Sat 17 June
Great night's sleep. Lots of rain today. Breakfast at Green Waffle then off to Lantau Island to see the great big Tien Tan Buddha. 40 mins train ride. Then on the cable car, amazing ride but limited views due to heavy weather. At times were just alone in a cloud. The four of us had the car to ourselves but they're not big, probably max capacity of 6 or maybe 8.
At the top we bought a photo of ourselves looking slightly surprised by the photographer who leapt in front of us when the doors opened – we declined the snowglobe version.
We walked through Ngong Ping 'village' which is really one long gift shop. But we saw a gate and peeked through it at the real world, and saw a dog who saw us! Minor highlight.
We walked through fairly heavy rain towards the very large Buddha in the distance. He is very serene. A large square opened up with a staircase up to the Buddha which took about 10 minutes to climb, then we wandered around him, and inside to look at an exhibition of artwork and photos of his construction which was very interesting. Buddhists from all around the world contributed to the cost.
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