Hong Kong 2009- Ngong Ping360 & Symphony of Lights

Recently I got a friend asking me on Hong Kong as he is planning to go end May. This became a conversation between hubby and me which hubby say that I should blog about our first Hong Kong trip that we went in 2009. Further more, I have not started my blog yet so I should share... That trip was also when he popped the question!

Looking back, it was 3 years ago and as I retrieved the photos from facebook, I was taken back as I saw myself being slimmer that time! Gosh...faint... it was not that bad thou I didn't grew extremely bigger/fatter. But this reminds me to keep myself in shape!

Me and hubby at Hong Kong airport!

Us taking the bullet train down to town which is about 30-40 minutes ride.

 

During that time when we went, there was this popular movie called "Ponyo" and we found the advertisement at one of the bus stop. I recalled I was excited to take photo with it.

We went to Avenue of Star which features different handprints of movie celebrities, descriptive milestones, a towering Hong Kong Film Awards statuette, and a life-size statue of Bruce Lee. The location is on the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade offers incredible panoramic views of the famed Victoria Harbour and the memorable Hong Kong skyline. It is also a good place to watch the Symphony of Light which I will share a little in this post too.

After spending half a day walking, we settled for dinner at Temple Street where you must eat claypot rice when you are there! Cheap and nice! See the big piece of salted fish... Hubby loves salted fish!

The next day, we made our way to Ngong Ping 360 which is highly accessible is located in Tung Chung. Ngong Ping is on Lantau Island in Hong Kong and close to Hong Kong International Airport. The Ngong Ping Cable Car has two terminals, one in Tung Chung Town Centre and one in Ngong Ping on Lantau Island. Ngong Ping Village is adjacent to the cable car terminal in Ngong Ping and is a convenient five-minute walk from the Tian Tan Buddha Statue.

We took the cable car ride there which is about 20 minutes...

Nice scenary!

You can even see the airport...

When we reached there, we have to go through Ngong Ping Village first before going to the Tian Tan Buddha Statue.

We made our way up to Tian Tan Buddha Statue which is a very long walk. You definitely need energy and determination. Seeing those Hong Kong elderly climbing all the way up to offer their prayers impressed me.


Finally we are here...

This is the stairway that we had to climb up and down. Cannot remember the numbers of steps thou we tried counting. We lost count as we stopped several times to catch our breath.

Find out more if you are planning to go: http://www.np360.com.hk/html/eng/visitor/gethere.html

Hubby back then brought me to see the symphony of lights. It starts every night at 8pm and all visitors should not miss this laser display. It includes more than 40 buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour.  The show creates an all-round vision of coloured lights, laser beams, spotlights etc... which leads to a unforgettable view that is synchronised to music.

I didn't have much photos on the laser display but some suggestions on where you can have a good view:
- Along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront between the Avenue of Stars and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre

- On the waterfront promenade outside the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai
- Aboard a harbour cruise (Must be pre-arranged)

Anyway give me some time to do up the other posts on places in Hong Kong that I went! Cheers!