My last day was spent back in Hong Kong. Our ship was docked in an area called Kowloon. I felt obligated to go to Hong Kong Island which is the big city area, but I was pretty burnt out on the big city life. Instead, Tyler, Darcy, Sophie and I took the ferry to Lantau Island to get away for a while.
The island is covered in a beautiful forest that reminded me of Costa Rica. The big attraction on Lantau is the world’s biggest Buddha statue.
After gazing at the big Buddha for a while, we started our assault on Lantau peak, the highest point on the island. It took us about two hours to reach the top, and it was well worth it. The hike was comparable to what we had done on the Great Wall a couple days before. The winds were blowing around 50 mph at the top. The views were amazing.
On our way back down, we stopped at a Buddhist monastery that was serving all vegetarian food. They had all sorts of amazing things made out of tofu and bean curd. It was pretty dang good and the stomach was pleased to have a break from pork and beef.
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