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Fo Guang Shan Monastery

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My original plan for the afternoon in Kaoshiung was simply to check out town. Though after looking through my guidebooks in more detail, I changed my plans and decided to take a bus out to Fo Guang Shan.

Fo Guang Shan is the biggest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan and an internationally known Buddhist site of pilgrimage … Being there feels slightly odd … somehow like a Buddhist version of Disneyland.
I started my visit with Pure Land Cave – a walk-through Buddhist version of Disney’s ‘It’s a small world’, then checking out the temple, with Great Buddha Land being my final stop.

Along Taipei’s Danshui Line

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Today was my second day in Taipei – and turned out to become a museum day. I was first heading out for the National Palace Museum and the attached Zhishan Gardens.

Afterward I crossed the street for the Museum of Formosan aborigines, had a quick lunch – to then head south for the Museum of World Religions. From here I decided to close my day with a visit to the Confucius Temple in the Yuanshan area and the nearby Bao’an Temple.

Dinner again was in a night market … today the famous Shilin Night Market … and I really start to ask myself, why I never brought a camera here …

Kuala Lumpur

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I finally left Kota Kinabalu and Borneo in the late morning on a flight over to Kuala Lumpur.

When I had booked my flight home, I did include a 10 hours layover in KL – to give me the opportunity to get into town and have a look at the Petronas Towers – Kuala Lumpur’s biggest and best known attraction.

I first took the train from the airport to the central station, here I changed to the monorail and made my way to the KL Tower (a communication tower with observation platform) to get a view of town and the Petronas Towers. Afterward I took the subway over to the shopping center in the towers … also had a look around there.

Tunku Abdul Raman NP

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My last complete day on Borneo … which I spent going diving in Tunku Abdul Raman Marine Park.

Three dives gave me a nice view of the underwater wonderworld … unfortunately without photos. In the evening I went for grilled seafood again and enjoyed another fabulous sunset.

Tour Conclusion

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In the afternoon we arrived at the finishing point of the trip (at least for my trip).