PO LIN MONASTERY - Hong Kong

The Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island is known for having the world's largest, seated Buddha statue made of bronze. With all those qualifiers, I'm sure that there is a plethora of "world's largest" Buddha statues throughout Asia.

There is a recently built tramway from the port that is much quicker than the old, but still running, bus service. There are banners hanging from each tramway support column that state "The path to enlightenment!" At Po Lin, the path first leads you through a bunch of shops. I guess Vegas casino designers got their inspiration here.


Besides the statue, the other thing that the Po Lin monastery is known for is its vegetarian meals. I'm a lot of things, but I'm not a vegetarian. But I figured, when in Po Lin...if anyone can make a tasty vege-meal it should be these folks, right? I was underwhelmed, and still hungry after everything was gone.

Overall rating - 2 sumos