Grant and Rae's NZ Trip

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Yesterday's blog disappeared into the ether - blogging seems a lot like golf: once you think that you've mastered it,it comes back and bites you in the ass!

So,recapping................didn't have a great night's sleep after the bells but didn't get up early to go to the gym! Went to church instead,St. Anthony's,up a very steep hill and boasting a very good choir (not quite as good as Military Wives,though).

Decided to go to Lantau Island to see the big Buddha (and it is BIG). So we took a tram and then the underground to Tung Chung on Lantau. I had to buy a hat to protect my sensitive forehead and nose - it was shorts weather (and I forgotten to pack a hat)! We bought passes for the cable car from a "ticket tout" which saved us about 2 hours queueing. The ride was spectacular - about 4 miles in length over the South China sea and some inhospitable countryside! It took us to Ngong Ping plateau. Well worth a visit.

Got back to the hotel fairly shattered,ate and started packing for tomorrow's leg of the journey to Auckland.

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Photos

Over the South China Sea
From our cable car

Tung Chung
From the cable car

Big Buddha
In the distance

Big Buddha
Closer

Big Buddha
Closest