Saturday

We've had a brilliant day today - we went to the Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha on Lantau Island.

The MTR took us to Tung Chung, then we had what is probably the scariest bus ride I have ever had! There are roadworks all the way up, but the roads are all single track with passing places anyway, up and down the mountains. The trip takes almost an hour of white knuckle adventure!

Then you arrive at the monastery, a peaceful and tranquil place with chanting monks and huge vats of incense being burned.



We wandered all through the temple where people were praying, looking at the statues of the Gods.


N_M had a lovely vegetarian meal at the monastery, I couldn't take the chance as there were so many mushrooms in everything.



Then we went up the 268 steps to the Big Buddha. That was a good workout for the knees and thighs!!




The views from the top were fantastic and well worth the trek. It is such an unspoilt and mountainous island, which is still mainly covered in thick vegetation and trees.


Then it was time to go back down all those steps to get the bus back to the station.

Once again we stopped off in Mongkok to shop; it is made so easy over here as nowhere closes before 11:30 and some shops are 24 hour! This time next week we will be back home, so we have to make the most of the time that is left.