Day 18: Tianning Temple with Phil
Phil was tired, but I dragged him out to see the temple anyway :) Since I didn’t make it there the day before, I wanted to go today. So here we are insides the gates …
It was 20 Y to see the grounds, and it was another 60 Y to go into the temple. I really wanted to go in but a) Phil so tired and not up for climbing stairs and b) 160 Y adds up to about ~$25 so we passed. We just walked around, enjoyed the scenery and the cooler weather.
We ran into Paul enjoying the grounds, too.
On our walk home, we stopped to look at a church building.
As you can see, it’s very European looking, and definitely out of place here. But actually, this city is very European looking. Not nearly as many high rises. It was a nice change.
I went to the theater that night for the show. I wanted to at least see the theater.
I didn’t take any of the lobby or house, as neither were noteworthy.
At dinner that night we made a new friend
Mmmm, tasty. Jk, we didn’t actually eat it. Benny, who is from Hong Kong, ate a bunch. He also loves the shrimp with the eyes and legs (well, you do peel those off). We told him we thought it was gross and he couldn’t believe it. We said us Americans don’t like our meat to resemble the actual animal we are eating. We prefer them cut up and to be in ignorance lol.
Tomorrow is a travel day so we hit the hay right after dinner.