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Motykas in Asia 2015 Part 12 - Hong Kong

On this day we went to see the Big Buddha statue up high on a hill. We took one of the lines of the MTR all the way to the end, near the Hong Kong airport. As soon as we exited the station we found an outlet mall, but with the exchange rate everything was still expensive.

 

We had Subway for lunch... Ha!




And of course we had coffee.... expensive!




 

Then we finally headed to the Cable Car station to go up the hill. The line up was quite long, but it was not unbearable. That day was a cold one. When we purchased our ticket, the lady at the counter practically tried to force us to buy a tour package with them but we knew better. We wanted to see the fishing village after the statue and we were told that the only way to get there was by buying the tour package. No way! I've done my quick research... can't fool me!



They had Hello Kitty Cable Car display. Of course I had to pose with it!





We finally started the climb to the Big Buddha statue. It is not an ancient statue, but popular anyway.








Sure enough, we were able to get to the Tai O Fishing Village by Bus for just under HK $7.











The funny thing was... we lined up for a bus to a place that sounded familiar. We assumed it was going to take us to the previous village so we could take the cable car back down. It turned out that the bus took us all the way to the MTR station! Lol... Oh well, live and learn. :D



That evening we had a super yummy dinner with DM, and then they went to see DM's University and Dorm. I on the other hand, went to a street market.






Here's another panoramic take from Tsim Sha Tsui



We're almost done! Stay tuned for part 13!
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