Some turtles swimming in the waters below the bridge in the post below. There are loads of them in there, but every time I try to get a pic from further away to show the numbers they cant be seen against the green waters.
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One of the many covered areas at the temple where you can sit or stand. Stuart is sitting in the pic at roughly dead-centre writing.
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Bridge over calm waters in SSY temple
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Sik Sik Yuen Temple again
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I think the scene portyayed is from the meditations of the buddha, when he is tempted by demons and gods to break his concentration. No idea what its advertising, but it is situated near the Sik Sik Yuen Temple that I visited on my last trip and that I went to again on this one.
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The entrance/exit to the temple compound. Off to the left hand side you can just see the back of the coca cola delivery truck toping up the monks supplies. They're everywhere, just everywhere.

On the far side of the bridge in the picture below are some small pools with turtles and terrapins swimming around. More f the rock sculptures are placed in the water to give them a place where they can bask in the sunshine. If you click on this pic you should be able to see some on the bottom left hand corner of the rock, just out of the water

One of the many bridges in the complex behind the temple. In the background you can see the high rises of the Hong Kong skyline. If you spend much time in the temple courtyards you lose track of the fact that you are in the middle of a city and it fades away into the background, so it can be quite shocking when you walk out again and are confronted by a dual carriageway 100 yards from the front entrance.

The back of the temple from one of the courtyards. You can see some of the sculptures and tables forming part of the courtyard at the bottom (click on pic for bigness to see detail better)

While walking through the back of the monastery you come across these amazing sculptures with plants growing out of then. They look partly like living wood, partly like stone and partly like petrified wood. This one is about 7 feet tall, others are 15 or 30 feet tall and 30 feet across.

Shrine

A closer look at the front of the temple. You are not allowed into the alter (?) room itself, as this is where the statues and the shrine itself are located, but there is a large courtyard in front which is where all the people at the bottom of this pic are standing (see also the entry below this one). The crowds gather here and light incense sticks, hold them to their foreheads, while bowing to the alter and then place them in receptacles to burn down.

Sik Sik Yuen

The front of the temple. Although the Sik Sik Yuen Temple is a tourist attraction, it is firstly a functioning temple, and Buddhists from all over Hong Kong come here to pray and meditate. Behind the temple structure itself there are gardens with meandering walkways and bridges over contemlation pools. You walk around in the still air then turn a corner and a blast of cooling wind sweeps through the next glade.

Sad

Even in a buddhist temple you cant get away from it.