On a very misty day. I wandered around the monastery shrouded in deep penetrating fog that obscured everything past maybe 50 feet. The Buddha's face came in and out of view shrouded in mist. Very cool trip.
I crossed the harbor from Hong Kong in a foggy drizzle. I kind of thought I would get rained on, but the weather did not conspire against me.
The ferry was from the central pier in Hong Kong to a small village on the island of Lantau called Mui Wo.
On the bus from the ferry there was someone with a red sox hat on. Oddly, he was not from Boston, and was foreign (i.e. not from the USA).
Walking to the Buddha statute I saw the face of a westerner who is a buddhist nun. She was in her robes, and her face stuck in my mind for some reason.
From the base of the Buddha, you could only see a misty silhouette of the Buddha.
I paid some extra money and was able to go inside the base of the statute, which is full of sutras and paintings of buddhist holy people. There is a big picture of a standing Buddha inside and a huge bell.
I had an odd moment while looking at Buddha's face. I kind of felt like he was looking back, although it might have been the fog and mist.
On the way down, I walked over to the main hall of the Po Lin monastery. Inside I had a look at some gold buddha statutes, specifically a fat, smiling buddha, as well as a number of other statutes.
It was so eerie. The fog limited visibility to 50 feet, so passersby appeared as shadows. Kind of like being in the void.
I didn't stay long. After I walked around, I hopped on a bus to get back to the ferry and went back to downtown.
The harbor is very pretty. I could only see islands appearing out of grey drizzle, but it made it more mysterious.
I crossed the harbor from Hong Kong in a foggy drizzle. I kind of thought I would get rained on, but the weather did not conspire against me.
The ferry was from the central pier in Hong Kong to a small village on the island of Lantau called Mui Wo.
On the bus from the ferry there was someone with a red sox hat on. Oddly, he was not from Boston, and was foreign (i.e. not from the USA).
Walking to the Buddha statute I saw the face of a westerner who is a buddhist nun. She was in her robes, and her face stuck in my mind for some reason.
From the base of the Buddha, you could only see a misty silhouette of the Buddha.
I paid some extra money and was able to go inside the base of the statute, which is full of sutras and paintings of buddhist holy people. There is a big picture of a standing Buddha inside and a huge bell.
I had an odd moment while looking at Buddha's face. I kind of felt like he was looking back, although it might have been the fog and mist.
On the way down, I walked over to the main hall of the Po Lin monastery. Inside I had a look at some gold buddha statutes, specifically a fat, smiling buddha, as well as a number of other statutes.
It was so eerie. The fog limited visibility to 50 feet, so passersby appeared as shadows. Kind of like being in the void.
I didn't stay long. After I walked around, I hopped on a bus to get back to the ferry and went back to downtown.
The harbor is very pretty. I could only see islands appearing out of grey drizzle, but it made it more mysterious.
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