New territories is basically is a residential area and is filled with alot of parks, beaches & there is a big race course in Sha tin   and something you should'nt miss out in New Territories is the temple of 10,000 Buddha's, that is even in Sha tin. The easy way to reach there is is to take KCR   (Kowloon-Canton-Railway) The train leaves from Kowloon Tong or Hung Hom MTR (Mass-Transit- Railway) and goes directly to Sha tin, after reaching there You have to walk for 15 minutes from station to temple on the Pai Tau street.

The temple was found in 1950, there are two great pagodas decorated with pavilions at both sides. There are alot of stairs to be climbed because it is built at the foot of a hill however there is also an elevator. On the inner wallls of the lower temple hall are shelves with lots of tiny golden Buddha statues- there just can't be ten thousand they must be more ! On the upper level of the temple you find the ancestral worship halls, there is a room with hundreds & hundreds of small niches in walls and each niche contains in urn and is covered with a tablet with pictures and the name of the dedeased. Outside fires are burning in a small stoves, where papers are burned representing of food, money and other offerings so that they can gain a dead from god.

From the highest level of temple you get a very good view of Sha tin and surrounding mountains.

Most of all it is a residential area and a lot of rich people stay there and activities like swimming, cycling, hiking, boating ..etc are practised here. There is place called Brides pool, where there is a waterfall area to bath and its like a jungle with mountains and rocks so it is also a good idea for hiking and rock climbing. Here also you can speand a one whole day with a big group of people with food and drinks. A nice picnic !!!

The other good place is Fen ling it is a good place for boating and going on for a hike in the green mountains, it is also a camping place so next to it are cottages where you can hire a cottage to stay over-nite and take a pleasure of having a nite fire in woods and barbecue.There are alot of small hills and there you can hire a bike and go for cycling or go for a walk in woods.