Sunday, September 22, 2013
Giac Lam Pagoda
Our goal is to get out and do something fun with the boys every weekend. We had the same goal in Colorado too, but it's so much easier now that we don't have to cook, clean, shop, do laundry... Anyhow, we had planned to go to a water park on Saturday, but silly Saigon's rainy season had other plans. We then searched for a mini golf place Derek found on the internet only to find that the place no longer exists. Two major bummers for the kids. So we took them to an ice cream place that has an outdoor play area and started searching for something to do today.
Derek found a pagoda called the Giác Lâm Pagoda. It was built in 1744 and is seven stories tall with each level having it's own Buddhist statue. My favorite was the statue of Guanyin with all her arms. Owen's favorite was the Bo Dai (the guy with the nice round belly and happy expression). We strolled around a bit, took some pictures, and headed home. It was a pleasant excursion. Next weekend we hope to do som
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