i was in hong kong last week and rode the tram from tung chung up to the big buddha - i noticed a trail under the tram - is this the trail described in:

Walk on 19 December 2004 - Ngong Ping - Lantau Peak - Sunset Peak - Tung Chung http://www.hktrampers.com/Mambo/content/view/79/24/

is this trail considered part of the lantau trail - i ask because i saw maps of the lantau trail without this section? is there a map of this trail online?

thanks-
david

1. The trail under the Lantau Tram (Skyrail or Ngong Ping 360) is this one
http://www.traveler.com.hk/route/57_map.htm

2. The pictures taken at the various spots as indicated to the above map are
http://www.traveler.com.hk/route/route_57_b.htm

3. Simply put, it is not the same route taken by trampers on 19 Dec 04.

4. And hope that you can figure out from the above map the whereabouts of the trail. Hope the information would be useful to you.

Peter Kwong

thanks peter (kwong) for your help, this is a follow-up:

we got to lantau island last saturday and stayed at the silver mine inn in mui wo. by that time, we had changed our plan slightly because we had found a hike from ngong ping to tung chung in a hk tourist handout. since we were unfamiliar with lantau, and the tour handout had pictures and a detailed description, we felt more confident. however, the manager at the inn said he was an avid hiker and claimed that hike was short and boring. he suggested going from tai'o to the tung chung road - about 3 hours he said. we rode the bus to tai'o and only made it to the shum wat road in 4 hours: http://platial.com/map/71243
obviously, we are flat landers to take so long to go half the distance.

and although we didn't do the exact hike that we discussed, we probably would never have made it to lantau, if you had not been so kind to help us out.

thanks again,
david

p.s. we are planning to go from the road to ngong ping and down the boring path to tung chung next year.

Next year you may try this:
http://hiking.meetup.com/130/calendar/6803776/

Peter