The cheapest tour of my traveling days. You take the subway to the end of the line, pay the cable car fare and you get to take the longest (20-25 minutes) and very scenic ride you could get in Hongkong and maybe, elsewhere. You get to climb the steps to the giant Buddha, walk the Wisdom Path, visit a monastery and stroll among the shops and restaurants at Ngong Ping. At the top where the Buddha sits there were three lady Buddhas. Somehow they reminded me of my late sister as does almost every female buddha I see, as does even the female face in the full moon. And the statues looked so beautiful against a backdrop of a blue sky that it is them that I remember most. (Hong Kong stopover, January 2009)
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