Trip - HK Ngong Ping 360 and Big Buddha

We fly back to Vancouver tonight at 7pm so we still have an entire day to sightsee.  First thing we did was pack up all the luggage, dropped off all the checked baggage to HK station where it is an Airport Express location.  


In order to drop off our 5 pieces of luggage, 3 people have to pay for the Airport Express tickets now (2 luggage per person allowed).  All 7 of us will eventually need to take the Airport Express to get to the HK airport but buying it from this station is very expensive since it is far from the airport.  My mathematical mind calculates that paying for 1 adult and 2 kids price to drop off 5 pieces of luggage is the cheapest.

We are going to see the big Buddha on Lantau Island today and the Airport Express price from Tsing Yi station is much cheaper.  Thus, we only paid for 3 people here and will pay for the other 4 people at Tsing Yi station.

We spent around 4 hours touring the Tian Tan Budda, walked up the 268 steps to see Buddha up close and then rushed to catch our flight.  The tram ride up the mountain took 20 minutes.  We totally didn't factor in the 1-hour lineup to take the tram down the mountain, the 20-minute tram ride down and then getting onto the MTR.  We JUST made it onto the plane!