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On our third day in Hong Kong, after an enjoyable Lan Kwai Fong night out on the first day, and another night trip up to Victoria Peak on the second day, we just thought that it was time to go to Discovery Bay during the day.

But before going to Discovery Bay, my sister told us that we should experience Yum Cha in Hong Kong, so she brought us to the Federal Palace restaurant at Citygate in Tung Chung for our brunch. Yum Cha was really great and I thought that we should do it again.

After Yum Cha, we went to Pacific Coffee Company for a coffee. Actually, a chocolote drink for me. We just stayed and relaxed at the coffee shop as we still had a lot of time before going to Discovery Bay.

When we finally decided to go to Discovery Bay, we just took the bus at the Tung Chung bus terminal under the Food Republic at Citygate. Travel time from Tung Chung to Discovery Bay was probably about 20 minutes. Tung Chung and Discovery Bay are both located in Lantau Island.

Discovery Bay is a community almost complete with everything. Discovery Bay has a different approach in its community. It is primarily residential and a lot of expatriates are living in the area. Aside from the other amenities like shopping areas, Discovery Bay has its own hospital, college, international school, golf course, racquet club, and ferry pier.

One thing remarkable about Discovery Bay why so many expatriates live in this place is because visitors and residents alike are not allowed to bring cars inside the village. If you would like to go there, you can only commute via buses and boats.

Some residents are using the cars provided by the village if they need one especially during emergency cases. The mode of transportation for residents going around the village is a golf club car.

Discovery Bay has almost the best of everything, the forests, the mountains, the beaches, and the bays. It is almost covered by greens, by the forests on the other side, and it has beaches and bays on the other side. Lantau Island itself has a lot of green spaces.

After going around the area, we went back to Discovery Bay Food Plaza and decided to grab a bite at the Caramba Mexican Cantina. There were several good places to eat at the Discovery Food Plaza but I wanted to eat something Mexican at that time so we went to Caramba Mexican Cantina. We ordered some shrimp salad, nachos, and enchilladas. It was indeed a good choice when it comes to Mexican food.

It was actually dark already so what we ate at Caramba Mexican Cantina was already our dinner. We stayed in Discovery Bay until after dinner, so we have seen Discovery Bay during the day and during the night.

Discovery Bay is a quiet place at night despite having a lot of people at the Food Plaza. I should not forget that when we went to Discovery Bay Plaza, there were also a lot of children playing on the grounds but still quiet.

Discovery Bay is not really a tourist area but people are starting to notice the place. Despite the influx of visitors, it remained a cozy place to go to if you do not like the chaos of the city.

We left Discovery Bay at around 8:30pm after our dinner and went back to Tung Chung. We did not stay up late for our trip to the Philippines the next day was in the morning.

See you then in the Philippines!

Related Links:
Caramba Mexican Cantina Hong Kong
Discovery Bay, in Wikipedia
Lantau Island, in Wikipedia