7/29: To Lantau Island!
I went to Ngong Ping with Karen (another Freeman Scholar from UH) to see the Big Buddha. That day was VERY HOT! To start off our journey, we met up at 10am and caught the MTR to Tung Chung. From there, we took a cable car to Lantau Island.
It was a Monday, but the line for the Cable Car was so long we waited for almost an hour before it was our turn to get on. Each cable car fit up to 8 people.
After the cable car, we reached Ngong Ping Village, where you can find places to eat and buy souvenirs.
So first stop was to eat lunch! We ate at Zen Noodle Cafe. It was...okay la...
We then started on our long walk towards the Big Buddha.
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| Ngong Ping Entrance Gate |
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| Small Souvenir Boutiques |
Finally, we make it...now to go up these stairs (shown below)!
After this, we went back to Ngong Ping Village to find the bus to take us to Tai O. Tai O is a small town on Lantau Island.
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| Boat to see white dolphins |
This small fishing town reminded me a little bit of Cheung Chau Island, where my dad grew up. I will show more of that on my next post. Anyways...
For eating, this town is known for its fishing culture and sun-dried seafood (shrimp paste).
They are also known for the stilt-houses built over the river. We were able to go on a boat excursion that circled around Tai O and brought us out to see Chinese white dolphins. I couldn't get it on camera, but we did see one white dolphin!
That day was very fun, but very tiring having to walk under the immense heat for an entire day. The highlight was being able to go on the boat ride and seeing the stilt-houses!
