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On Day 3, we visited The Giant Buddha at Lantau Island in the morning. The station to alight is Tung Chung Station. Outside Tung Chung Station is a huge shopping centre –  Citygate Outlets

As it was public holiday, lots of locals and tourists formed the cable car queue. We were quite impatient to wait for the cable car so we took a bus up. Each bus ticket is HKD 26 which is around SGD$5 and you can use the Octopus Card.

I am glad that I took the bus instead of cable car, because the view offered by the bus is definitely more. En route up the steep mountains to the Giant Buddha, one can enjoy the scenery of Lantau Island.

Around 3.30pm, we descended from the mountains and return to Tung Chung Station, after which we shopped at Citygate Outlets. This shopping mall housed lots of factory outlets stores of major brands selling at discounted price. Tourist crowded most of the branded stores.

Dinner was at Food Republic in Citygate Outlets. Yes! Hong Kong do have Food Republic. I tried the Fried Hokkien Noodle to see if it was comparable to our Singaporean version. I was quite impressed, taste not exactly the same but nice in its own way, really unique. It cost HKD 40 = SGD$8!

After dinner, we took MTR from Tung Chung Station to Central Station which is the nearest station to the famous wax musuem at The Peak – Madame Tussaud. We encountered long queues of visitors as today was Labour Day Holiday and we queued for almost one and half hours!

We paid HKD 200 for the 3-in-1 combo package which includes The Peak Tram ticket, entry to Madame Tussaud and sky terrace.

The tram up to the peak was very unique as it ascend up the mountain at almost 45 degrees! The bad thing was they have got only one tram operating up and down the mountain, and that explained the very long queue.

The highlight of the night was definitely inside Madame Tussaud Museum. We went around posing with celebrities and famous icons. But the night ended with us patiently waiting with the crowd for the tram down the mountain. By the time we got to the bottom, it was already almost 12am and we fast-walked to Central MTR Station. We thought like in Singapore, we had missed the last train but luckily train services were still available.

When we exited from Tsim Sha Tsui station, the streets were still buzzing and alive unlike the Central district during midnight.

Walking back to our hotel from Tsim Sha Tsui Station under the brightly-lit neon signboards, we saw locals still shopping, eating, snacking at dessert and fast food joints, contractors working on renovations of retail stores by the streets. Hong Kong is definitely a city that does not sleep!