Lesley and I spent most of Sunday visiting the Tian Tan Buddha. It is the world's tallest outdoor seated bronze Buddha. Since it is located on the top of a mountain, quite far away from houses and people, I was expecting to find some sort of quiet, noncommercial religious place. Well, my image was wrong. When we got off at the end of the 30 minutes cable car ride we were met by the welcoming signs of Starbucks and Seven Eleven. I should have learnt by now that everything in Hong Kong is like a big circus. The whole area was filled with places to shop and dine.
The weather was unfortunately not the best when we were there. It was quite foggy, so the view was not as great as it could have been. However, the Buddha was still impressive and we managed to get at least a few decent photos.
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Nice commercial surroundings, but still an experience, I guess ;-)
Det er nok grunnen til at turistene ser litt forfjamset ut når de stiger ut på Preikestolen, iført ikke akkurat det vi kaller hensiktsmessige turklær og turutstyr. De ser nok etter en plass å handle:)
i like how the buddha waves to you. very personal. I also love ornaments and items that are huge in size. id luv to see it in person. Megastructures appeal to me, as do you hege mou. you appeal to me alot! MWAS
lol one day he'll find out!
heei=) saa kjekt dokk ska t kambodia daa.. dokk maa boo paa bou savy.. kjempe bra der!! kine he vell sagt d.. biiiiiilligt aa inkludert frokost og vask av romme kver dag.. sko dokk te vietnam ittepaa? treffe me dokk der daa? klem
heihei Hege
Daa kom me oss te Vietnam..Me e i HCMC naa,men funne ut at de ikkje vaa saa spendnanes... Me blir her te onsdag, daa reise te te STRAND :D muine hette an.. Der e me vel i ca 4-5 dager, saa tenkte me kanskje Dalat og Nha trang..Der sko du provd aa moetta oss...Siste plassen e igjen strand..Dalat e litt oppe i lande.. E vel mest kjent for vannfall og elefanter.. Kor lang tid har du i Vietnam.. De selge busspass som du kan ta fra HCMC via muine-dalat-Nha trang og tebage te HCMC..Saa hadde vaare veldig kult om det funke?? Du ville jo strand sist saa:P
hoerres veldig bra ud! Ska proeva aa senda beskjed te deg om ka ti me e kor!!..Me har bare testa ud Yellow house hostell her.. det e heilt greit, men ikkje supert...E 3mannsrom,jaffal, og eget bad, rommene e ok reine, faar jaffal nye haandkle kver dag.. kanskje ikkje de beste sengene men funke fint te 5.5 dollar dagen me aircon og frokost ;)
ellers e det maaaange ned over gataa her.. veldig greit saann sett!
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