Our first stop was at the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. In the center of the temple grounds is a beautiful, towering pagoda. On the outside, the pagoda appears to have 9 stories, but on the inside it is actually 17. There are also many other buildings on the temple grounds. It was a busy day there, with many people there for worship.
After the temple we spent some time at the Guangdong Folk Arts Museum. There was a garden area with beautiful flowers at the entrance. Inside, there were rooms and rooms of exhibits. The detail in the pieces was unbelievable. The outside of the building had intricate carvings that were beautifully painted. All of the art in the museum was done by local artists from this province.
By the time we were done it was after noon, so we went to lunch and then decided to come back to our room and take a family nap, which is completely uncharacteristic for us. We were all exhausted from another night of limited sleep. Dexter woke up with some bad coughing that kept us all up for quite a while.
After resting, we did some more shopping and then went to supper. As we were leaving supper there was a thunderstorm rolling through. We ran back to the hotel through the rain and were thoroughly soaked. I don't know if Dexter has ever been out in the rain before. He wasn't a big fan.
After the rainstorm ended, Jeff made a run to 7 Eleven for some snacks and some Chinese beer and wine coolers. Kind of a nice way to end the evening.
We have quite a bit of free time again tomorrow. It sounds like we're going to go to the zoo with the other families from our agency. These last few days here consist of a lot of waiting around for paperwork, so we are doing our best to find interesting things to do here.
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