Bird's eye view of the beautiful city. Hong Kong has some very cool looking commercial buildings.
Here is an onslaught of "clone" condos - so typical in Hong Kong, and Asia in general. The density of these buildings in the area is unbelieveable. So much for a nice view.
Wong Tai Sin Temple, where incense sticks, food offerings, and stick fortunes are omnipresent.
Here's another view of the Wong Tai Sin Temple.
A nice view of a newly developed area in Hong Kong, from the top of a hill where the Hong Kong University (and all of its branches) resides. I never realized that Hong Kong was such a mountainous island.
Here is a dragon wall in the Wong Tai Sin Temple.
A scenic shot of the city (Kowloon area) from Tsim Sha Tsui.
This building reminds me of the Nike swoosh (can't help it, a marketing gal like myself!). It is actually one of the museums in the Tsim Sha Tsui area - perhaps the Art Museum?
This is an unbelievably large Buddha (easily the biggest in hong Kong). Though there seems to be a specific list of buddha poses, I found it interesting that I had not once this speficic (though very friendly!) hand pose in Thailand, where I had seen upteen buddhas. Hmm?!
Here is a close-up of the big buddha.
And, by contrast, here is the buddha seen from very far away. I'm sure by now, you get the point.
Next to the buddha, lies 6 individual and different second level buddhas. As the chinese are very superstitious, it is said that throwing money into the "container" held by the buddhas is good luck. I even saw some people picking up pennies from the ground and throwing them in!
In the elevators, we take superstition to the next levels as the following floors are missing as 4 symbolizes death: 4, 13, 14, 24, 34, perhaps 44, but the 40s are still available.
Here I am pointing at empty turtle shells. Hong Kongers enjoy turtle pudding (a strange black opaque jello looking substance) as it is good for longevity. I tried some. It was very bitter. To make it taste better, Hong Kongers cover the pudding with syrup.
