TO THE BEACH!!!!

ok this cutie was one of the highlights of my day! this cat was hanging out in the gift shop next to the indian place we stopped at for lunch. i had so much fun petting her and we were chirpping at eachother, that we gathered a crowd. lol.

sign my book!
the hiwasa temple. it's number 23 on the pilgrimage.

hello kiet and smitha!

a nice group pic. the front of the indian place.
nice face, kiet!

yummy!
it reminds me of alot of the shops on mass st.
look at all the surfers floating and waiting for a wave.
beach time!

see the heron on the roof?
this is bessie's bad ass apt building. only three of the twenty-something apt are being used, and it reminds me of Silent Hill. way too cool!
escape from silent hill!
check out the top of this one, there are calcified stilagetites hanging off the ceiling.

this is the biggest truck i've seen in japan!
fisherman.
why does it have to be so overcast?!?!
this is me using the timer setting on my camera.

hello japanese people.


kiet was an eating monster this weekend!

pow! waves!
ange is after that 'perfect' shot.

group picture!

hello kiet!
ah, that's a little more serious.
lol, kiet being our photographer. smitha is smiling! and ange is super cute!
looks like anchient spiderwebs.

smitha nearly always looks sad in pictures.
*sigh* and in here insert long and moving girl talk...
time to wake up kiet! it's time to go! the road to number 24, these pilgrims seem to be on their way out.

look at all these little dudes!
cute!
a quiet spot.

prayers in smoke. there's nearly always a giant brass bowl filled with sand to the foot of a temple, into which people light incense and make a prayer.
the fat buddha holds up pagodas apparently.
he's got a sword! run!
a pilgrim making prayers.

old bell tower
a statue of the founder of the pilgrimage.
i like it when these little buddha/tombstone monks look different. variety from the norm is intruiging, and makes things feel less manufactured.
88 pilgrims to represent the pilgrimage.

another close up.
and another, looks like he's having a bad day.
ouch!
he looks suprised.

oohhh.... temple cave!
temple caves are cool! i could hear bats chirpping inside
kiet in a cave.
surfers!