day at the temple!

we went to a local temple here in nanlang today. we took motor bikes there and it was a beautiful drive! the temples aren't the most beautiful buildings you've ever seen, but inside was way cool. all old and historic and such. there were in scents and candles lit everywhere. it was quite a peaceful place, if you ignored all the firecrackers going off that is.

this is an old man that lives in our apartment complex. i've seen him a couple times sitting outside the convenience store outside our apartment. he was very interested in us taking pictures... so we had fun with him taking pictures. he is one of the cutest old men everrrr!

this was one of our taxi drivers. they were way cool!

just a random old guy chillin outside the temple. he told me i was beautiful!

what a sweetheart.

the only thing this guy knew how to say was "how old are you?" he asked each of us.

this place seemed so out of our element.. our town seemed so ghetto. then we came to this beautiful place! we loved it so much. the water was pretty nasty nast tho..

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mandy and april were pretty sure they saw this monk smoking weed... eh, it's okay. he was a nice guy.

there were these hanging wick-type things allll over the temple. they were the coolest things i've ever seen. they just hang everywhere and burn slowly in a circle. so tight.

the lighting in this room(lower left) was absolutely stunning... the light was pouring in from the ceiling directly on this pot of burning incense. it was pretty angelic to me.

freakin awesome hanging wick incense.

i may or may not have been creepin on this lady praying. it was a cool experience. i was trying to picture in my head the people she was praying for.

i could feel the sincerity of her prayers.

the beautiful lighted room(left)

more awesome hanging candles(right)

the cute lady praying that i was stalking. she was so into her prayers, she didn't even notice me snapping these photos.

mandy hates this picture. but i love it... i think it's adorable.

bridget's awesomely beautiful bulging eyes (left)

a serene garden/forest/chill area near the temples(right)

the pretty garden place. that was also inhabited by a ba jillion mosquitos.

bittersweet.

i LOVE these flowers. i plucked one up and wore it in my hair :) it reminded me of a flower that i picked in sanya.