Seoul to Hong Kong: part dos « I Will See You In Far Off Places

We (Jon, Jon's parents and myself) had booked reservations at the hotel for their buffet meal. We were seated at a table decorated with balloons and party hats/noisemakers and then fed some somewhat expected fare-cheese, crackers, ham, turkey, fruit etc. ... It apparently was the biggest seated Buddha in the world until 2007, but I was still very, very impressed, and a little bit too tired after climbing all the steps required to get up to the Buddha. ...