SUNDAY - HONG KONG 
LANTAU ISLAND
| Yes, another tradition is taking a picture of a gas station. |
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| Since I was up and out early again and too early to go where I was going I decided to wander around the neighborhood. This is the Anchor Street Playground. In the background you can see examples of newer and older apartment buildings. |
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| Sunday morning kick around in the park. That's not artificial grass. It's painted concrete. |
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| She may have been practicing some routine she performs or it could be just her morning exercises. |
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| I am glad that there is a long elevated walkway that covers most of the distance from the hotel to the MTR station. |
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| I took a thirty minute train ride out to Tung Chung on Lantau Island, where there is a terminus for the Ngong Ping Cable Car. |
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| Waiting to get in the car. It kind of reminded me of the old Skyway ride at Walt Disney World. |
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| Saying goodbye to Tung Chung. |
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| The line climbs up into the mountains. |
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| I found out that they are building something called the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which is a series of bridges and tunnels connecting those three cities. This might be part of that construction project. |
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| Some public housing estates in Tung Chung, which is a new town built on the island. |
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| A small river outlet. |
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| I did not see a lot of houses on the trip, but here are some. |
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| This looks safe, doesn't it? |
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| Beneath the cable cars is a large park. That is a walking path down there, but I'd rather ride instead. |
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| Tung Chung is very near the airport. |
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| Just like Saturday, the higher elevations were socked in with fog. Once we got to a certain height there was nothing to see out the windows but white. |
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| At the end of the cable car trip is a tourist village called Ngong Ping. |
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| It's mostly shops, restaurants and attractions. It's not surprising there is a Starbucks there. |
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| A monk checking his mobile phone. |
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