Lantau Island is located northwest of Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong's new airport was built on the island just a few years ago. One sunday afternoon dreamer, anneli, la seine, and I all went Lantau Island to see the the largest Buddha in the world (measures 34 meters tall). It is a know tourist spot, but instead of finding tourist from other countries I found mostly Chinese. Perhaps they were from mainland China, the New Territories, or even Hong Kong.

It is like the statue of Liberty in a sense: If you ask a local New Yorker if the visited the statue of Liberty, they will probably say no. So maybe the were all locals from Hong Kong Island who woke up that day and said tothemselves: "-ah, nothing to do today.. ... maybe I should finally go and see that "Big Buddha".