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2/20/08

The MRT in the morning. Folded in travelers.

Sleeping Alex.

Yongning MRT station, toward Chengtian Temple

Up the stream

Pathway up to Chengtian Temple. Every trip, I try to kill Karen by walking up a hill. This time I did a twofer and went for killing Alex as well.

Green rocks

Graveyard on the hill.

Karen and Alex at the gate, having not died on the way

White wall and green roof temple.

Looking out

Chengtan Temple has a wide veranda

Looking at the view

The view

The view

Right or left

Watching spirits

Chentian Temple

Elephant garden

Rock

Tree

Misty mountain. We climbed up that. Half that.

Palm

Flowers

Chengtian temple

Watching spirits

Dragon pillar

Angles

Rock

Garden

Walking the way down

Stones

And out the gate

Heron

Graveyard

Dog temple.

There are packs of black dogs that are left to go their way, except for being fed at the black dog temples

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Yell out

Lunch at a very funky diner by the black dog temple

Lunch sizzling as it arrives

Lunch

Buffet that goes with the meal

lantern of mercy

Lanterns

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Longshan temple. The guidebooks said if you go to one temple, go to this one. Clearly, we went to more than one, and this one too.

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People pray under the lantern

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Dance Monkey. Dance!

There were monks chanting.

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Offerings in the 2nd courtyard

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Playing with the band

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Odd reflections

The electroncs district

More electronics

A horde of scooters

2008 and the ad on the side of the building

Some cabs had tvs in them