Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HONG KONG — Hong Kong is a crowded, busy place, but there is a way to escape the city, visit a giant Buddha and feel like you’re nearly floating in the ...

Part of 1,600 papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are on display in front of the Tian Tan Buddha statue on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, June 10, 2014. The pandas arrived in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I’m at a magical place where people come to make wishes come true. No, not Walt Disney World, though Disney Hong Kong isn’t far. I’m on the island of Lantau, ...

I'm at a magical place where people come to make wishes come true. No, not at Walt Disney World, though Disney Hong Kong isn't far. I'm on the island of Lantau, Hong Kong's largest, staring up at a ...

In Hong Kong, Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, which this year lands on May 15. Hong Kong declared it a public holiday in 1998; Buddhism is a major religion ...

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this ...