Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The guidebook lists the Big Buddha at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island as one of the ten 'must-sees'. So we went and we saw. He was big. World's largest oudoor seated Buddha...    An efficient ride on the ...

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... so rain or shine I decided to go see the world's tallest outdoor bronze Buddha just a short walk from Ngong Ping, a village on Lantau Island.  There were several ways to get there but by far the most scenic was the Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail.  (and ...

... beaches we were looking for. We continued to search the other islands. A 40 minute ferry ride from the main Hong Kong Island took us to Lantau and as we entered the bay we knew immediately that this was the place. Just south of Disneyland but well ...

Hong Kong bears many similarities to London; its crowded, noisey and polluted but everything is also very quick, clean and efficient. The last couple of days we ventured down onto the underground. At first the thought of riding the subway filled both ...