|
We stopped at a local and very busy Buddhist temple...
As we've observed before, words are written on papers and set
on fire to send the words to heaven. Incinerators provide a
safe place to deposit the burning offerings.
Other burning messages or prayer flags sit in these iron frames.
Various Buddhas decorate a tile wall. As previously mentioned,
the swastika had been an important Buddhist symbol centuries
before Germany's Third Reich claimed it as their own.
Near the temple, a vendor sells flowery offerings and incense
burners.
The rickshaws were decorated with flowers.
The egg man cometh...
...and the motorcycle milkman delivers cow's milk in the metal
vat and goat's milk and cheese in the plastic bags.
Sections of tree trunks are used as chopping blocks in this
butcher shop.
The Buddhist temples do have fancy details on
their roofs.
Some decay is evident as a fig tree has established itself on
the side of a building.
The Press is the local paper and its building had an extensive
green roof.
We bought a day pass for the bus and jumped off when we saw
this interesting building surrounded by tents.
 
We found out that the tents were for a graduation ceremony for
a girls school the next day.
 
Dean steps under the portico and some girls were heading
toward a mosque.
It seemed like a really long time while we waited for the next
bus. A rickshaw ride might have been faster, but finally we
were on our way. We passed by this extensive blue mosque.
We passed some neighborhoods with modest, but well-cared for
single family homes, but other neighborhoods were less cared
for. A study of a standing woman's hand and her bag of food
(probably a soup mix) on the bus.
Some of the more rural countryside on our bus ride.
A mom and her son waiting for a bus. We rode to the end of the
line and had to wait for the next bus, so we spread out our
picnic.
We saw the Kek Lok Si Temple from the bus first. The driver
told us which stop to get off.
|
