The Big Buddha

Over the weekend, Teresa and I embarked on an adventure! This was only the beginning of it - us with the matching green ipods and pocky sticks. We are disgusting and I actually want to throw up when I look at this picture.

We get off the bus and this is the first thing I see. A BIG BUDDHA just perched on high atop a mountain. Nothing to hide it. It just HITS you. I gasped and Teresa thought I was overcome with joy but no actually, I was freaked out of my mind. It's just this big big being up there. For some reason, it looked SO SCARY.

The more I looked at it though, the more awe-inspiring it was. It DOES seem larger than life and it IS easy to worship.

Here's the necessary tourist-y photo of me with what you see from up 260 steps, the big buddha view of the town.