Hong Kong IV: Lantau & Food Expo
Spent the second full day going to Lantau Island to see the Big Buddha and to the Food Expo
Signs in the hotel... I thought it was rather amusing, until I found out that "Someplace Else" was the name of a bar/restaurant in the mall arcade downstairs
Typhoon Warning! But isn't the guy so cute?
Inside of a car on the MTR on the way to Tung Chung (Lantau Island)... even packed with people, Alvin can see from end to end above everyone's heads... and it goes a long way!
After taking the MTR to Lantau Island, we grabbed the bus to Ngong Ping
Long and winding roads through the mountains
At the foot of the Big Buddha by the bus depot
Looking toward the mountains
Big Buddha!
From the stairs going up to the Buddha, a look at the mountains and the monastery
With the mountains and clouds
View from up in the mountains... look at all the nature... not what you think of when you think of HK!
Statues in a ring around the Buddha platform
In front of the Buddha
We had lunch at the vegetarian restaurant in the monastery... there was soup & 4 courses
Mushrooms and green vegetables
I don't know what these were, but this was my favorite dish
Spring rolls
Asparagus and other veggies
But even in a monastery restaurant, there's Coca-Cola
Po Lin Monastery
Bus ride back to Tung Chung... back through the mountains
Went to a mega-grocery store in Tung Chung
Alvin found the fruit he's been looking for - red rose apples!
Fish balls
We were perplexed by the "crunchy aloe vera bits"... we had a sample later at the Food Expo and they did not seem so crunchy
Fish fillet mini pizzas
Our purchases
The land of plenty... aka Aji Ichiban
Took Star Ferry to Wanchai for the Food Expo... looks like a storm
Lots of clouds... it poured as soon as we got off the boat
Food Expo at the Convention Centre... lots of people pushing and shoving
Tortellini gelato
A really good drink... green tea + scotch and whiskey
After getting exhausted by the Expo, took MTR back from Wan Chai
Dinner at the same restaurant as the first night... I got some chicken noodle dish, it was okay, I liked the noodles the night before better
Alvin's noodles
Signs in the hotel... I thought it was rather amusing, until I found out that "Someplace Else" was the name of a bar/restaurant in the mall arcade downstairs
Typhoon Warning! But isn't the guy so cute?
Inside of a car on the MTR on the way to Tung Chung (Lantau Island)... even packed with people, Alvin can see from end to end above everyone's heads... and it goes a long way!
After taking the MTR to Lantau Island, we grabbed the bus to Ngong Ping
Long and winding roads through the mountains
At the foot of the Big Buddha by the bus depot
Looking toward the mountains
Big Buddha!
From the stairs going up to the Buddha, a look at the mountains and the monastery
With the mountains and clouds
View from up in the mountains... look at all the nature... not what you think of when you think of HK!
Statues in a ring around the Buddha platform
In front of the Buddha
We had lunch at the vegetarian restaurant in the monastery... there was soup & 4 courses
Mushrooms and green vegetables
I don't know what these were, but this was my favorite dish
Spring rolls
Asparagus and other veggies
But even in a monastery restaurant, there's Coca-Cola
Po Lin Monastery
Bus ride back to Tung Chung... back through the mountains
Went to a mega-grocery store in Tung Chung
Alvin found the fruit he's been looking for - red rose apples!
Fish balls
We were perplexed by the "crunchy aloe vera bits"... we had a sample later at the Food Expo and they did not seem so crunchy
Fish fillet mini pizzas
Our purchases
The land of plenty... aka Aji Ichiban
Took Star Ferry to Wanchai for the Food Expo... looks like a storm
Lots of clouds... it poured as soon as we got off the boat
Food Expo at the Convention Centre... lots of people pushing and shoving
Tortellini gelato
A really good drink... green tea + scotch and whiskey
After getting exhausted by the Expo, took MTR back from Wan Chai
Dinner at the same restaurant as the first night... I got some chicken noodle dish, it was okay, I liked the noodles the night before better
Alvin's noodles
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