
Not quite adjusted to another time change, we slept in a bit this morning. We had breakfast at Foodie, a dim sum restaurant close to the hotel, on Jervois St. - it was so much nicer than what we had eaten for lunch the previous day.


We took the MTR to Tung Chung station on the west side of the island and bought tickets for the aerial tram to see Po Lin monastery and the giant Buddha on Lantau Island. The line-up was quite lengthy by now, but moved steadily, as each car took at least 8 people. The ascent provided great views of the airport and the new highway to Macao before reaching the summit.
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Po Lin Monastery |
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Po Lin Monastery |
The village was very touristy, reminiscent of Whistler B.C and bustled with tourists who had taken the tram and those who had come up by bus. The monastery was interesting and colourfully decorated. We had lunch at the Buddhist kitchen there and sat outside in the sunshine to eat. After satisfying our photo quota we headed back down and took the MTR to Kowloon station.
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big buddha |
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Kowloon station |
The new station was a magnificent example of architecture and we spent some time studying it, both from inside and outside, walking the paths and stairways of the green roof with its views to the harbour.
That evening, we headed back over to Kowloon to watch the 8:00pm light show, an array of lights and lasers from each of the tall buildings on the Hong Kong side. We had set our destination as a vegetarian Thai restaurant, quite some distance away with good reviews. We arrived there after about 40 minutes and three MTR transfers to find that it was closed that particular day (thanks Google), so we ate at another Thai restaurant on the same street (there were many of them to choose from). We had a beer back in Kowloon, before heading back on the MTR to our hotel.
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Kowloon high rise |
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Eight o'clock light show |