Who's Your Buddha? The Big Buddha of Hong Kong

Up until this year's Asian adventure our entire understanding of Buddha consisted of cheesy gold statues of a smiling, pot-bellied guy we'd seen in some restaurants. We weren't exactly enlightened.

Perhaps we could clear up our conceptions a bit with a visit to The Tian Tan Buddha. He sits atop a hill on the outskirts of Hong Kong.

He stands, oops, I mean sits, one hundred and twelve feet high, and weighs in at... CONTINUE READING > >

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