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Asia 2009: Day 20 (Hong Kong, Part 2)
Posted on October 26th, 2009 2 commentsWe were off the Volendam at 9:30am this morning. I headed toward the Intercontinental Hotel, which may very well be the nicest place I’ve ever stayed. The guy at the front desk said that check-in wasn’t until later, but he’d try to find a room for me. I sat down and a few minutes later he came over and said I had a junior suite! They escorted me to my room and I find a panoramic view of Victoria Harbor on one side, and part of Kowloon on the other. It has an actual entryway, a large sitting area, flatscreen TV, nice bed, and huge bathroom. Sweet!
After that it was off to the world’s largest outdoor seated bronze Buddha (they really qualify these things), which took a lot longer than we thought. The ride up there was worth the price of admission — it’s a 6 km long gondola ride over the mountains. After that we headed to Mong Kok for a very quick shopping trip, and then back to the Ocean Terminal to say goodbye to the Volendam, have dinner, and then watch the light show again.
Tomorrow morning: to the airport for a long flight home…
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- Part of my junior suite at the Intercontinental
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- Quite a view out of the main window
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- A Canon sign out one window
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- Work area
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- Old clock tower just down the street from the hotel
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- The ticket prices for the Ngong Ping 360 gondola ride, or Buddhism for profit
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- If you pay extra, you can have a cabin with a clear floor
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- You turn three times on this journey
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- Great view of the airport
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- Fake old Chinese village
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- The world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha with a Starbucks down the street
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- Getting closer
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- Naturally, the sun was in the worst possible place
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- Bodhisattva, I think
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- Side view
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- Gate to a *real* monestary
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- I needed one more Buddhist temple to finish off the trip
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- Nice inside
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- Love the dragon carvings outside
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- Back down we go
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- I didn’t tell my friends about the accident that occured in 2007 until we got off
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- Crazy shopping street
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- Saying goodbye to the Volendam before it leaves for Vietnam
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- Night view from my room
2 responses to “Asia 2009: Day 20 (Hong Kong, Part 2)”
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Nice photos for all the trips, I must say.
But bro, when are you coming to Singapore? Haha.
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George November 13th, 2009 at 08:24
Nice view from that hotel room- Thinking of Hong Kong climate I’d sit the whole day there in a nicely air conditioned room and watch out that window and enjoy the view
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Liu October 27th, 2009 at 23:24