They were all so cool, and really hard to take pictures of!
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Lantern Festival
I was biking down the street the other evening, and all the sudden I saw some REALLY COOL giant lit up statues. After talking a bunch of pictures and then talking to someone, I learned that they are really awesome lanterns for the lantern festival. According to some research, the lantern festival is celebrated on the 15th day of Chinese New Year. Here are some of my favorite lanterns I saw:
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Hong Kong Part 3!
The last day I was in Hong Kong started out rough, but ended up being amazing. We had a little too much fun the night before and didn't get back to our hostel until 7am. So after only a few hours of sleep, we were up and at it for the last day there.
We started off with some coffee and relaxing, and later moved on to Mexican food. I was so excited to eat chips and salsa and a really good burrito.
After that, we took the MTR (train thing) to Lantau Island. We had a ton of confusion trying to get there, but it was so worth it. My friend and I took a cable car to the top of a mountain, an area called Ngong Ping. It was absolutely breathtaking. The sun was setting on the way up, and it was perfect. We could see everything from so high up. I took about a billion and a half pictures, but they don't do the view justice. Here are some of my favorites:
It was equally as beautiful and cool when we got to Ngong Ping, Unfortunately, we couldn't spend too much time up there because we had get back and go to the airport for our flight home.
It was an absolutely amazing trip over all. I definitely needed a vacation, and it was the perfect way to spend my Chinese New Year. I am now officially 6 months in to my time in Taiwan, and this was a great way to celebrate. I'm feeling really positive about new beginnings and the year of the horse.
We started off with some coffee and relaxing, and later moved on to Mexican food. I was so excited to eat chips and salsa and a really good burrito.
After that, we took the MTR (train thing) to Lantau Island. We had a ton of confusion trying to get there, but it was so worth it. My friend and I took a cable car to the top of a mountain, an area called Ngong Ping. It was absolutely breathtaking. The sun was setting on the way up, and it was perfect. We could see everything from so high up. I took about a billion and a half pictures, but they don't do the view justice. Here are some of my favorites:
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| The cable car |
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| Tian Tan Buddha |
It was equally as beautiful and cool when we got to Ngong Ping, Unfortunately, we couldn't spend too much time up there because we had get back and go to the airport for our flight home.
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| It was really crowded |
The way back it was around 8:30pm so everything was dark, but you could see the city and the big Buddha all lit up.
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