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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Ngong Ping 360

Global wrming is in the news today, if our public transport was as cheap as it is in Hong Kong perhaps we would all use it more. We met a couple who lived on Lantau island, they had no car, they cycled around the island and commuted to work on the ferry. Quicker, cleaner and cheaper than travelling by car.

The Tai O bus leads back to the Big Buddha at Ngong Ping, here you can catch a fantastic 30 minute cable car ride to Tung Chung where the railway links back to the rest of Hong Kong.

To the left of this picture is the new airport, which has the worlds largest terminal building (4 times London Heathrow and Ney York JFK put together apparently), it has won the award for best airport, it is so spacious it deserves it.

To the right of the picture is Tung Chung, which boasts an outlet mall, a favourite place for my daughter to visit :-)

3 comments:

Lorraine said...

Wow, I don't think I want to know where you were when you took it. Fabulous! I have a thing for heights....
You get a really good idea when you click the photo larger :)

Anonymous said...

Nice!! Perfect framing and I feel like I'm riding right along on this.

Anonymous said...

What a spectacular way to go to work!
And indeed much cleaner than in a car.