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Published: November 27th 2011
The Gateway to 'Big Buddha', Lantau Island
Welcome to TianTan Buddha, the largest bronze seated Buddha in the World. This thing was M-hassive.Four days in and Winne went off with Irene to meet her brother. I took the opportunity to head out to Lantau Island to see the temple complex there with the largest bronze seated Buddha in the World (Tian Tan Buddha). I got chatting to Idske, a Dutch girl and Julia, a German girl on the ferry ride over and we took the trip round the monastery up there making star jump photos. The way home was via a glass-bottomed cable car over mountains and ocean, which was pretty cool, but not good for my vertigo!
By chance I'd learned it was a Chinese National Holiday (note to self - consult guidebook) and so I headed down to the harbour to watch the firework display, which was pretty awesome, especially hearing the explosions reverberate through the city skyline. Afterwards I hooked up with Winne and Irene again before heading out to Granville Road for some dancing in 'All Night Long' with a random meet - Jon, a Canadian working in HK.
The next day the girls wanted to head to Lantau Island to mirror my trip from the day before so I travelled with but headed to the South
of Lantau to a small little fishing village called Tai-O. A very quaint place where the houses are made from the reclaimed parts of old boats, I visited the dried fish market before trekking out to a number of small temples and up into the hillside to try and catch a view of the white Chinese dolphins. Alas, the only white dolphins I saw were made of plastic and I got thoroughly wet through in the process, thanks to Typhoon number two! After a fleeting visit to the hill-top Pagoda I meandered back through the village to a monastery at the other side of the island, only to be greeted by a modeling shoot. As they say, 'When in Rome', so I whipped out my lens and got involved.
A trip back to Kowloon to meet the girls and a few drinks later I had booked my flight over to Ha Noi in Viet Nam for the next part of my adventure (note to all, never use eDreams as they are a pack of bastards). A few farewell hugs at the airport and I checked in for my Viet Nam Airlines flight- good night Hong Kong and good morning
Viet Nam!
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