Sights

Hey everybody, after just walking around in the city two days ago we found out that it was just about time to actually find out something about the sights in Hong Kong. So yesterday we went to Victoria peak which is a mountain located in Hong Kong. We took a train up to the peak tower, it was pretty cool to just sit down and relax and enjoy the view while the train was carrying us several hundred meters up the mountain.  The train’s route was approximately just 1.4 kilometers, but we spared a lot of time because the train goes both down to the Victoria gap and then up to the Peak Tower which is located about 400 meters above the gap. A trip like that would have been pretty exhausting. When we arrived at the tower we went up to the upper floors and looked out over the extraordinary city, it was even more beautiful than being there. This is how the city looked from the Victoria Peak:

 

Today we went to see the giant Buddha in Hong Kong and as the name says: it is huge! The Tian Tan Buddha as its actually called is 34 meters tall and made out of Bronze.  90% of the population in Hong Kong is Buddhists so the statue is not made as a tourist attraction, but for the religious. The reason the religion is so big here is because Hong Kong was a part of china before and china is famous for Buddhism. You don’t really notice that much of a difference from china, the food is pretty spicy and rice is used a lot. The language is also mainly Chinese and the people look exactly the same, but Hong Kong is a sovereign state with a Sovereign government and flag, and Hong Kong is not a communist country like China. The flag Hong Kong is red with a white orchid tree in the middle. It symbolizes that Hong Kong and China is one Country with two systems because it is similar to the chinese flag with the red background, but it still is completely different.. 

The Tian Tan Buddha: