I visited the Giant Buddha and Po Lin Monastery on Lautau, very much like this postcard!) The Buddha is the largest sitting bronze statue in the world, standing at 26m tall, and sits on a giant lotus pad. You get a bus to the top of a mountain, then climb 250 steps to reach the statue, which is actually a mini museum and memorial, and you can walk inside the Buddha and walk around the Lotus pad almost at the very top of the statue (slightly surreal but still ama...

Hi All! Well as this is our travel website MarkII, some of this might be a little familiar! I spent five days in HK as a stopover on the way to Sydney before Ian arrived - and had an absolute ball. I will be adding some personalised photos and details shortly, but this is the skyline of Central, one of the islands of HK. I stayed on Lantau Island, the largest but quietest island of the group, and visited Kowloon (shopping hotspot!) and Central (the busin...