"The Monastery of the 10.000 Buddha's (1)" Sha Tin Travelogue by Alain_Smeets

Arhan

We took the Metro in Tsim Sha Tsui towards Kowloon Tong and there we stepped on the train (KCR) towards Shatin where we met the girlfriends of Imelda before we went to the Ten Thousand Buddha's Monastery.

Arhan

At the entrance you see a lot of golden human size statues. These guide you uphill towards the monastery. There are 500 different statues lined up next to the walking path.

Going up

Every where you look, these statues are around you. I wonder how many people they saw walking on these steps.

Almost there (ph. Koen Cuypers)

Here you see Roel and Steven almost a the top, yes almost a few bends and steps and they are at the second level of the Monastery.

Arhan

Each statue that I see is different and I wonder what they are meaning. I looked it up on the internet and it seems that these are part of the 500 Arhans delivered in 2002.

My belly isn't bigger or is it??(ph. Koen Cuypers)

My Sweetie is wondering who's belly is thicker, mine of the statues, until now we don't know the answer, if you know let me know.

Rhea, Imelda and me (ph. Steven Aerts)

If you see this photo you can imagine that it was hot that they and that we were sweating a lot to reach to level of the temple. Rhea, Imelda and me are here at least.

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