Day two was much slower paced (thank goodness, cause we are still fighting some jetlag). Today’s main attraction was Po Lin Monastery. You can get there driving or by public transportation, but it would take an hour or hour and a half. Instead, we paid to take the cable car over the water and through the hills… taking about 20 minutes each way.
The big draw to Po Lin nowadays is the Big Buddha, and he did not disappoint. So many stairs to get to him, but he was beautiful.
But really, the entire monastery was also beautiful. The hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas was lined with golden Buddhas and every inch of the walls were covered as well. It was quite a sight to see (however you cannot see it, because pictures were not allowed out of respect of the worshippers…).
The rest of the day was quite slow — taking our time to wander back to the hotel and head to the airport. We had another 7 hour flight to Mumbai that left at 8pm arriving after midnight.
The place we are staying near Surat does not have steady wifi, so please bear with us while we sort through getting any pictures attached to the posts.
