Today we really needed a slower start after some full on days of fun, so we took it easy and did not leave the house until about 11am. We headed down the hill to catch the bus into town and connect up with the train to the gondola at Ngong Ping. Early lunch was a local picnic (more Cafe de Coral) eaten by the fountain at IFC Mall before heading off on our adventure.
Ngong Ping 360 is a huge 5.7 kilometer cable car that takes about 25 minutes to whip you up to the Monastery and Giant Buddha on Lantau Island. The ride was spectacular even though today was quite polluted. On the way back down we were in a glass bottomed gondola - freaky for those of us who aren't so great with heights!
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| Section down to the mainland |
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| Over the hills and far away... |
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Believe it or not... that blip under the left hand cable is the
Buddha - it really is huge and dominates the skyline as
you get closed |
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Giant Buddha
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I convinced the boys I was too old to climb the stairs to get a closer look, but they were keen so off they went
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| At the bottom of the stairs up to the Buddha |
We were not finished with out sight seeing, souvenir buying and return cable car trip until about 5pm, so we opted out of visiting the market today (we'll try and fit it in tomorrow). Instead crazy aunty proved again how crazy she is by putting everyone on a bus heading the wrong way down Nathan Rd (we were trying to get to Harbour Centre by the Star Ferry to buy a new book). We got a nice sit down on the bus, and great views of Nathan Road, but there were many groans when the boys realised what had happened! We jumped into a cab to the shopping mall in time to grab a quick dinner and then be out on the Avenue of Stars in time to see the Light Symphony at 8pm.
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Night view of HK Island - the people in the photo are just random
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Then home, so loud laughs on the laptop with some new game Andrew had downloaded and then off to bed. Hard to believe there are only two more sleeps in Hong Kong!
Sonia
Hi, the kids loved talking to Jordan yesterday. Not sure how I would have managed the glass bottomed gondola! Zach and Jayna say they would manage fine :) Jayna and I are off to a wedding today so I betta go iron some clothes. Sandra, Craig, Jayna & Zach
ReplyDeleteOops, That comment will come up under Craig's sign-in, but was obviously me (Sandra). Craig is not at all scared of heights, for the record :) He says he does however, have a healthy respect for heights. Here ends the disclaimer...
ReplyDeleteI am sure you're right Zach and Jayna and you would be just fine. Jordan and Braden thought that the trees underneath us looked like broccoli!
ReplyDeleteNot convinced Craig..... Jordan was however very happy with your 'whatever my boy says' response to our text survey yesterday. Just the right response!
Sonia
You did get brave Sonia! Well done. I think that these boys will probably sleep for days when they return :)
ReplyDeleteHave they lost weight with all this walking or has the food intake been sufficient to avoid that? Guess they will have eaten your grocery budget for about the next month or two?
Ummm.... well they are still skinny little things - not sure if they are skinnier than they were! They were up early again this morning so you may well find they are sleepy when they get home. Watch out for Wall Climbers and a rouge helicopter that cannot fly straight :-)
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