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Aidy_p Says: During winter, the sun sets as early as 6pm. I was walking back to the Ngong Ping cable car station when I had the opportunity to 'punked' my 2-year old son. I asked him if he wants to see a monster and so I stood with the sun behind me.Lo and behold, the shadow of a tall...
Aidy_p Says: Leaving the make-believe world of Disneyland and entering Po Lin Monastery. The latter was definitely more interesting for me. The monastery was founded more than 100 years ago and is one of the oldest standing structure in the Ngong Ping area.Interestingly, the monastery...
Aidy_p Says: I've heard so much of the statue. Before 2007, it stood as the world's tallest outdoor seated buddha statue. Some of my friends said that there was nothing much to do that and had adviced me not to visit the place. But how can I not after hearing so much about this...
Ngong Ping: Selling Fish Egg and Corn
Aidy_p Says: My wife and I were afraid that there was no food suitabe for our children up at Ngong Ping. So we brought along quite a bit of stuff.Fret not, there are restaurants at Ngong Ping village, even modernity has caught up with this place with Starbucks and Subway taking a space...
Ngong Ping: Blending in with the temple and statue
Aidy_p Says: Ngong Ping is no 100 year-old village. Actually it's not even a 50 year-old village. The entire village opened in 2005 but what the government had tried to do was to blend the buildings with the present Po Lin temple.Buildings were built to look authentically old though the...
Ngong Ping: Multiple Views of the Big Buddha
Aidy_p Says: A statue so big that you can see from the aeroplane. So massive that one has to climb 240 steps to get to the statue. Known as the Tian Tan Buddha, it took three years to build and the cable car in gave me one of the best helicopter view of this bronze work.Whwn I arrived at...
Cable Car: Going Towards Ngong Ping
Aidy_p Says: After climbing beyond the sea, the cable car makes a sharp left turn and afterwhich, the cable car continued its climb.At that point, you should be able to see two very interesting landmark. Firstly, you will see the tall skyscrapers that houses the tung chung residents...
Cable Car: Beautiful Hong Kong
Aidy_p Says: My Hong Kong cousin said, "Why do you want to visit Hong Kong? It's such a crowded place". Well, by taking a cable car ride, we would be ingeniously taken away from the crowd.Since my family was crossing over to Ngong Ping at about 4pm, the cable cars were largely empty. So...
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peemapat Says: This monastery is famous for big Buddha statue. It's very far from city. But, it's worth travelling for.
Road Side Stall: Fish Eggs, Really?
Aidy_p Says: "Yu tan" or Fish egg. That's how it's been read. If you're into exotic food, you'd be utterly disappointed. This is no fish egg, but in truth, it's your everyday fish ball, albeit they taste tougher than any fish ball that I've tasted.Still, I'd say that if you don't try it,...
Po Lin Monastery Restaurant: At Po Lin, it's all veggies!
WesHK Says: When you arrive at Po Lin Monastery, you can purchase a ticket that includes admission to the Buddha as well as lunch at the vegetarian restaurant. The ticket sells for HK$60. Even if you aren't a fan of vegetarian food, the meal is an interesting cultural experience.When...
Ngong Ping: Queueing For The Cable Car Ride
Aidy_p Says: The town of Ngong Ping starts to shut down by about 5.15pm and when that happens, the crowd heads to the only place that's still open - the car car station. I arrived at 5.30pm as the signs states that the last cable car would be leaving at 6pm and for certain, neither I nor...
Cable Car to Ngong Ping (Big Buddha)
John6868 Says: Opened September 2006.The cable car station is just a short walk from the Tung Chung MTR railway station.Closed for 6 months in 2007 but is now running normally.
Cable car opens (closed due to incident)
John6868 Says: Finally, Ngong Ping 360 will open to the public on 18 September 2006.This cable car takes you from Tung Chung (just next to the airport platform) up to the village of Ngong Ping where the Big Buddha is located.It is 5.7km long and will cost HK$88 for the return trip ($45 for...
vividvivian Says: it is believe that when you go up to the top, make a clockwise direction when you walk and overview the surrounding as it represent "follow the flow". you must not have to "kou tau" (bow) but try not to shout aloud once you are in or around the temple area.
Be sensitive to Buddhist practices!
WesHK Says: Buddhists are forbidden to eat meat or drink alcohol, and you should not do either while at the monastery. Keep your beef jerkey at home!
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This monastery is famous for big Buddha statue. It's very far from city. But, it's worth travelling for.
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This area is very far from downtown of Hong Kong. I travelled by MTR and bus to Po Lin Monastery. It took about one and a half hour to reach here.
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With all the dilly-dallying and time spent on making sure that we had lunch and also, we were well-stocked when we go over (i.e. We were worried that our two kids would be hungry on the way there), we...
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The Big Buddha on Lantau Island welcomes you. (Just don't stand there!) There is a direct bus to Po Lin Monastery from Tung Chung bus station. Tung Chung is a town near the airport on Lantau Island...
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Since Ngong Ping is in Lantau Island, I have decided to turn this into a Lantau Island Page instead.
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