Among other things, today we went to Lantau Island. We took a really scenic ride up by cable car and visited the Tai O fishing village and the Tian Tan Buddha. Other than the terrible smell, the fishing village was really cool.. between the wild dogs walking through the streets, the old women and men riding bicycles in straw hats, the endless vendors selling everything from blowfish to the "local delicacy", and the temple in the middle of the place that smelled so strongly of incense that you could temporarily forget about the smell of fish. The Tian Tan Buddha just blew our minds, getting close to it was numbing and the views at the top of the flight of stairs to it were amazing. After leaving Lantau, we had a very nice dinner where we feasted on Shanghai style dumplings and duck! Pictured below are me, my brother, and our cousin Rex as we climbed the steps to the Buddha.
- Jacob
Wow! Amazing pictures!
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