Monday, June 28, 2010

Goodbye to the HK

Sadness:  Leaving Camboor.  Happiness:  A good hamburger.  Our final day began at a garden, which we came upon by happenstance (C's favorite method of planning).  Some lovely pictures:


There was also a Zen rock garden here.  After consulting with Jeff, we determined that yes, I am the ONLY person who just wants to go in there and play in the rocks and sand.  I am apparently opposed to zen-ness.


Then on to our original stop, the Chi Lin Nunnery.  No pictures allowed inside (spoiler:  it's a bunch of giant Buddha statues), so this is the exterior.


TM - notice your offspring in the picture?  We hurried back to Central, so as not to miss the Noonday Gun.  It was so much more impressive than we expected.


And then there is Camber:


And then there is us with the Noonday Gun Guy:




I love awkwardness!  We went to another temple that C recommended, but she'll have to remind me of the name.




We were going to get our fortunes told, but they wanted $600, so we figured we could wait until whatever it is happens.  Our final destination was the Kowloon Walled City Park.  We took a taxi, and C tried to explain to the driver where to go.  Apparently, her Cantonese has not yet included learning the words for "wall" or "park", but she was able to get us there by telling him "where all the prostitutes used to be".  Who knew that "prostitutes" would be such a valuable word to know?


Yay for Cam being a tour guide!  Thanks for allowing us to invade your life.  Now I'm caught up, and will hopefully be able to post about our current trip as our schedule allows.

2 comments:

Camber Carpenter said...

ha ha--false praise for tour guiding. I'm better than most. And you're better than most tourists.

Noon Day Gun: more impressive than expected.
Camber: less impressive than expected.

Wong Tai Sin Temple. very famous--make you very wealthy (um, unless you spend $600 on a celebrity fortune teller)

The Classic Harpist said...

Better than most tourists? That's the first semi-compliment you've given me in at least eight years!