Lantau Island Hong Kong

Hong Kong , China

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    Impression de Hong Kong

    Fini Hong Kong, direction Macau. Mes impressions de cette
    ville ? Bahh ça ressemble beaucoup à New York mais avec beaucoup plus d’espaces
    verts. Les gens sont plutot chaleureux (c’est un bonus qu’ils parlent Anglais).
    La ville est grouillante d’activités, de restaurants et de chaleur humaine.
    C’est le …

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    Making the most out of Hong Kong

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    Monday and Tuesday were both whirlwind days in Hong Kong. We were in a race with time to see as many attractions as possible.

    Monday morning started out with our usual country briefing. We had a little bit of time for lunch before the city tour, so went to a Dim Sum place right by our hotel. We didn't have any Asians with us this time so …

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    Hong Kong – A Heaven for Shopaholics

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    Ahh, why did I say so? I was also not sure until I did a research where most foreigners nearby like Japan, Korea and even China would come here just to shop. High end brands with quality products and lower price, rated it as the best place to shop until you drop!

    Let's take Ladies Market for example, all brands are sold here. You don’ …

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    Where is everyone?

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    Had a great day today thanks in part to advice from a friend of a tennis friend who lives here most of the time. We met up the other day and had a very pleasant bus trip to Stanley Market and beach. After drinking coffee while sitting overlooking the beach followed by a saunter through the stalls without being pestered, we enjoyed a leisurely …

Related BlogsLantau Island Hong Kong

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    The Shadow of Buddha, and, What my Students Want

    ... Buddha, and the flower-festooned monastery attached to it. We took a ferry over from Central in Hong Kong harbor to Tung Chung, a village on Lantau (called a village, but, as everywhere in China, with a population exceeding most cities I've been to ...

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    Ten Thousand Buddhas-- How many wild monkeys?

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    ... stars in the night sky. The temple itself was less well-kept than the more-trafficked one by the big Buddha on Lantau Island, but definitely charming and, because of fewer people, more spiritual-feeling. A level uphill from the 10,000 Buddhas were ...

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    A Magical Time

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    ... people get murdered there etc. luckily we had hostelworld.com to help us and we've ended up in a very nice place on hong kong island. Yet it was impossible to find, as there are no sign posts whatsoever until you get to the 5th floor of this random ...

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    Hong Kong revisited

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    ... Kong has hundreds of small islands with a laid-back feel and we take some day trips to visit some: Lantau island now houses Chep Lap Kok airport and China's first Disneylands has only just opened. We stay overnight with the DaRoza family and watch the ...

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    It's the Final Countdown...

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    ... chance encounter with a digital piano at the Hong Kong Central Library complete the highlights of my final days in Hong Kong. I will note that, after other parts of China, I have expressed my hope that I will return. In relation to Hong Kong, there is ...

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    Hong Kong

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    ... and Tiffany's not high on our agenda, we managed to spend a couple of days exploring the outlying islands of Hong Kong. Firstly Lantau Island with the extraordinary Tian Tan Buddha statue and Po Lin monastery, as well as the new Ngong Ping 360 ...

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    Back and forward between HK and Macau

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    ... top of the hill before descending down. We decided to take a bus to the ferry at Mui Wo, and take this ferry back to Hong Kong island. The bus ride took a good forty-five minutes and we were just in time for the five o clock ferry. But not before buying ...

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    Back in Hong Kong

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    ... some promotional thing. We will make use of that tomorrow afternoon. So instead of a swim, we took the Star Ferry over to Hong Kong Island to search for the Qantas office as we wanted to change some flight times. It was on the 24th floor of Jardine ...

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    Giant Buddha and a leisurely swim

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    We left the hotel today at 9am to head for the Buddha. We took the metro to get to Lantau Island and then took the cable car up to the Giant Buddha. The cable car ride took 25mins and was a great journey in itself. Some of the views from up there were ...

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    Happening Hong Kong

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    ... the entire bottle in the supermarket. We opted for the supermarket bottle of wine.   The following day we explored Lantau island Hong Kong Disneyland is located. We took a 360 degree cable car with breathtaking views of North Lantau and the South ...