Xian 2003

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A big plate of dumplings for 3 yuan ($.40). Beer came in big bottles and everywhere had very thin little plastic cups.
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German Leo and an American whose name escapes me.
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Dumpling steamer.
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The Wild Goose Pagoda. As the saying goes, kill the wild goose, build a pagoda. What? You don't know that one?
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Outside the entrance to the Wild Goose Pagoda. Don't let anyone tell you it's a 40 minute walk from downtown. More like 2 hours 40 minutes.
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Most places had incense, but this one had candles too.
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Offerings of rice, vegetables and something to wash it down with.
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Same, without flash.
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Looking back out over the entrance courtyard.
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24 arms.
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Not sure what an ordinary monk might look or act like. This might be it.
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Capturing the pagoda in one shot, take one.