Hong Kong Day 2 (29 Aug 2011)

As we didn't managed to get to see the Giant Buddha during our previous trips, I made this a must this time. And I was praying hard for good weather coz when my sister went at end July, the cable car was closed due to strong winds.

Before that, we enjoyed some very smooth and delicious congee at a restaurant near our hotel.

Lucky for us, the weather was good that day. Too good in fact, that it was extremely hot and humid during the long wait for the purchase of the cable car tickets, and the long walk to the Giant Buddha, and not the mention the 280+ steps of stairs up to see it. 

We took the new crystal cabin, whereby the bottom was glass and could see through all the way. It wasn't really that scary until I tried to sit down on the glass to take a picture.

Martial arts display by Shaolin Temple

On our way back on the crystal cable car, we saw something very interesting. See those white specks? They were people milling around the sea at low tide, with a sytrofoam box tied to their bodies. We guessed they were catching some sort of sea food during the low tide.

And guess where we had our lunch... 

There was something very special about their noodles (米线). It was kind of like the laksa noodles we had here, but more flavourful and cooked totally al dente.

After shopping around Citygates outlets (where there was not a lot to buy, much to my disappointment), we decided to leave the area and go hunt for food. Again, I referred to the recommendations from the Hong Kong tourism website, and decided to go to a restaurant for some highly recommended wonton noodles.

The noodles was kind of normal, and disappointing for us, coz we expected much more at a restaurant. The chee cheong fun and the carrot cakes were equally disappointing. And no shopping done was disappointing too... 

Oh, and that reminds me... Now that we had gone to see the Giant Buddha, we had basically covered most of the main attractions in Hong Kong. What other excuses could I use to get us another trip to Hong Kong again??!