The cable car runs for 5.7km with us paying the little extra to have the glass bottomed car. You get some spectacular views across Hong Kong. The cable car also runs next to the airport and gives some idea of the scale of the manmade island it sits on.
About 25mins after starting out and a fair climb up into the hills that surround the province the Tian Tan Buddha comes into sight at around 710m above sea level and 34m tall. It is the world's largest outdoor seated bronze statue, I have to get specific because every country that builds a new large Buddha takes claim to its ranking.
At this point we are fairly high up, the Buddha takes a mysterious air with its head regularly disappearing into the clouds.
With the clouds deacending and our flight a few hours away we spent a couple of hours wondering around at the top before heading back down.
The ride down was interesting as the clouds had dropped a lot lower and at certain points cable cars coming in the opposite direction were appearing as if from some eery fog.
With feet back on terra forma it was time to head to the airport.
J
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