Discovery Bay is located on Lantau island. This island is also the home of the world largest bronze cast outdoor sitting Buddha. That’s our aim for today.
One more parcel to send home and another meeting with a foreign postal service. The Chinese post office was superb with great service, nice structure and everything organized. Quick in, quick out. Ben, it’s heading your way. Again.
From the plaza we set a course for Mui Wo, another town here on the island. We have to cross a ‘mountain’ on our way, but we are prepared and have a nice trip over.
Just outside the glossy and shiny party’s of Discovery Bay is another way of living. There are shacks and houses with no windows that give shelter and storage for people. The same people also have small gardens where they grow a lot of different vegetables.
- Along the beach away from Discovery Bay
- Farming in smaller scale
- Baaaaanaaaaanaaaaaa (Minions rule!)
- On the top looking down the other side
- Mountain hiker selfie
- Walking down
- A short rest
- Beauiful view from the trail
- No commet needed, I think
- On the trail
- Down down down, after up up up
- Fire beaters. No fire extinguisher as you’re used to. Beat it, just beat it.
- A little detour to the pavilion
- Pavilion in the top of the trail
- Along the fence
- Exiting from the Monastery garden
- A look back towards Discovery Bay.
Well across the mountain we found a tiny little place where we could get a cold drink. We stay for a little while and look at the beach and listen to the waves. So close to Hong Kong city, so very different life.
- Food cooking on the stove on the local cafe
- Outside the “Restaurant” area
- Waiting for food
- Cold towels and first serving
- We got enough…
- The Kithcen
- All dressed up and nowhere to go
Before we catch the bus from Mui Wo to the Buddha we get lunch at the local market. We order different dishes and when we ask the waiter if it’s enough food.”Plenty for three people”, she says and walk away. She’s right. We’re not near to finish it all, but it was good and a lot of different tastes.
The we indulged ourselves with an ice cream at McDonald’s. It’s a guilty pleasure. Don’t judge me.
- Yummy
- Dobbel yummy
- Making sure I get it all
Into the bus and up to the Buddha. Stepping off the bus we argue for five seconds wether to go left it right. Then Katja raises her eyes and said calmly;”it’s that way”, and points to the Buddha. It’s kinda hard to miss really.
The Buddha is so large it’s insane. I don’t think the pictures will do it justice, but we took a lot of photos.
We walked up to it and circled it as well. It’s so huge it blows me away. After spending some time there we went down and moved over towards the ‘house of ten thousand Buddha’s’. It happened to be a kind of ceremony there so we couldn’t get in. We watched from the outside and took some pictures of the procession as the exited the building before leaving.
- The Monastery
- Monks in the ceremony
- In the stairs up towards the Buddha
- Big Buddha in the bakground
- Buddha
- Amazingly big
- Incense burning just got a whole new meaning
- Big incense
- 12 generals, all linked to the different 12 animals in the Zodiac and time of day
- The ‘Pavillion in the back is used for parying to the big Buddha
- Girls offering stuff to Buddha
- Reflective Buddha
- A close up of onw of the girls
- in the stairs on the way up
- Big stairs, lots of people
- Mette and Katja in front of the praying pavilioin
- It’s a long way to Tipperary
- Very nice view in towards the sky
On the way down we used the cable car. It’s a 25 minute ride in the cable car down and we pass by the airport. It’s quite a view over the flat land they made for the airport. We see take offs and then turn abruptly right and move to the town of Tung Chung. We locate the bus to Discovery bay, and see it leaves often enough. We sit down at Starbucks and chill while enjoying a cup of coffee.
- Cable car view
- Cable car view
- Cable car view
We get some groceries and take the bus back to Discovery bay. Well back in the apartment we made dinner and did some light packing to prepare for tomorrow’s departure.
Random pictures from the day:
- Golfcarts are the only cars allowed in DB
- Gustav this one is for you
- At the DB Plaza waiting for the postoffice to open
- Be aware!
- On the tracks to Mui Wo
- Mette in the reception of HF apartement
- Cable cars
- Busy tourist town below the Buddha
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
– Buddha