Big Buddha in the Fog

The Workman’s and Olson’s don’t often get the chance to go with the other couples when we go out, so we asked if we could take them to Big Buddha on their P-day. We rode the MTR out to Tung Chung and rode the gondola up to the Buddha. It’s usually a beautiful ride, but today it was like riding in a marshmallow! It was so foggy that we couldn’t see the water below us. Needless to say, we didn’t get the usual good view as we came up the hill, in fact you couldn’t see much of anything.

Big Buddha fogged in

We walked over to the stairs up and from the bottom of the stairs you couldn’t see the statue on top. It was pretty amazing! Every once in a while the fog would swirl and you would get a glimpse, then it was gone. Even when we got to the top walkway, you could hardly see the head. Actually it was very pretty, except that it didn’t make the view worth much.

Elder Olson, Dew and the Halversens at Big Buddha

We walked over to the monastery, it also was shrouded in fog, which gave it an unreal look.

As we walked down to catch the bus to Tai O, who should we run into, but the Perkins family.

Then we caught the bus to Tai O and first thing we took the boat out to see the pink dolphins. Well when we got to the end of the breakwater the waves were so rough that he turned the boat around and we headed back. I was glad, it looked way too rough to be skimming across the water in that long skinny boat.

Flowers at monastery

After a tour of Tai O, which is always fun, we caught the bus back to Tung Chung. It was quite a ride! The bus drivers that drive over there all think they are cowboys and we had to go up a very steep hill, behind a whole line of slow cars. The bus was shifted down into a VERY low gear to make it up, then at the top it’s no brakes till you hit the bottom. Okay, maybe they hit the brakes a time or two, but the idea is to see just how quickly you can get to the bottom! What a ride!

Elder and Sister Workman at monastery