The Last Night: Victoria Harbour

So I finally got to doing the Star Ferry Night Harbour Tour as well. Like the Tian Tin Buddha, I just got to it, and it just so happened to be the last thing I got to do here in Hong Kong.

Right now, I'm finishing up the blog before some concluding posts. Yeah, it's almost 6:00 a.m., but I've decided to pull an all-nighter today so that I can sleep through most of my flight. It makes sense, since I'll arrive at San Francisco in the morning (9:00 a.m. Pacific, 1:00 a.m. Hong Kong). So if I don't sleep in the plane, I'll end up sleeping in SFO waiting for my connecting flight to Los Angeles. And with the stuff in my carry-on luggage, I'd rather sleep on the plane than in the waiting area for a gate.

Tian Tin

Tian Tin Buddha, Po Lin Monastery

(寶蓮禪寺天壇大佛)

I actually intended to see the Tian Tin Buddha my first week here. As it has now happened, I ended up seeing it the last. This is actually one of the few cultural icons of Hong Kong in my opinion. What makes it unique though as religious icons go, it's relatively new, having been started contruction on in the early 1990s. 

The Penultimate Capital, Part 3

Gate of China (中华门/中華門)

Confucius Temple (夫子庙/夫子廟)

 

The Penultimate Capital, Part 2

Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (明孝陵)

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (中山陵)