A lunch, a temple and a death march

Brent had gone for a morning hike and found a vegetarian restaurant next door to a Buddhist Temple that sounded good. So we went. None of us read Chinese and the menu had no English, so Daniel ordered from the pictures. It was fabulous.

 Corn and mushrooms

 This was large mushrooms.

 Fried rice with cashews, peas, corn and carrots. It was really yummy.

This was a panko covered roll with some sort of creamy filling and mangoes.
We had a good time.

Then we went to this temple. It was nice because it was for the more devout people and not the tourists.

They put paper money in these large ovens and burn it for their ancestors.

Then we walked down a path - that was over a mile long. Brent severely downplayed it's length. Add the heat and you had four miserable people. But it was pretty.

This is a new Temple they are building. There is a whole complex taking up almost an  acre of land. It will be amazing when it opens. I hope we are in town for it as I hear that Temple openings are amazing.

 There were these tables set up all along the path. There we many people playing cards, eating lunch, gambling, smoking, you know, the usual Sunday afternoon activities.

 Green is never lacking in a humid environment like Xiamen.

The weary travelers and the energetic leader.

The pagoda and Temple at the bottom.

It was a sweat filled day with good food and good company.