Hong Kong has to be the only place in the world where the cruise terminal is in an airport – the old Kai Tak Airport

Country of Contrast is how I’d describe Hong Kong. That was even more apparent on day 2, but first day we were off on the ferry to Lantau

Part of the New Territories, Lantau has only really been developed since HK was returned to China. Bicycles are still the most popular form of transport, it’s quite hilly though, don’t think my legs would be up to it

Lots of bicycle parks beside the ferry terminal where you could catch a bus almost anywhere

First stop, a fabulous beach with the story of the wave in pictures (legs soaked again!)

Hong Kong’s prisons are on Lantau, here is the high security prison with the view! Our guide insisted it’s not a pleasant place though, so not worth committing any crimes for a free room. However one of the free roaming cows thought it was OK and was lying just down by the tree line

Absolutely loved the walk through the town & market (blogged about it already). I love peering up the side streets

There’s little shrines & tiny temples everywhere

And unbelievably tiny houses. This little metal house is standard issue size 8x8x10 feet smaller than most of the rooms in a house at home

Then it was on to the big guy! The Big Buddha is the largest in the Far East. He also boasts 250 steps

That’s our little gang of rebels who walked it, as the guide worried unnecessarily about losing a few of us along the way

I liked the ladies, thought they were rather pretty

There were several of the free roaming cows at the bottom, loads taking selfies etc but we had been warned they were very cheeky

This one decided she was having a ladies picnic. Lady panicked & threw her lunch into the hedge. It didn’t end well. Love how others just carried on as if nothing was happening

To be sure we saw enough Buddhas, and climbed enough steps, it was off to the Temple of 100 Buddhas. I liked the guitar playing one best

An amazing vegetarian lunch & a wander through the pretty village led us to the queue for the cable car. Queue was about 30 minutes long – but hey, that was 30 minutes of free wifi whoop whoop!

The Cable Car was simply spectacular my photos in no way do it justice, rising and falling over water, mountains and forests, the new bridge/tunnel connecting the island to Hong Kong and sweeping along the side of the airport was stunning. A total highlight for me

Our feet only briefly touched the ground before we headed off for our evening cruise on a traditional Junk, loved the public art at the Dock, no idea who the guy is, but try taking a picture of anything in Hong Kong without a tourist in it…

We had wine, and a sunset, and some great views on this extremely rocky craft, but carried on the mornings rebellious streak by not getting on the bus and staying in town for the light show. Our wonderful guide Grace wrote out the name of the terminal in Chinese & gave us her mobile number in case we had any problems getting a taxi back

We bagged a good spot on the viewing platform for the light show and watched the city light up to music. It was great but we’d been spoiled by the totally Spectacular lights in Shanghai just a few days previously

An interesting walk around the shops with icebergs & polar bears in the tropical heat and a guy selling little wire sculptures he made in the street. Yes of course I bought one, a little bicycle for Keith

With the realisation that we hadn’t had dinner but really only felt like a snack as it was pretty late, I’m embarrassed to say where we ended up…

And it was lovely…..