ngong Ping:










No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)