Hike to Big Budda!

The guys waiting for us to catch up.

Hiking to the Big Budda was unlike any other hike I have ever done.  A group of six of us took the subway as far as we could and got off at the last stop. From there we went to a mall and found a lady that spoke no English but somehow still gave us directions by drawing them out. We proceeded walking and noticed that the trail was going to be all stairs. Two hours later we arrived at the top and saw a huge cow walking around! However once we turned the corner we encountered a huge dragon and heard Justin Bieber's music in the background. As soon as I saw people wearing coats, I kind of wondered why they were so overdressed, but I quickly found out that it was around 40 degrees and the ice cold winds made it feel even colder. I also found that it was too foggy to see the Buddha and since it was raining we couldn't hike back and had to wait an hour and a half to take the cable car back. Overall the experience was somehow still a great one, but I'll definitely back once it gets warmer.