I woke up around 4 or 4:30AM. I think it was a little too cold to sleep in the room, plus I had a lot of things to see. No Internet access out here either. First thing I did was walk up the mountain, which is about 300 meters or so high. I was the only one I saw at that time walking up the many stairs to Foding peak. At the top I visited Huiji Monastery, which was just opening as I was around there at 5:30AM. I noticed they were serving breakfast there, but I couldn’t figure out how to pay and eat it. I saw some tickets in the bowl, pointed to them and asked “where?” A guy just kept saying “don’t have, don’t have.” No one wanted to help me out, so after climbing the mountain I couldn’t get anything to eat.
On the way back down, I walked past Buddhist a few monks and nuns prostrating themselves up the stairs of the mountain. Tough compared to my simple walk up. At the bottom, I visited Fayu Monastery, and also the nearby beach. Then I walked over to Puji Monastery, which was the busiest and most popular. It is a nice atmosphere around the island with sandy beaches, trees, mountains, and old buildings.
After checking out of my hotel (they had to let a maid double check my room before they would let me go), I visited Nanhai Guanyin. Then I got on a 12:05PM ferry back to the mainland.
Back in Ningbo, I wanted to visit this Tiantong Temple the guidebook talks about, so I was able to find a bus to get me over to the East Bus Station of this city. From there I was supposed to take bus 332, but it was no where to be found! I guess the book failed me, but I tried my best. It was going to get dark in a hour. I wanted to stay in a hostel in this city, but I had no map of its location, so I had to go all the way back to where I knew there was a hostel: Hangzhou. If I only would have known the location of that hostel, I could have asked them out to get to this place and make it a less rushed day.
I surprised myself by using the bus system in this city myself by only reading Chinese signs! I was going to East bus station, South bus station, so I was able to find the words for the directions and station and get on the correct bus myself. So I ended up taking a 4:16PM bus back to Hangzhou. Back in Hangzhou, the bus I wanted stopped running about 4PM or so! Everything stops so early in China. Again, the only people that wanted to help where the people selling overpriced rides (50 Yuan vs 2 Yuan bus). I was considering trying my luck with any bus and then take a taxi the rest of the way, but some helpful young Chinese people saw me and helped me get on a bus near my hostel. First time in days anyone helping me instead of trying to take advantage of me, so I was glad! I got back like 7:30PM or so, and went to been soon after.