Tourists again
I decided to use up a day from my annual holiday to take a mid week break. I also wanted to see how much I could pack into a day without feeling overly stressed or rushed. I was with a tourist and some friends so it seemed like a good excuse as any.
This is my step by step guide to an action packed but non exhausting tourist day
- Go to the Tung Chung MTR station at the end of the orange train line
- Take a cable car to the Ngong Ping Big Buddha
- Look at Buddha, marvel at it's metallic sheen
- Walk round Buddha, question if it was worth climbing all the bloody steps to reach it
- Walk down big Buddha and go across to the Buddhist temple
- Eat vegetarian food grown by Buddhist hands and cooked by Buddhist cooks in a big Buddhist hall
- Watch Buddhists chanting and praying in a nearby temple
- Realize you are all Buddhisted out, leave area by bus and travel to Mui Wo
- Try not to be sick in bus
- Arrive at Mui Wo, go in search of famous waterfall, learn how to say 'where is the waterfall?' in Cantonese "Bin Do Ah Bup Bo"
- Find Waterfall
- Look at beach on way back to the fantastic pub in Mui Wo, eat pub food and drink beer to shake off the Buddhist vibes from earlier in the day
- Get ferry from Mui Wo to Central in Hong Kong island
- Go to Cinema
- Go home
And here are the pictures
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4 comments:
sounds like a super hectic day....
That shot of Holly with the incense sticks look awesome. I like the fact that I don't look like a midget standing next to you in that photo.. LOL!
Ben, I have a request - can you put a link to Laura and Nikki's blog on your page...because I'm lazy and don't keep non-work-related links on my work computer?
Cheers then, bye!
Mum: It was not hectic, promise, we are going to do the same with Jack
Laz: The correct term is 'little person' not midget. And you were standing on a step in the picture.
Robyn: Done
Robyn: I miss ya x
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