The Hodge Blog

Join the eponymous Hodge and his bunch of fiftysomething mates on a laughter and alcohol fuelled trip to Hong Kong to celebrate his 50th Birthday. Chart their progress through the planning stages, the gruelling flight from the UK, first impressions of HK, success, or failure, at Happy Valley Races and the casinos of Macau, and the special treat that awaits the Birthday Boy. A certain amount of poetic licence may be employed by the authors, so don’t believe everything you read!

Saturday 17 September 2011

The Culture Bit - Part 2

After another strategic exit from the bars of Wanchai before the sun came up I set off reasonably early this morning on another cultural trail. First stop was the small Tin Hua Temple which is just the other side of Victoria Park from the hotel. Then a combination of three MTR journeys took me to Wong Tai Sin in Kowloon and the wonderful Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple. This is a whole temple complex covering about 18,000 square metres and, like many temples in this region, celebrates three religions, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Exactly what the latter would have to say about the souvenir stalls and fortune tellers outside the temple I don't know. "Man who build Temple must sell cheap keyring to Pilgrims" maybe. Anyway here are some photos, the first two are of Tin Hua and the rest from Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin.














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