The Giant Buddha
April 25th 2007 On the second day we got up at a most disagreeable time, 7:30am if memory serves, with the purpose of getting to Lantau island to see the giant Buddha. We made our way to the Hong Kong Mass Transit Underground Railway, or MTR. It was awesome. It's not often that i, or indeed anyone, will wax lyrical about a tube system but this was spectacular; glass walls between the platform and the rails, m
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