Wednesday, November 19, 2008



Okay, I wasn't supposed to get a picture of Ronald. But this Ronald is out front of the McDonald's across from the hotel. The unique thing about him is what he has done with his hands. It is a common, very common greeting for people to greet each other with their hands in a prayer and bring their hands to their nose and back down and say solaki, a hello or welcome greeting.

The next picture up is a shrine on a street corner. Worshipper's would buy flowers and incense and bring them to this shrine and pray. The flowers and incense can be purchased from a lot of vendors before they get into the shrine area. There were even birds there for purchase. I didn't ask about them. They light the incense and place it in some pot of sand and pile the flowers at one of the platforms. Then they knell and pray in front of everyone.

The top picture is of a whole square block of shops, all of them about that close. There were so many of them. Clothes, watches, souveniers, trinkets, and more and more of the same. It reminded me of Tijuana. It didn't take long to everything offered there but I only saw a few of the shops.

It was fun to have Flat Stan with me taking a few pictures.

2 comments:

Jenni Coberly said...

That is awesome. Morganne is in the shower, but she is going to be so excited when I show her these pictures. Very cool!!

I have one request...if you by chance see a pair of UGG boots there that are super cheap I want a pair in size 9. I will pay for them no problem. I really want a pair and Lane said they are cheap back there. Of course don't go hunting for them, but if you come across some that would be AMAZING!! I want them in brown please. Doesn't matter if it's dark or light brown...just brown.

Thanks!!

Booster and BigNanaO said...

Good job Big B. Now gather a few postcards, brochures, etc. please. It would be interesting to know what they do with the caged birds at the shrine. Rungrat would probably know. Why dont you ask her?