We are officially blessed

Today (well, yesterday actually, but we did not get our blog posted last night) we had the chance to visit the Six Banyan Temple which is a Buddhist Temple located in Guangzhou. We took part in a baby blessing ceremony to have Natalee blessed by the head monk. It was a neat experience. After the temple we went to the Carefore, which is basically a Super Wal-Mart, but based out of France or somewhere, and then got some carryout from Papa John's for lunch. The pizza was good, but we did not get any of the garlic dipping sauce, so it just wasn't quite like home. Today we are going to walk over to the Qingping Market and the Pearl Market for some shopping. This is the pagoda at the Six Banyan Temple. It is 9 stories hight from the outside, but 17 stories from the inside. A few of us (guys, of course) went up to the top of the pagoda which had some pretty neat views from the top. And it was much easier to climb than the Great Wall (still no elevator though, the ADA must be a foreign concept to the Chinese!).

These are the three Buddah statutes in the main hall. Each one is made of solid bronze, probably 20 feet high and weigh a bunch (sorry, still not paying very close attention to the tour guide when she said what they weigh).

This is a thing that you can throw money in for good luck (pretty sure it had a name too). You have throw the money in through the round hole at the top and judging by the luck most people were having doing it, Yao Ming is the only one who plays much basketball in China.

Back at the room Natalee was all smiles while Tonya was tickling her.

It was just a little bit humid today as we toured the temple. Natalee's head kept popping off, so I had to hold it on for a while until the glue stuck.

Family photo in front of the good luck thingy. I need to start paying more attention to what stuff is called.