The great escape

--Day 5-- (Lantau Island)

Woke up early as we planned to visit the Giant Buddha, out of Disneyland area. This is a new attraction- The Ngong Ping 360. It was a cable car ride that offers 360 degree panamona views of North Lantau and the South China Sea. The ride to Ngong Ping Village took abt 25 mins, distance of 5.7 km. Although it was man-made, the structure was magnificient! We were captivated by the views of Tung Chung Bay, HK International airport, Ngong Ping plateau, Tian Tan Buddha and Ngong Ping Village.

As it was in the morning(9am), the mountain air was clean and fresh. However, upon arrival at Ngong Ping villiage, it was extremely windy and cold (temp 18 degress i think) though the sun was shinning brightly. We quicken our pace to reach the Giant Buddha as fast as our semi-frozen legs could carry us. Brrrrr .... Finally reached our destination haffing and puffing. One group of ang-moh, Abc sch kids came towards us. Their teacher wanted them to converse wif us in Mandarin and we obliged. Fyi- I was one doing all the answering while my 3 'Golden mouths' stood behind me to listen....urggg!

As if braving the windy walk was not enuf, going up to the Giant Buddha was another challenge. There were a total of 259 steps to reach the top. Two hundred and fifty nine steps of Sincerity, Faith, Determination and of course my stamina. We got to the top within 15 mins, no sweat :)
Again it was super windy, hmm i wonder how many knots/hr? The wind was so strong that i felt 'lifted' frm the ground!

Back to Nogong Ping Village, took a break at Starbucks for a cuppa then proceeded for the cable ride back to the terminal. Now my great escape start- the cable car ride going back was scary~
As I kept mentioning abt the W-I-N-D, it really caught us this time. Up the cable ride the wind was howling like crazy, the cabin was just 4 of us. No one talked. We were concentracting. I could feel the cabin swaying left and right. Imagine up in a high attitude, cable car swaying to and fro. Inside me i was praying hard to quickly get back to land. I feel like crying....for HELP!! But how to? We are on our own. Well if things really happen, we perish togather as a family. That's cool too right?!! " Ok, stop letting ur imagination go wild, Mavis. Nothing will happen."
Indeed, we got back in one piece, safe and sound ^-^
This is gonna be my First and the Last cable ride ever. Cross my heart. FOC, no Thanks. I rather take a bus next time....