Here's another picture I took from
the landing boat. The downtown area is almost blindingly bright with
lights during the celebration of Chinese New Year. If you're a bargain
hunter, it's a good time to be in Hong Kong -- yes, they've got New Year's
sales just like we do, but they've got items that are a bit more expensive
in the US.
I took a day to visit the Po Lin Monastery, located on a
neighboring island to Hong Kong, to see the bronze statue of Buddha and
pay my respects to the shrine. The statue is the largest bronze seated
Buddha in the world, and sits atop 234 steps. At the top, there is a
museum and reliquary, and the view of the surrounding countryside is
breathtaking. They also offer a lunch at the base of the hill in the
monastery itself for about $100HK (make it around $12US) which is quite
tasty if you like vegetarian food (and pretty good even if you don't)
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A permanent resident atop Victoria Peak in the middle of Hong Kong
Island. The view is impressive from up there, but my camera simply wasn't
equipped to capture it adequately, and the scanned versions of the images
leave something to be desired. I'll show you the scrapbook next time
you're at my house. In any case, this fellow is outside the Ripley's
Believe It Or Not museum on Victoria Peak. There's also a Madame Tussaud's
Wax Museum there, and two full-sized malls.
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A permanent resident atop Victoria Peak in the middle of Hong Kong
Island. The view is impressive from up there, but my camera simply wasn't
equipped to capture it adequately, and the scanned versions of the images
leave something to be desired. I'll show you the scrapbook next time
you're at my house. In any case, this fellow is outside the Ripley's
Believe It Or Not museum on Victoria Peak. There's also a Madame Tussaud's
Wax Museum there, and two full-sized malls.