We checked into our hostel, Cozy Planet, which was super clean and conveniently located. The guy at the hostel told us about Foguangshan, a Buddha sanctuary, so we decided to hop on a bus and head out there.
While on our way, we ended up passing through E-DA, an Asian theme park that reminded me of Vegas. It was very creepy and packed with tourists. The bus that we were riding actually was sponsored by the theme park and played a promotional video along with a cartoon featuring characters from the park. The cartoon was a disturbing rendition of the classic Troy and the wooden horse. Basically the army inside the horse owas replaced with a rhinoceros, donkey, fairy and baby. The series of cartoons simply show these characters pooping and farting their way out of the horse. Great retelling
of history!
Sorry for the quick detour. This part of the adventure was disturbing enough that it had to be captured on the blog. Now back to the regularly scheduled program: Buddha.
The next morning, we woke up to have breakfast at this fine establishment. The food was delicious and so I had to snap a quick pic of the place.
In the afternoon, Kenny and I checked into the Grand Hi Hotel for our annual lux birthday celebration. For those that don't know, last year while traveling in Vietnam, Kenny and I started the tradition of staying at a luxury hotel for one night only during our travels together. We stay take advantage of the warm showers, clean linens and most importantly, the bathrobes! This year the hotel didn't quite live up to the hotel in Vietnam but Kenny and I definitely enjoyed our stay!
We had a nice view from our room:
Kenny's favorite part by far was bath tube time. He even decided to do his very own impression of George Washington for me, which you can see below:
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