The MTR to Tung Chung goes there via Hong Kong Disneyland (no-one seeemed to be getting on or off here), then it's a 25 minute cable car ride.
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| Here we go 25 mins in the air!! |
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| All a bit scary |
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| Buddha now in sight |
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| We have landed and still see the Buddha |
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| Tacky souvenir street: tourist capitalism Hong Kong style |
What we and thousands of others come to see.
Massive in size and interestingly only built in 1992.
' Political and propaganda value rather than devotional?' Discuss. (Essays guaranteed NOT to be marked.)
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| The Buddha is 250 tonnes the weight of a jumbo jet and similar in size |
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| 280 steps to see the Buddha |
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| Rear of Buddha |
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| One of a circle of small Buddha's at the base of the statue |
PO LIN MONASTERY:
Disappointingly there were no Buddhist monks to see.
TAI O:
Took the bus to this small fishing village which is famed for keeping alive many of the local traditions.
As soon as we stepped off the bus a man appeared offering us a 20 minute trip around the bay in his boat for all of HK$20 each. A fantastic way to see all the back-ways and alleys.
The boat went round the village built on stilts. (Ironically the glossy adverts in the metro stations for Hilton Resorts on mainland China feature luxury stilt accomodation.)
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| This is actually a restaurant!! |
The video that we took shows the sheer scale of this village, but will have to wait until I can convert Mini DV tapes to a hard drive file!!! Help if know!!
And, of course, there was a market.
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| Dried Fish |
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| Live Fish |
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| Bonsais - GRAHAM ALERT |
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