Today (Saturday 22 March) Jason, his colleague Tim and I ventured out to the Tiam Tan Buddha "Big Buddha" on Lantau Peak via the metro. At the end of the line metro stop Tung Chung we followed signs for the Ngong Ping 360 cable car. We purchased our tickets and off we went into the clouds for our 25 minute ride. According to the guidebook, the views from the glassed-in gondola are suppose to be tremendous, however today was a cloudy day. At the exit of the cable car ride, we hoped to see the Big Buddha in the distance, not so. We followed the crowds and proceeded to walk up the endless stairs. At last at the top we saw the Buddha during brief intermittent gaps in the clouds. We toured the beautiful Po Lin monastery and temple. During the downpour that suspended the cable car rides, we took cover in a tea house in Ngong Village (a tourist shopping area near the Buddha) and treated ourselves to a pot of refreshing white tea served to us in the traditional custom. After our tea, our prayers to the Buddha were answered. The rain stopped and the cloud cover disappeared, at least temporarily. We could see the Buddha! We took our pictures and retuned to Tung Chung via the cable car. We decided for an adventure to take the local M3 bus to the village of Mui Wo on the harbor to catch a ferry back to Hong Kong Island. Being part of Hong Kong's national park system, the bus route was scenic. It was unpopulated, forested and mountainous. At Mui Wo, we checked out the picturesque beach and small shops while we waited a half hour for our ferry. (Mui Wo was the first area I have seen in Hong Kong that was not built up with towering apartment complexes.) For dinner in Hong Kong / Central we found a delicious, inexpensive restaurant recommended by Fodor's suitability named Heaven on Earth and ordered sautéed jelly fish as one of our dinner selections.
22 March 2008
Up up and away...
Today (Saturday 22 March) Jason, his colleague Tim and I ventured out to the Tiam Tan Buddha "Big Buddha" on Lantau Peak via the metro. At the end of the line metro stop Tung Chung we followed signs for the Ngong Ping 360 cable car. We purchased our tickets and off we went into the clouds for our 25 minute ride. According to the guidebook, the views from the glassed-in gondola are suppose to be tremendous, however today was a cloudy day. At the exit of the cable car ride, we hoped to see the Big Buddha in the distance, not so. We followed the crowds and proceeded to walk up the endless stairs. At last at the top we saw the Buddha during brief intermittent gaps in the clouds. We toured the beautiful Po Lin monastery and temple. During the downpour that suspended the cable car rides, we took cover in a tea house in Ngong Village (a tourist shopping area near the Buddha) and treated ourselves to a pot of refreshing white tea served to us in the traditional custom. After our tea, our prayers to the Buddha were answered. The rain stopped and the cloud cover disappeared, at least temporarily. We could see the Buddha! We took our pictures and retuned to Tung Chung via the cable car. We decided for an adventure to take the local M3 bus to the village of Mui Wo on the harbor to catch a ferry back to Hong Kong Island. Being part of Hong Kong's national park system, the bus route was scenic. It was unpopulated, forested and mountainous. At Mui Wo, we checked out the picturesque beach and small shops while we waited a half hour for our ferry. (Mui Wo was the first area I have seen in Hong Kong that was not built up with towering apartment complexes.) For dinner in Hong Kong / Central we found a delicious, inexpensive restaurant recommended by Fodor's suitability named Heaven on Earth and ordered sautéed jelly fish as one of our dinner selections.
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Hi L and J,
Congrats on this super blog...It brings back good memories of HK. Love those ferries! You are making the most of a great opportunity.
Safe travels, MAM
this is a repeat from me, that l is a very good looking lady on the blogs and j is a very handsome completion of the perfect couple. your writing and photos are travel and leisue magazine caliber. can you send a photo of the view from the executive suite, a photo of the inside of the executive suite and a photo of the fon of the hotel and the lobby. i liked jsaons ksa hat. ksu was beaten rather badly in first round by unlv. xo gm
oooh-how was the jfish?
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