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Yuen Po Street Bird Garden,Flower market and Goldfish market-Prince Edward Station

Yuen Po Street Bird Garden

This charming Chinese-style garden is located at Yuen Po Street in Mong Kok and the favored

gathering place of Hong Kong's songbird owners, who carry their beloved pets around in intricately carved cages. Here, you can enjoy the beautiful sight and sound walking along the street. All type of beautiful birds can be seen here, as well as a selection of traditional bird-keeping paraphernalia. The garden contains some 70 songbird stalls as well as interesting courtyards and moon gates. The street is open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

How to Get There

1. MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B1 and walk east along Prince Edward Road West.
2. MTR Mong Kok East Station Exit C. Walk to Sai Yee Street via footbridge and follow the signs.

The Flower Street

One of Hong Kong's most colorful street markets, it is fun to walk around the market admiring the huge variety of flowers and plants for sale. Here, you can find variety of flowers in amount of 50 shops. The Flower street is the most special attractions in Hong Kong, before Chinese New Year, families flock to the market to buy auspicious plants to celebrate the most important festival on the Lunar calendar. You'll find this botanical treat on Flower Market Road, Mong Kok. It is open from 7am to 7pm.

How to Get There

1. MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B1 and walk east along Prince Edward Road West.
2. MTR Mong Kok East Station Exit C. Walk to Sai Yee Street via footbridge and follow the signs.

Goldfish Street

Aquariums bring luck and natural beauty to many living rooms in Hong Kong. This specialist market is the preferred source for goldfish and other exotic fish of every shape and hue, as well as aquariums, corals and aquatic ornaments. Head for Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok. It is open from 10:30am to 10pm.

 

How to Get There
1. MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B2 and walk east along Prince Edward Road West.
2. MTR Mong Kok East Station Exit C. Walk to Sai Yee Street via footbridge and follow the signs

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Spd3159 Next station to Tsing Yi Station-Tsing Ma Bridge

Spd3159 Hong Kong Attractions

Tsing Ma Bridge The magnificent Tsing Ma Bridge, the world's longest span suspension bridge carrying both road and rail traffic, is the key connection between Hong Kong and its international airport on Lantau Island. The bridge is 2.2 kilometres long, with the main span measuring 1,377 metres. The towers supporting the bridge are 206 metres high with a clearance of 62 metres. Approximately 49,000 tonnes of structural steel was used in the construction of the bridge, which cost HK$7.14 billion to build. This was only 5% of the total cost of HK$155.3 billion for all the Airport Core Projects, acclaimed as one of the top 10 construction projects of the 20th Century - rivalling such projects as the building of the Panama Canal, the Anglo-French Channel Tunnel and the Golden Gate Bridge The bridge consists of a six-lane open roadway with two railway lines and a two-lane road enclosed beneath. If a particularly severe typhoon strikes Hong Kong, and the bridge has to be closed to road traffic, the trains and some road traffic can still get back and forth to the airport with passengers and their luggage. Opened mid-1997, this engineering marvel is now Hong Kong's proud new landmark, massively imposing by day, and a twinkling network of lights by night. The Lantau Link View Point and Visitors Centre north of the bridge on Tsing Yi provide excellent views of this and two adjoining bridges.

How to get there

Tsing Ma Bridge
1. To get to the Lantau Link Visitors Centre, take a taxi or green minibus 308M* from MTR Tsing Yi Station Exit A1.
308M minibus schedule:
From MTR Tsing Yi Station(at one-hour intervals)
10am-4pm, Monday - Friday;
9.30am - 6:30pm, Saturday, Sunday & public holidays;
To MTR Tsing Yi Station (at one-hour intervals)
10:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday;
10am - 7pm, Saturday, Sunday & public holidays.
*Please double-check with the minibus driver before boarding, because some buses do not stop at the Lantau Link Visitors Centre.


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Spd3159 Next station to Tung Chung station- Giant Buddha in Lantau Island

Spd3159 Hong Kong Attractions

Giant Buddha / Po Lin Monastery / The Wisdom Path

No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a visit to the Giant Buddha which sits serenely atop Ngong Ping plateau amid the spectacular mountain scenery of Lantau Island.

The eyes, lips, incline of the head and even the right hand (raised to deliver a blessing to all), combine to lend great depth of character and dignity to this extraordinary statue.

The majestic figure of the seated Buddha was cast in China and took 12 years to complete. It was unveiled in December 1993 amid deeply religious ceremonies.

Visitors can climb more than 200 steps to reach the platform where the Buddha is seated.

Besides attracting Buddhists from all over Asia, the magnificent figure with its compelling presence almost instantly transformed the remote Po Lin Monastery with its devout monks into a must-visit on tourist schedules. 

The Po Lin Monastery is set amid spectacular mountain scenery on the Ngong Ping plateau.

Besides admiring the massive statue there is also much to see and do at the monastery itself with its various figures of gods and other colourful manifestations of aspects of the Buddhist religion. You can even enjoy a vegetarian lunch.
From Po Lin Monastery it's a short walk to the Wisdom Path, an outdoor replica of the centuries old Heart Sutra, one of the world’s best-known prayers that is revered by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists alike. The sutra is displayed on wooden pillars placed in the form of a figure "∞" to symbolise the idea of immeasurable splendour and infinity.



Not too far away is the culturally themed village of Ngong Ping, where you can enjoy a variety of attractions as well as indulge in a bit of shopping and dining. From here you can take a bus or taxi to explore other parts of Lantau Island, including the famous stilt houses of Tai O Village, the magic of Hong Kong Disneyland and the interesting village Mui Wo, near the ferry pier.

How to get there

MTR Tung Chung Station Exit B, then take bus 23 from Tung Chung Town Centre. 

Or

MTR Tung Chung Station Exit B, then take Ngong Ping Cable Car.

Wisdom Path
MTR Tung Chung Station Exit B, take bus no.23 to Po Lin Monastery, follow the HKTB directional sign to Tea Garden, walk through the hiking trail from the entrance of Tea Garden for 15 mins. Please refer to 

map:http://www.tourism.gov.hk/english/current/current_heart.html

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Spd3159 Next station to Sunny Bay- Hong Kong Disneyland

Spd3159 Hong Kong Attractions

Hong Kong Disneyland

No matter you are kid, adult or even senior will love to come to Hong Kong Disneyland when stop by in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Disneyland is the second Asia destination among Asia cities. The park was opened on 12st September, 2005. Hong Kong Disneyland invites visitors into the legendary fairytale kingdom that celebrates the spirit of fantasy, the world of tomorrow and a forever-young sense of adventure. Mickey Mouse will welcome you to the happiest place on Earth complete with attractions exclusively designed for Hong Kong.

Families visiting the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort will have magical journeys through four themed lands, namely Main Street U.S.A., Fantasyland , Adventureland and Tomorrowland, plus two Disney-style hotels. Hong Kong Disneyland will offer a diverse range of food at various restaurants in the park. In addition there are specialty stores selling Disney memorabilia and souvenirs in each themed land and at the two hotels.

‘It’s a small world’ Disney’s world-famous ‘it’s a small world’ takes you on a leisurely boat journey across the continents to discover a fresh child-like perspective on the world as you encounter animated singing dolls in their colourful costumes. This attraction has been specially adapted for Asian audiences and with its message of mutual understanding, peace, love and friendship, the whole family is bound to be delighted with this Disney attraction in Hong Kong.

High School Musical LIVE! Inspired by the mega-hit movie, High School Musical, the live show version delivers an equally high-energy, feel-good interactive experience that is sure to delight the whole family. Join a funky procession down Main Street, USA and then watch the live show. As the talented cast re-creates the atmosphere of East High, you just might find yourself singing along with the show’s hit tunes as the whole street turns into a rollicking party. ‘Disney's Haunted Halloween' Walk with care when you enter Main Street, U.S.A. as you see a Ghost Town emerge around you. Ghosts and zombies roam aimlessly on foggy streets, lurching at everyone they meet. When the music changes to a heart throbbing pulse, the Ghostly Gathering begins as a spectacle of lights flash. The undead lure you into their dance party thriller then vanish to the shadows in a blink. When you think you're safe, look up and behold the haunting under the Nightmare in the sky- Pyrotechnics Show. Witness the Castle taken over with spiders, flames and ghosts as Maleficent appears larger than life in this Pyrotechnics Show and her sinister laugh fills the air. Don't miss the "Haunted Halloween" from 9.16 to 10.31.

For more information, please visit www.hongkongdisneyland.com.

How to get there

Hong Kong Disneyland 
MTR Disneyland Resort Station
Please refer to Transport Department websites:http://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/access_to_hong_kong_disneyland/index.html

Or, please refer to Hong Kong Disneyland website:http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/tools/transportation/listing?name=GettingToTheResortListingPage

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SPD3159 Attractions---Jade Market

A visit to the Jade Market in Yau Ma Tei will provide an insight into something very important to Chinese people - Jade. The written character for jade means a combination of beauty and purity. The stone, in all its many hues and colours, is associated with long life and good health. It is smooth and cooling to the touch. Many people wear a jade bracelet to ward off all sorts of health hazards. Grandmothers routinely buy a piece of jade for newborns.

Located on Kansu and Battery streets, the Jade Market is a collection of around 400 stalls selling a wide range of jade pendants, rings, bracelets, carvings and ornaments. Open from 10am to 5pm, the market is also the main gathering place for buyers of this fine stone who today still communicate with secret hand signals when making a purchase.Nearby is Jade Street, located on Canton Road between Kansu Street and Jordan Road, where shops operate from every Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. A giant jade stone weighing three tons has been placed at the junction of Canton Road and Jordan Road as a landmark.

Buying jade is really an art. Jade varies in colour from deep green through yellow and brown to white. The jade sold in Hong Kong is mostly jadeite from Myanmar, ranging from natural pieces to those impregnated with polymers or dyed to enhance the colour.

Top quality jade is pure green and very expensive. Most pieces have a yellow tinge but no brown or grey should be in the finished piece. The best jadeite is semi-transparent. Opaque jadeite with cloudy patches typically has less value.

If you are not an expert, you can have your potential purchase tested at Jade Plaza.

How To Get There

Jade Market and Jade Street
MTR Yau Ma Tei Station Exit C, walk along Nathan Road to Kansu Street. Walk along Kansu Street to Jade Market or continue along Kansu Street to Canton Road for 10 to 15 minutes.


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