I had been wanting to visit since the last trip... but it was too short then to do so many things. And now we finally did it. It was an awesome daytrip (better than bringing mum to the casino in Macau!). But I know she wanted to do Macau too, perhaps next time. I would rather fly there than being seasick for an hour there and then back! :pEven though sis loves the Ocean Park's cable car more, I feel unjustified for Ngong Ping 360 because to me both are just as great. They show very different sides of Hong Kong and I've enjoyed each and every snapshot I have now in my head. My parents obviously love cable car rides, I can't remember if they were ever on the ones to Sentosa even... perhaps a long long time back. All the time, they were looking out for something... their eyes peered faraway. Undisturbed.
The view on Ocean Park's cable car was magnificent because we saw mountains, greens, islands and the theme park right below. But on Ngong Ping 360, we saw a lot of nature, mountains, the airport, the giant Buddha from afar... and people walking on the path below. Crazy to imagine how far it takes to walk there when it's 15-20mins on the cable car! We didn't opt for the crystal cabin with see-through ground, because sis would have freaked out! LOL.The Ngong Ping village is indeed very well done, pretty and well equipped. Food are available everywhere and that's a good thing! They aren't too overly pricey like most touristic places. There are some entertainment and attractions you can visit if you buy the package. The rest are just souvenir shops and tonnes of them - my parents, being religious, just had to get something!
I wandered off to see the Giant Buddha. I lost sis, as she was supposed to meet me somewhere. So I went up alone! Parents were resting somewhere slurping their noodles, while sis got lost somewhere and me up at the Giant Buddha and very thirsty. Later I realised sis didn't manage to go up because she thought we needed to buy a ticket! But it was actually FREE to walk right in, the tickets were for meal up in the Giant Buddha! I was up there for a while, the view wasn't as great as on the cable car but seeing the Giant Buddha right in your face after the 268 steps climb is something! :) It is also world’s largest outdoor bronze statue.
We hopped on the cable car soon after and spent the rest of the afternoon back at the Citygate outlets. The mall is filled with outlets of all kinds of brands from Burberry, Kate Spade, Timberland, Quicksilver to Nike. Funny enough, we didn't manage to find anything we like. I got a belt, that was it. Sis found nothing!
Time to leave Lantau and embark on another adventure. As we were leaving the next evening, I reckoned we should buy the infamous Wife Cakes or also known as 老婆饼 because I didn't want the last minute rush and panic the following day. I have already marked down the locations. So the idea was to get to Central, take a tram to Causeway Bay where we can get them at Sogo.
Excited and ready for the tram, we boarded but to our dismay I realised we were on the wrong one after I couldn't spot the street names on my map! We alighted, instead of being frustrated, we were quite pleased we finally got on the electric tram for once! We cabbed back to Causeway Bay which was a distance away, bummer! There was some tension that night as by then we were all pretty exhausted and sis was very annoyed with her fruitless shopping trip thus far. She wanted to shop but all dad wanted to do was to sit down and eat! Food was the only thing that kept him motivated. We were also carrying huge bags of wife cakes and it seemed stupid to walk with those. Sis didn't want them to go back on their own because she was being a big mummy again. So I convinced them I would take them back and leave her to shop till she was happy, she would then return.It all worked out pretty well. What a day!
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