"Outside the city" Technotrekker's photos around Hong Kong, Hong Kong

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Hong Kong, Hong Kong by TravelPod blogger Technotrekker titled "Outside the city" Technotrekker's travel blog entry: "After the bright lights of the big city of our first couple of days here, Dad and I decided that a more sedate pace should be sought for our last full day in town. It's often overlooked that there is a lot of open space and scenery once you get out into the territories and neighbouring islands that form a part of greater Hong Kong, so we decided to go explore the south of Lantau Island - despite the city's airport located in its north. Transportation to outlying territories is dead easy and in total the day cost about $US10 each, after the tour desk at the hotel had quoted us $HK520 or over $US60 each (so do it yourself if you're thinking of going). In the end we had a great day so highly recommend a trip down to Lantau. As you can see the day was fine for a 40 minute ferry ride on the water. Hong Kong has a large amount of port activity and boat traffic so there's always something to see as you glide by. Tugs pulling huge barges along, hydrofoiling ferries and large container ships moving and unloading are just some of the things happening. Anyway, the ride went quickly and not long after arriving at Mui Wo we were on a bus into the rugged hills. The main attraction on Lantau is the big Bronze Buddha, monastery and temple located in the hilly centre of the island at a place called Ngong Ping. The Buddha ...