The next morning we visited a large Buddha statue. At the time, I was under the impression that it was the largest Buddha statue in the world (and its pretty big so it's not hard to believe) but a quick Google search revealed otherwise. It’s not even the biggest in China. Fail. But, it is one of the biggest in Asia and that makes it pretty cool. It sits on top of a hill on Lantau Island, just off the coast of Hong Kong, right next to a Buddhist monastery. People come from all over China to pray to the Buddha. Just to get to the base of the statue, you have to walk up a flight of probably 200 stairs. But, Buddhists who visit have no problem stopping every third or forth step to kneel down before him.
We ate a large lunch at the monastery and then took the metro to the Fa Yuen market, which was filled to the brim with fun, Chinese fashions and delicious street food. I told emily I would meet her back at the front of the market in 6 hours. I had so much fun just wandering the streets. I didn't even end up buying anything, mostly because I was overwhelmed at the amount of stuff they had there. I talked to a bunch of different type of people. People who owned stores, backpackers, everyone trying on shoes with me in a shoe store. It was great. There is something very freeing about experiencing something on your own. You know for certain that nothing but your own inhibitions hold you back so you dive into whatever you are doing.
a bakery at the fa yeun market.
Once I met back up with Emily we headed back to our hostel for the night. Marcos was right, this hostel was great! And in a great part of town. We bunked in a room with 6 girls and the entire hostel only housed around 12 people at a time so was cozy. Everything was very clean and brand new. We later found out is had only opened up 5 days before so literally brand new.
That evening, we met up with Josh, my cousin’s brother-in-law who lives and works in Hong Kong. It was so nice to see a familiar face! I had an interview for a summer internship that night so Josh let me use his computer and internet at his apartment. How crazy is it that I can casually have an interview in Hong Kong?
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