Neehow! This is Emily. We are in our hotel room after a long day...and I mean a long day. Caroline is going to be a professional baseball player! That child can throw anything anywhere anytime twice as far as I can! Really! We went to a breakfast buffet and then off we went to a Buddhist temple. We thought that we were going to a park area... were we ever wrong! As soon as we entered, we saw a huge statue of Buddha. In front of it were water bottles and oranges and candy and peanuts. On each side were two gods, each in a different pose. Everywhere, the local people were swarming around us. Our guide, Helen, brought us some candy that was supposedly blessed by the monks. There were also some little incense sticks that were a lot like punks, except they smelled good. There were 1008 statues of Buddha in the temple. Wow. Daddy said it reminded him of the Jewish temple at the time of Christ when the people were buying and selling in the temple and going through the motions of religion.

After that, we went to a government store with Chinese things in it. After wandering around for an hour or so, we went to a Chinese store that was a little like Walmart. Then we went back to the hotel, had lunch, and relaxed. Later, we went to a place called Lucy's for supper, then walked home and took a swim in the beautiful pool that they have here. We came back up and got into our pj's. That's all for tonight! Blog you later!

Emily