Outside the grounds for this particular pagoda, people can purchase small turtles. They write messages or prayers for loved ones on the shells with white paint, and then release them into this pit of turtles. We got to see one older woman with her grandson release a turtle into the water. It was a treat to watch the tradition in action and hear the chant she said before the child released the animal. As we went through the pagoda, the four blonde haired children received a lot of attention (as usual). One kind man even gave them each a stem of logan berries.
It was a nice pagoda, and the busiest we've seen thus far. After lunch, we braved our first "street food." Derek even mimed, pointed, and grunted enough to get us some vegetarian phu. Then we went to a mall in D1 called Vincom Center B, the kids did bumper cars, rode a train, and had fancy ice cream. It was a great morning.
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