The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

This temple was up at the top of a mountain.

Which meant climbing a lot of stairs.

Barefoot.

Past a lot of monkeys.

And no, those monkeys are not potty trained.

Actually the only available potties are just holes in the ground.

And you are not allowed to wear your shoes to the holes.

Which is really disgusting.

But the monkeys are cute.

The temple at the top of the stairs was not terribly impressive.

The main draw is probably the view, but because it was the rainy season that was not so impressive.

When the fog cleared a bit you could see quite a ways.

Mostly Buddhas. So many Buddhas.

Even the statues seemed pretty unimpressed.

Though there was a happy one too.

It did have some cool dragons guarding it though.

Which didn’t coat the stares in grime. Unlike the monkeys.

This is another funny shaped gold coated pagoda by the river.

There was a spot where you could see the gold leaf peeling off and flying away. I suspect there is a good gold panning business going on somewhere downstream.

But the best part is that this temple is guarded by tweedle dee.

And tweedle dum.

This was another huge pyramid temple.

That Matt again did not want to pose in front of for some reason.

It had more Buddhas. These ones seemed to have even longer thumbs than most.

One had really oddly shaped thumbs.

Some of the Buddhas even looked like they were sick of Buddhas.

Playing cards are illegal in Myanmar. They can be confiscated at immigration.

But this temple was decorated with diamonds and hearts.

And spades.

And clubs.

And Buddhas. Because there are Buddhas everywhere. Although bringing in items decorated with Buddhas is also illegal.

We are not sure if we broke this law by bringing in an e-reader that contained a library copy of Buddhism for Dummies, which has a Buddha on the cover. But when we entered the country the last book read was Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, so it was not currently being displayed.