Hello all. The home stretch is upon us. Today starts two days of two shows each and two days until we leave. How's that for numerology? The cast is gearing up for the grueling schedule, especially P. Adam, I don't know where he gets energy, he exhausts himself every show.
I decided to take a day for myself and went up to Ngong Ping, the home of the "Big Buddha". A massive bronze statue of the Buddha, and a nearby monastery along with the prerequisite touristy things. Most of the others have already visited, but I was busy that day getting a much needed massage so I played catch up today. It was incredible. Give me a bit to post some photos 'cause I gotta go through them, but man, I'm glad I went. There are many interesting things to see and experience there; The monastery, with it's golden Buddha statues, Buddhists in prayer and reflection, visitors in prayer too, lot's of incense lit all over the place as an offering, Bodhisattva statues, traditional veggie lunches, the stairway you HAVE to walk up to get to the Buddha, though you can see it from miles away. There's the Tea Gardens, which is at the beginning of The Wisdom Path, which continues up to Lantau peak. I think only Toni went all the way up. I made it to these stonehenge type towers, except they're carved, split trees with what I guess are words of wisdom! Very beautiful. I took the skyrail up to the area, which is basically an enclosed cable tram, the only way to go, in my opinion, and I guess I'm the only one who went up there that way. Everyone else took the bus when they visited. There's so much about this place and I seem to always be writing about things when it's late and I'm tired, so that's it for now, more detail to come.
-David
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