Originally Posted by
PaulC852
It was the "temple" bit that is confusing. It's not thought of as such, although there are temple halls within the nearby monasteries.
The other main large-scale Buddha attraction in HK is the
Ten thousand Buddha monastery in Shatin.
For the taxi, if the meter showed $291 without the addition of any toll charges then $300 was a decent price because the meter fare would have had an additional $50 in tunnel tolls. The MTR would have got you to Tung Chung for $28 (or $24.3 on an Octopus card).
Ah, I see. My bad. The driver did try to extort me a bit. When I asked how much he said 400 to 500; same with a driver at the top of Victoria Peak. I said too expensive and walked away. After a minute or so he got out and asked in fairly poor English “my budget.” I took photos of all his personal information during the ride in case I felt I was truly scammed.
The one thing I’m disappointed in myself about is not having an English to Cantonese translator app. While it’s not perfect, Google Translate has served me well. I was a bit shocked there wasn’t a Cantonese option; only two “Chinese” ones, simplified and traditional. Was one of those Cantonese?
I can’t use the ChatGPT app, which is generally better for translation, because my iPhone is too old and it requires the most recent IOS. Doesn’t work for me in a mobile web browser either; only Desktop at home.