SUNDAY - HONG KONG LANTAU ISLAND
SUNDAY - HONG KONG
LANTAU ISLAND
| This is called the Ngong Ping Fun Walk. It was kind of fun. |
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| This is the opposite of the urban jungle of Hong Kong. |
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| According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Wisdom Path traces a series of 38 wooden steles (upright monuments) containing verses from the centuries-old Heart Sutra, one of the world's best-known prayers revered by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists alike. In the fog it's kind of creepy. |
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| It is only 12,968 short kilometers to the Statue of Liberty from here. |
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| Time for lunch. |
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| The only Chinese food I had on the trip was this bowl of stewed beef with noodles in soup, complete with chopsticks. The pineapple coconut smoothie I had with it seemed less Chinese. |
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| My ticket included travel on the local buses down to Tai O. |
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| Tai O is also a bit of a tourist spot. |
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| This is a small exhibit of fishing nets and tools. |
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| There are lots of little stalls selling seafood. Oh, the smells. |
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| Also included on my pass was a boat ride. |
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| Okay, let's go. |
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| Part of the village is on an island of the same name. |
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| People have built homes on stilts in the water. |
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| Apart from tourism, fishing is the
primary industry, however that lifestyle is waning. Click here for a short video of the boat ride. |
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| They are not exactly palatial estates. |
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| After riding around the waters of the village we went out into the open water. This was off in the distance. I think it is part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge I mentioned earlier. |
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| The purpose of the trip out into the open water is to see Chinese white dolphins. We didn't see any because of the wind and choppy water. |
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| The old Tai O Police Station is now the small boutique Tai O Heritage Hotel. |
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| A look back to Tai O and Lantau Island. |
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| Time to come back. |
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