Travel Reference
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There's a parade daily through Main Street at 3.30pm, and a music, light and fireworks
show centred on Sleeping Beauty's Castle nightly at 8pm. As in any Disney theme park,
costumed characters wander around ready to be greeted by excited children.
Disneyland is linked by rail with the MTR at Sunny Bay station on the Tung Chung line;
passengers just cross the platform to board the dedicated train for Disneyland Resort station
and the theme park. Journey times from Central/Kowloon/Tsing Yi stations are 24/21/10
minutes respectively.
CHRISTIAN MONASTERY
TRAPPIST MONASTERY
Northeast of Mui Wo and south of Discovery Bay is the Roman Catholic Lady of Joy Ab-
bey, better known as the Trappist Monastery. The Trappists gained a reputation as one of the
most austere religious communities in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lantau congreg-
ation was established at Peking in the 19th century. All of the monks here now are local
Hong Kongers. Their medieval-style stone chapel is a peaceful spot for quiet contemplation.
The monastery is known throughout Hong Kong for its cream-rich milk, sold in half-pint
bottles everywhere, but the cows have been moved to the New Territories and Trappist
Dairy Milk is now produced in Yuen Long.
One of the nicest ways to visit the monastery is by hiking the three hours from Mui Wo to
Discovery Bay - just follow the well-marked coastal trail at the northern end of Tung Wan
Tau Rd. The monastery makes a good halfway stopping place. You can then have dinner at
Discovery Bay and catch a ferry back to Central.
HISTORIC SITE
TUNG CHUNG
Before 1994 Tung Chung, on Lantau's northern coast, was still an inaccessible farming vil-
lage. Less than four years later, it was transformed into a new town and a new airport was
added to nearby Chek Lap Kok. Today Tung Chung has the largest population on the island
with a 760-hectare residential estate served by the MTR. Most people come here to shop at
the Citygate Outlets, but there are some interesting historical sights in the vicinity too.
Annals record a settlement at Tung Chung as early as the Ming dynasty. There are several
Buddhist establishments in the upper reaches of the valley, but the main attraction here is
which dates back to 1832, when Chinese troops were garrisoned on Lantau. The Japanese