Anna on steps

Giant Buddha!!!

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May 14th 2007
Today was a great day! We started off getting the tube from just outside our hostel to Lantau Island. (Thankfully the streetwise Pea was there to guide us through the maze of coloured tubes!!) We arrived on Lantau and got cable cars at Ngong Ping. We floated over all the mountains and the views were totally amazing!! Pics to come! We then visited the Giant Buddha which is literally massive and sit ... read more

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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... ... read more