Anyways on out way out to Nepal my sister and I had a layover long enough in Hong Kong that we were able to get out and see some of the city. We decided to stay close to the airport and we went to Ngong Ping. It's close to the airport so we were able to just take the metro. Fortunately for us everything in Hong Kong is also written in English so it was pretty easy to get around. First we took a bus ride up to the top where the Tian Tan Buddha is located. The courtyard area around the Buddha was really pretty, and since we were there early in the morning it was pretty empty.
We climbed the stairs to the top of the Buddha which was kind of cool cause the view from the top was amazing and we were really close to a very large Buddha statue. 
From the we walked around a found the wisdom path. Was kind of cool to see all the Chinese sayings carved on large wooden post, but it might have meant more if we could actually understand what some of them were saying. 
Than we found the Po Lin Monastery. The Monastery has some very pretty statues and was ornately decorated. The colors where beautiful. That's one of the things that I liked most about it. The inside of one of the temples was completely painted orange. 
On our way back down the hill we got to take the Ngong Ping cable cars. It was beautiful to see all of the hills and the view from the cable car was amazing. 
After we got back down to the bottom of the hill we had to take the metro back to the airport so we could continue the rest of our adventures.
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