The Temples - X-mas eve

Helle everyone,

On X-mas eve, we wanted to go up the mountain and try our snowshoes but the roads were closed off due to all the snow we got the week before. We tried them out in a field near by. I think they will work although I have a few adjustments to make on the stapping mechanisme.

So instead of going up to the mountain, Karina, John and I decided to go visit two buddist temples near Seogwipo. The first temple was under construction and they have completed a building. They are planning to build an open yard surrounded by some buildings. You can see in the pics a building that is not painted yet. This is new and you could smell the fresh would. In the other pics, you see the existing temple. They are about 300 meters away from each other. The court yard will be in between this two buildings. The colors on the temple are amazing. It was really beautiful. There were paintings on every wall and there was a big budda inside. It was really cool.

Then we decided to go to the other temple. This temple is the biggest in Asia. It must have six floors in it. The first floor is housing. You walk past this housing and then climb up to a terrase where there is an open courtyard. In this court yard, you have the top four floors of the temple. In this temple, you see a three story budda carved all out of wood. It was amazing, we were able to go to the third and seond floor. There were millions of little statues on each floor. It was really spectucular. THERE ARE MORE PICS ON THE OTHER SITE. So we walk around everywhere and enjoyed everything. There was a huge drum and bell on the site. They have a orange plantation and a pond in front of the the temple. It is an amazing site.

I want to go there on the buddas birthday and see all the monks and people praying to there god. It will be amazing to see it all. There was a monk playing music in the temple when we visited it. We will go back. It was amazing.

We are so lucky to be here.

Talk to you all soon.

Karina and Christian