We had a light bfast at the airport and headed to S1. On the bus, I started to Google map and realised how difficult it is to get to the YHA youth hostel. Zzzzz. We dropped at the cable car terminal only to be shocked at how long the cable car Q was. With no other idea how to get to Lantau island, we joined the snaking cable car Q. I think we waited for at least 30 mins before we were told by the staff that our luggage was too big to go into the cable car. We left the Q and we either could take a bus that would take over an hour or a blue Lantau taxi. Google map suggested uber too.
With no sight of the blue taxi, I called for uber and was assigned a car in 2 mins but couldn't find us and we only made contact after 15 mins. Murphy's law had to kick in and at least 2 blue taxis came while we were waiting for the uber car. Finally, we boarded our uber and that was when the driver said that private cars cannot go into some parts of Lantau island. Can you see me crying?
He eventually dropped us at the outlet mall nearby to get a blue taxi into Lantau island. The Q was longer than the one at the cable car terminal; the blue taxis rarely came. I was at the extent of googling for alternative hotel and forgoing the hostel that we had booked. After at least another 30 mins wait, we were finally on the way to the hostel in a blue taxi that took another 45 mins. My greatest worry was that somebody needed the toilet. Hahaha.
After all the adventures that took over 3 hours, we finally arrived at our hostel. It was next to the closed down tea restaurant. The building was left to rot and quite creepy.
We went to join the crowd at the Big Buddha. It was really crowded.
We took a boat for HK$25 each. The tour was about 20 mins. It brought us to see the houses built on slits before going to the sea. Whether we get to see the dolphins is largely reliant on luck.
We stayed for over an hour in Tai-O and took the 5pm bus back to the Big Buddha. The last bus was at 5.45pm. Nobody was keen on proper dinner at the limited eateries. I bought water and cup noodles from the only 7-11.
The kids were again very attracted to the cows. Haha.
I had to constantly shout at them to watch where they were going and not step into cow dung.
We came to the Big Buddha.
But nobody was keen to climb the flight of stairs to go up. They were more than happy to just take a picture at the base.
We took a walk to the Wisdom Path and it was very scenic.
There were words craved on the wooden beams but I can't read a good half of them. We didnt feel any more wiser after completing the Wisdom path. Haha. There was some mountain trail next to the Wisdom path. The path was right next to the cliff and my poor mother's heart cannot take this kind of excitement. We did walk to the viewing platform near to the entrance for breathe-taking pictures.
We headed back to the hostel and finally got our "private" room. Daddy Lim was shocked when he opened the door. What greeted us was 4-bunk bed. The bathroom and toilet was shared and there was no TV.
This was how the hostel looked like. There was also a camping ground and there was tent for rent! I was actually looking for campsite to rent when I was planning for the holiday. However, now that the opportunity presented itself, I wasn't prepared and didn't dare try.
Interestingly, the kids didn't mind. To them, it was a new experience, another adventure.
Dinner was the cup noodles that we bought. After dinner, we sat in the cold evening drinking coffee/ milo and eating the snacks that we bought. It was actually quite lovely. Some campers were having a BBQ.
Shower was a little challenging. The water was sometimes hot and sometimes cold. The water pressure was bad too.
It was about 8.30pm after we were all settled down. Since there was no TV, it was an early night for us. We needed the early night too having woke up at 2.30am to catch the plane. Yawn.
Mummy Lim
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