Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 14

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island April 16th 2008

Kavin Lantaun saarella katsomassa Buddhan patsasta. Menin lautalla, siita sitten patsaalle ja luostariin bussilla. 60 dollarilla sai sisaanpaasyn ja kasvisruuan luostarin ravintolassa. Kavin ensin syomassa, sitten kiipesin patsaalle. Ajoin toisella bussilla metroasemalle. Se oli metron paateasema ja sen ymparilla oli parikymmenkerroksisia taloja. Palasin hostellille metrolla. Ilma oli eilista hiostavampi. Metrossa oli iltakuuden aikaan vakea niin paljon etta piti jonottaa jonkin aikaa rullaportaisiin, ennen kuin asemalta paasi pois. Koska lahettyvilla oli kaupan kaikenlaista elektroniikkaa, ostin itselleni 4 gigan muistitikun ja 2 gigan muistikortin kameraan. Kummankin toimivuuden testasin.... read more

At the Airport

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island April 3rd 2008

Velyaen

I'm at the airport and my flight is set to leave in... 2 hours and 20 minutes. It's been an active (sort of) last few days. At least, I've moved over large distances! I left Beijing on the train, and after some panicky moments where I didn't think I was going to find the right entrence, some guy from Hong Kong helped me find the right place. Customs was fairly basic, except when the girl at the desk called another girl at the desk over to examine my picture, and they both laughed. That was a little odd. I was in a room on the train with the young guy and girl, who didn't speak a word of english (well, to be fair, the guy spoke about as much english as I spoke mandarin). I read ... read more

Hong Kong Disneyland

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island March 31st 2008

Hong Kong Street Scene

Flea

These were taken at Hong Kong Disneyland on a short weekend trip at the end of March 2008. ... read more

into the country

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island March 27th 2008

nugget sizes up jackie

Nuggetlog

Day 4 - Hong Kong Another early start today as we were off on a tour to Lantau Island. Our driver couldn't speak a word of English and though we had told him our names and got a member of the hotel staff to translate he still spent 40minutes trying to find us and leaving various messages in our room while we were already happily sat on the bus. Finally though we were off with a stop at the Avenue of stars which is a bit like the Hollywood walk of fame for Asian stars. Nugget the monkey was very excited to see that his hands, feet and body fit in all of Jackie Chan's hand print. Afterwards a half hour drive took us towards the country which was a nice change from the polluted city. ... read more

Part 1 - Hong Kong

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island March 3rd 2008

Big Buddah

Kavid

Hong Kong - We ventured up to the Victoria peak where the views of Hong Kong are quite spectacular. The tram trip up is so steep that the tall sky scrapers look like they are at a 45 degree angle. The view from the top has not changed since the last time i visited but the whole experience has now been made into the typical tourist attraction, making you walk through levels of tacky nic-nak shops before you actually reach the top. The same day we also decided to go to Stanley market, where we saw the perfect present for Carl Smith (hope you like them!!). We got the cable car accross the water to the top of a mountain where there is the biggest budder in the world - looked a little like tom :) ... read more

Time In The Wild At Lantau

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island February 17th 2008

The Big Bhudda

Leezy

15th February - Lantau Island After a quick change over from the returning ferry from Macau we were on another half an hour ferry journey over to Lantau. We weren't wasting any time! We arrived at Mui Wo and caught the bus through the mountains to Ngong Ping where the only International Youth Hostel is situated on the island. The scenery was amazing with so much greenery covering the mountainous landscape. Arriving at Ngong Ping the main tourist sight, the Big Bhudda, dominated the little village. The village felt very isolated and the lack of an ATM machine shows just how out of the way the place is. Arriving at the hostel check in was allowed only after 4pm when the owner returned. After waiting for an hour we met the legendary Mr. Man who owned ... read more

Buddha

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island February 8th 2008

Buddha

GemandNick

Well feeling much better now and have been out and about looking at the city and surrounding areas. On Wednesday we went to Lantau to see the Giant Bronze Buddha that sits on top of the mountain. It was amazing how such a big statue could get so high up without any kind of machinery. The monastary next to it was lovely with golden statues and lots of insense. Yesterday we went looking around Central District and went into 2 Temples which we celebrating the new year by burning massive insense coils hung from the roof. The decoration on the outside of the temples was amazing, so detailed and colourful. We also went to watch the new year parade which was no match to honitons! there were gaps in the parade between the floats of about ... read more

Depart Hong Kong for Auckland

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island January 26th 2008

Ewan

Tonight we flew from Hong Kong to Auckland to begin our trip to Chile, Easter Island, Papette, Tonga and Auckland! ... read more

what a big buddha

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island January 15th 2008

Ngong Ping Skyrail

patko

TUESDAY: BIG BUDDHA LANTAU ISLAND: Ratko wanted a late start today, same with Erin. We decided to not have breakfast at the hotel but go and have yum cha (they call it dim sum here) for breakfast. A bit unusual having dim sum for breakfast. The one that was recommended was Maxims at Central. We arrived at 10.30 to find it didn't open til 11! The food was beautiful, but once again nothing different to what we have in Chinatown. Then our adventure began. We started our journey to see the big buddha on Lantau Island. It was around a 40 minute train trip to Tung Chun - the end of the line on Lantau & one stop past the Disneyland change (I was tempted to get off here and go back to Disneyland). We arrived ... read more

MONDAY-DISNEYLAND, A DAY TO REMEMBER

Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island January 14th 2008

welcome to Disneyland

patko

MONDAY - DISNEYLAND: I couldn't wait for this day to come. None of us have been to Disneyland. I know this one is smaller and probably doesn't compare with the others in the States but for us it was a great adventure. Ratko and Erin were still complaining about going on Sunday night, saying it was for kids and I said so what we have never been to one. They decided that half a day would be enough ignoring my protests. We had breakfast in the hotel and headed out. It takes 3 train chanages and about an hour to get there. Hong Kong Disneyland is the only one with a Disney train to take you from Sunny Bay to the Park. It has mickey shaped windows and the holding handles are mickey shapes. All along ... read more

Brief history of Hong Kong

Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong...more history

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