In our 3rd day in Hongkong, we went to Ngong Ping 360 to see the Tian Tian Buddha..We're fortunate to experience the cable car going to the Big Buddha because often times-- most especially during the bad weather.. the cable car is usually close or close in some random days for maintenance purposes. The sky was clear this time and the cable car ride was already an experience itself-- feeding our eyes with panoramic view of the entire Lantau Island, South China Sea & Hongkong International Airport. We arrived at the end of Tung Chung line [where you could ride the cable car] past 10am and availed their round trip glass bottom cable car for HK$255 each. The one-way ride takes about less than 30minutes. If the cable car is closed for whatever reason, you may take Bus 23 parked near Tung Chung Town Center (HKD 17) to get to the Tian Tian Buddha.
Entrance ticket to Ngong Ping 360
Going to the Big Buddha, we had a family of 3 to ride the cable car with.
View on top of the cable car:
Glass-bottom cable car. yay!
And the glance of big buddha sitting beautifully at the top of the mountain.
Entrace from the Big Buddha
We took 268 steps to reach the Tian Tian Buddha. It took more than a decade to complete the bronze Big Buddha which is said to be the 3rd biggest buddha image in the world.
We had our lunch at Subway, took a short stroll and headed back to the cable car to go for an early shopping in Mongkok. On our way back to Tung Chung, we had the entire cable car just to ourselves so ofcourse, we took advantage to take a lot of photos inside the cable car. hehehe
Mongkok by day
Honestly, i dont enjoy shopping in Mongkok.. i dont know.. maybe because we arrived earlier than the famed night market.. we enjoyed shopping in Macau more than in Mongkok... but we were able to find cheap souvenir items such as T-shirt with Hongkong print-out for $100 for 6pcs, 3 pcs cute umbrellas for also $100 etc etc..
Always,
Rica ♡
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