How blissful it is to wake up and have breakfast under the morning sun!
As usual, we didn’t wake up early to have our breakfast when we visited the Island of Langakwi.
Having breakfast among the nature and listening to the soft murmurs of the sea must be one of the biggest joy in life!
It was another day in paradise 🙂
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I am late for this theme but still want to submit another entry.
Not sure which photo to post first.
Both photos were taken when we walked the Plover Cove Dam in Tai Po, Hong Kong.
The first is a close up, in darker light. 
The second one gives a lot more about the background. It was taken in a cove where pleasure boats will anchor and where rowing boats are on hire.
In any case, I like the rowing boats and the yellow color, they seem to be uplifting and give a feel of freedom!
I have always hated cold.
I like sitting by the side of a fireplace (I can accept the modern ones with imitation fire flickering ), reading a book.
This picture was taken at the top of the hill behind Dubrovnik.
We were up there for a meal of the roasted lamb.
See how the fire burns, it radiates heat and fills the place with warmth!
We passed by this Buddha when we traveled to the Jiulong Group of Waterfalls in China two years ago.
The Buddha was sited at the top of the hill.
After climbing a lot of steps, we we finally reached the top of the hill, and here it was the golden Buddha smiling peacefully and kindly on us.
He seems to be very relaxed, the posture on the right hand may be symbolic of something which I don’t understand and he has a string of beads on the left hand.
He has long ears which to Chinese symbolize longevity.
No sure why he has a big belly – he must be well fed, not sure whether this is healthy though.
There was sort of an awakening radiance when we were looking at the Buddha!
The visibility was very low while we were up on top of Erhmei Mountain in China.
The golden temple on the mountain top could just barely be seen.
It was disappearing into the thick mist!
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Up to now, I still don’t know what I saw.
We were up in the hills of Yunnan, China.
We came across a golden statue which I am not too sure what it is.
This could be GuangYin, but this doesn’t look like the ones I used to see.
It was gold plated.
It looks peaceful.
It sits on top of a waterfall which plunges into a pool below.
In the pool, there were many kois which were gold in color, swimming happily.
The series of picture will give you an idea of the setting.
I have never shown these pictures as I would like to research it before publishing.
But it is so tempting to publish them under the Travel Theme: Golden!
PS My blogging friend Denise shares the following which she has researched into the background of the golden statute:
It is called Nagarjuna, considered the most important Buddhism philosopher after Gautama Buddha. His image is mostly found in Tibetan Buddhism but scholars said “Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.” (Wikipedia)
Believe me, this is not a made up or composite photo.
We were travelling in Inner Mongolia; in the Resonant Sand Desert.
I love the clouds, the sand dunes and more than anything else, the yellow umbrella that appeared so inviting under the hot desert sun.
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In our trip to South Korea, we did see a lot of fall foliage which are yellow or even golden in color.
Everywhere there are lots of Gingko and other trees which gave an impression of a Golden Autumn.
They remind me of the following poem written by a Chinese scholar and translated into English: I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tones mellower, its colors richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content. Lin Yutang
I like Autumn and share the sentiment that – it knows the limitations of life and is content! On a similar note, Yoko Ono did quote : Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.
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Yellow is my favorite color.
These photos were taken some 2 years ago in Beijing.
Autumn foliage was everywhere in the rural districts of Beijing.
This was the first time we visited the Hongluo temple – we were immediately captured by what we have seen.
Yellow foliage with the temple in the background.
We are already missing it. If opportunities arise, we would like to visit it again in Autumn!
<This posts contains 4 photos>. In our trip to South Korea, we did see a lot of fall foliage which are yellow or even golden in color. Everywhere there are lots of Gingko and other trees which gave an impression of a Golden Autumn. They remind me of the following poem written by a Chinese scholar and translated into English: I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tones mellower, its colors richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content. Lin Yutang I like Autumn and share the sentiment that – it knows the limitations of life and is content! On a similar note, Yoko Ono did quote : Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.
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