HK 2010 - 2nd Day: Huang Da Xian + Big Buddha

Have heard of the majestic-ness of the Big Buddha in HK and the popular Huang Da Xian, and my group rose early to prepare ourselves for the trip.

The second day at HK was still foggy though thankfully no rain was in sight.


Our first stop: huang da xian temple

A well known temple where tourists and locals along pronged to offer prayers and seek divinations from. There is something like back alley beside the temple where you seek a divine lot interpretor to interpret the lot you received.

2nd stop: Big Buddha

We had initially wanted to take a cable car up but due to the looooong queues, we opted to take a bus up and cable down option instead. Disliked the bus ride up which was a tad stuffy and spiralling our way up only made me want to puke.

When we alighted, we were rewarded with the beautiful frothy sight of creamy dense fog descending from the mountains. It felt like I stepped into some chinese martial art drama! Couldn't take my eyes of the sight.

Then begin our climb up the stairs to see the magnificant big buddha. The deity was sooooooooooo huge! Although there were many people at the site, I felt strangely calm and at peace. Such is the power of this beautiful place. Would love to go there again.

On our way down, we took a breather and had a small bowl of sweet beancurd. The beancurd was very silky smooth but the syrup a tad too sweet for me.

A very commericalised village just steps away from the big buddha. We had read online that we can see cows (din see any real life ones leh) and the whole place sounded very nice and cultural. But in the end it was just a pure touristy place where you can buy touristy souvenirs and take snap shots with cut-out boards. -_-III

The cable car ride down is another high point of the trip. Darn freaking high~ and darn freaking cold. coz the vents allowed the gushing ice cold fog and wind to seep in! My colleague got so cold she had to stand up coz the wind was blowing her back and making it ache.

The views below were of lush mountains, hills, sea and forests. A track was cut across the WHOLE stretch back to the cable car touch down area which is damn far. I think 24 hours isnt enough for me to trek through. Am impressed with the determine of the trekking folks!