Sometimes the best places to visit are the ones you stumble upon along your journey...
Our last stop in China before heading to Europe was Hong Kong. After taking the night bus we walked (or wandered around confused depending on how you look at it...) until we found the Hong Kong border. We crossed the border and hopped on their subway system until we reached Lantau Island where the Hong Kong International airport is located AND the Ngong Ping 360 cable car.
Fortunately we had 12 hrs. before our flight left for Europe...plenty of time to ride the cable car across the bay and up the mountain to the WORLD'S LARGEST SEATED BRONZE BUDDHA STATUE!
We glanced at the statue for a few minutes and decided we better start the7 mile hike back down the mountain. We made it to the airport drenched in sweat and happy after an exciting hike through the Hong Kong rainforest. If you ever want to see the Omaha rainforest in real life than Hong Kong is the place to head! Although exhausting, this was definitely a highlight of our entire trip. After a quick wet-wipe "shower" we were on the overnight plane heading towards Amsterdam.
After layovers in Thailand and Jordan we left Asia for the first time in a year and made it to Amsterdam early in the morning. It turns out Amsterdam is beautiful! We spent the day walking along the canals (we've heard it has more canals than Venice) and ended up walking completely across Amsterdam before reaching the bus stop in the evening to jump on an overnight bus to Paris!!
wow, you two have really seen alot of the world on your travels! what a great way to travel! and to do it together =)
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