We headed out to the giant buddha to explore. First was a nine tiered pagoda. Then we visited a multitude of temples and saw at least one thousand buddha's of all sizes and shapes. If we tried to count them all we would still be there as the statues were simply everywhere: big, little, huge, fat, skinny, seated, reclining, riding various animals, wooden, stone, gold plated, ceramic and every other possible form imaginable. The weather was delightful and folks were all here decked out in their Vietnamese finest.
The fishing boats all moored up after a busy morning of fishing
The biggest buddha in the distance
The busy and a bit hectic
We have gained a good deal of altitude
Pagoda!
I count nine levels
Two rows of buddhas line the entrance
The gate
A dragon and buff warrior at each side of the stairs
Don't mess with either of these tough Hombres
The gate leads to a large reclining buddha
Napping Buddha?
Inside the pagoda are very tall wooden figures
A serene seated buddha
Bass relief depictions
A happy buddha
Another warrior
This tree grew around a large vase
Looking back at the reclining buddha, the gate and the pagoda
Pretty impressive
Some very whiskery dragons and a painted wall to the right
The little ones are all tickling the big guy
Looking back at Da Nang
A whole lot of little ones
Dragons!
In the roots of the cloud trees were little temples and figurines
Not yet
A lion in the cloud trees
Puppies!
Get your souvenirs
So many beads to choose from
Moving on to some of the temples
We should have been counting buddha statues
Our first look into the temples
Lots of lanterns
This is the same symbol that was on the foot of the reclining buddha
The Buddha of a thousand hands and a thousand eyes
20 different life sized statues
Riding the tiger!
I like the blue sky behind the statue
A place for offerings?
All the the shrines have beautiful floral arrangements
A very nice decoration on this bell
The plants need to eb maintained
In the zodiac garden a snake!
Both Leslie and I are Year of the Ox kids
A playful Ox he is
It looks like this dragon has something caught in his teeth, is it part of a sausage?
the snake is found everywhere, it is it's year indeed
Year of the monkey
The Temples are very ornate
Buddha on a turtle
Buddha on a Dragon
On a Lion
Solidarity!
Riding a tiny elephant
Riding a huge goat
The Buddhas all lead up to this temple
Dragon columns
Dragons on the cornices
It is quite sprawling
Gold and in a power pose
This temple has the most gold
Rubbing the Buddha belly
He must like the belly rubs
A sweet cloud tree
A covered walk
Happy New Year to All
A woven tree
the branches woven into an basket shape
Flowers everywhere
Random animals and dragons lurking in the undergrowth
A boat planter and a whirligig walkway in the background
Taking a ride
Buddha in the water
Buddha in the shade
Lions on guard
