Buddhist Temples
December 28th 2015 Our first day trip involved visiting various temples. We started at the famed big Buddha in the center of the island. There were lavish steps with shiny tiles and mosaics of bright greens and blues. My friend Bobby was the first to walk up and did not know about the rule of taking shoes off before entering a sacred temple. Some monks yelled at him in broken English, "disrespectful merican"! The Th
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