Hong Kong Day 2

Our first stop of the day was at the Ngong Ping 360. This is a 25 minute cable car ride that starts on the north end of Lantau Island which is to the west of Hong Kong. The cable car takes you over a large portion of the Lantau Island and drops you off at the Ngong Ping Village. This village was likely created solely for tourists. It is one street that extends two blocks filled with restaurants and souvenir shops. We proceeded to the Tian Tan Buddha. This is the largest bronze seated Buddha in the world. It is on top of a hill, which is quite a hike up a long set of stairs. Like all things Chinese it was huge and it was tough to imagine someone hauling the materials up the steep hill to create something so large and detailed. After taking a few pictures and several minutes to catch our breath we went back to Ngong Ping Village to grab some lunch.

After lunch we took the Cable Cars back and preceded to the Hong Kong Macau shuttles (fast boats that take you from Hong Kong to Macau). For those of you who may not be familiar with Macau it is know as the Vegas of Asian. It was after arriving at the Hong Kong Shuttle Station that I found out that you need your passport to enter Macau (as it is a different country). We headed back to the hotel and I felt like an idiot because we missed our 4pm Cirque Du Soleil show at the Venetian (which is exactly the same as the one in Vegas) in Macau. Our tickets were not refundable or transferable. We picked up our passports and headed back to the shuttles to check out Macau anyway. It is a really strange feeling traveling in a boat that is large enough to remind you of an airplane since it has similar seating. The ride was very rough; we must have been driving through waves over 10 feet high at high speeds. After arriving in Macau we decided to see if we could still get into the ZAIA show. It took a little fast talking but we were able to see the show with similar seats without buying new tickets and getting a 10% discount on our current tickets. The show was amazing, absolutely amazing. After the show we headed back to Hong Kong.