Day 7 - The Giant Buddha @ Ngong Ping 360 HK

Discover Hong Kong website claims that "No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a visit to the world's tallest, outdoor, seated bronze Buddha which sits serenely atop Ngong Ping plateau amid the spectacular mountain scenery of Lantau Island."

I came here before, but Mr said that he never came here and during our last trip to HK we didn't come here also. Thus, again he insisted that we should pay a visit to the Giant Buddha this time. This place is also known as Po Lin Monastery and the Wisdom Path. All of them are located in one place only.

There are a few ways to go to the Giant Buddha. You can refer to this website. Once we reached the MTR Tung Chung Station, we went to Exit B that direct us to either the cable car or bus station. We chose to go by using cable car to Ngong Ping (where the Giant Buddha is located) and this time we tried the crystal cabin. It's a bit pricey, but hey we thought that we won't go there again, since both of us went there already. Meanwhile, I am not sure if I still have the gut to have another 10 - 20 minutes ride on the cable car again. In the crystal cabin, the floor is made of the crystal where we can look through the bottom. That is the only difference between crystal cabin and the normal cabin.

The Crystal Cabin Car

 
Dave feels happy and excited in the cable car as it's so high up above the sky... (that's what he said)

The crystal cabin's floor

Once we arrived at Ngong Ping cable car station, there is a path that direct us to the Po Lin Monastery. We had our lunch there in the restaurant. There are 2 prices for the menu, which is HKD 60 and HKD100 for each people. Brother-in-law suggested that we should try the HKD 100 meals, thus we tried them and they worth the money.

On the way to the Po Lin Monastery, there are shops on the left and right of the streets (no cars are allowed). We did stop by to watch the Monkey's Tale Theatre (we watched the Monkey's tale shows in the theatre, just like watched movie) and Walking with Buddha .

Little Shaolin

 The dishes at the Po Lin Monastery Restaurant (5 dishes and none of them were artificial meat)
 

After the meals we went to the Giant Buddha. It's quite foggy at that time so we didn't see the clear Buddha. 

 Look at the journey to the top... that's why we need energy first...

So foggy rite...??

 From Po Lin Monastery, there is a short walk to the Wisdom of Path. We didn't go there as there were constructions.

After the Giant Buddha, we spent the rest of our evening at Citygate Outlets. It is an outlet shopping mall.

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