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Week 4 (Giac Lam Pagoda)
No One Touches My Helmet
So this weekend Teddy got a bike
Dude on Proper Bike
A proper one (Honda Airblade, 110 cc)
Happy Days
Which of course he loves
Giac Lam Buddha and Stupa
So we decided to go on a road trip
Stupa
To see a seven-story stupa
Giac Lam Pagoda
At a place called Giac Lam
Giac Lam Buddha
This Dude
As usual it was full of Buddhas
Buddha Array
I mean full of Buddhas
Teatime at the Temple
We arrived at teatime
Giac Lam Interior
The pagoda was built in 1744
Shoes Off Please
In what was then a jungle
The Fylfot
There are your usual right-hand swastikas
Mausoleum Detail
And some very unusual ceramics
Chinese Plates
Janette asked for more of these
Chinese Plate Thing
So I'm being obliging
Food for the Dead
It's important to leave out food
Altar of Dead Souls
For those who precede you in death
Funeral Urn
Haunting images are everywhere
Egg Lamp
This beauty was in the main pagoda
Bodhi Tree
Imported from Sri Lanka
Trapping Birds
Don't go trapping birds
Cause of Orphanhood
Or this will happen to you
Dork on Rented Bike
Don't pretend to look cool
Vespa Tour
Or you will have to go on a Vespa Tour
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