Hong Kong- Big Buddha

This was our first full day in Hong Kong. We took a bus out to see the BIG BUDDHA. The buddha is visible from plane when flying into Hong Kong. It is the largest seated, outdoor, bronze buddha in the world. Like all bus rides in Hong Kong it was a skinny winding road up and down mountains. John felt sick and I fell asleep and missed all the views. We arrived before the monastery opened, before the crowds, and walked down a cobble stoned path lined with shops. We didn't see the buddha and thought about asking where it was, then turned around. We had about an hour before it opened so we walked up the wisdom trail. In the pictures it is the many large tree trunks split in half with the heart sutra written in Chinese on them. They are arranged in a figure eight, infinity symbol pattern. By the time we left the monastery was open and we wandered around there for a while before catching the next bus to Hong Kong island.