profundity

noun
1. depth, esp. great depth
2. intellectual depth
3. a profound idea, matter, etc.

'twas a day of profundities.

took in the view from tung chung up to the giant buddha on the new skyrail (gondola) line;as you can see, it was pretty overcast and raining the entire day, which made for a pleasant experience keeping heatstroke and swarms of mosquitoes (and tourists) at bay.
it was a nice walk up the steps to the giant buddha...after taking a look around and trying to soak up as much profundity as possible we made our way out to the Wisdom Path, which looks like this:
the trunks are inscribed with the heart sutra, a famous buddhist scripture, and are arranged in the shape of the infiniti sign. Disobeying the posted signs not to venure from the paved trail, maj and I followed a slippery clay side path and found ourselves on the peak of a hill with a beautiful view of the giant buddha, only partially concealed by the ever-shifting clouds. Needless to say my camera had died by that point...which meant I also missed out on pics of the monastery. Hopefully we'll get a chance to check out some temples before I leave for singapore in a little over a week!