Big Buddha!

Yesterday was quite the uneventful day for us. I spent most of the time in the bathroom and Joey spent his day working and looking after me. I'm feeling a lot better today. Still not 100%. I think it was something that I ate.

Today our adventure was going to Po Lin Monastery on Lan Tau Island. This is where the biggest outside Buddha is! We took a nice ferry out to the island and got a really good look at the Hong Kong Harbour. The sad thing was you could barely see the city because of all the pollution and the ocean was littered with trash. We're not impressed Hong Kong! The boatride took about 50 minutes and cost less than $2CDN! Super cheap!

When we got to Lan Tau island we got on a bus and took a bumpy ride into the mountains. It was very scenic. The terrain was tropical yet almost desert like and surround by jade green ocean. It was nice to see a more rural part of Hong Kong. Houses were more spread out, and surprise, suprise, we saw crappy cars! I only saw a couple mercedes and beamers on the island. Haha.

We arrived at the Monastery which was very touristy. We bought a meal ticket for the vegan restaurant run by monks. The food was pretty tasty! It was nice to have a meal that wasn't based around fatty meat for once. This time is was slippery tofu.

Joey and I then climbed up the massive staircase to the Buddha. We passed a lot of fat Americans along the way! I'm still not even feeling that great haha! What can I say? Buddha was huge and remarkable. It was on top of mountain with 360degree views of the island. We took a few pictures and relished the amazing views.

Now we're at home at Scotty's house. We're trying to plan our train trip to Hanoi which isn't proving easy. I'm just scared that along the way we won't be able to find anyone that speaks English. Apparently English speaking people in China are few and far between. The route we are taking has been taken by a lot of tourists and has proven to be relatively easy. I hope so!

Anyways, we might not be able to post for a couple of days because we might not be able to access this website in China. They have very strict rules for internet usage. We can still update our GPS though so that you know where we are!