It was time for our Sunday outing again, so we piled into the van and set off to sights unknown. We ended up at the river’s edge, where we took a boat across to an ancient village. The village had a Buddhist temple at the head of it, that had been rebuilt on the same foundation several times over the past 1000 years. This is the temple gate:

A few of the statues inside, until my camera battery died.


We also strolled around the village, which still has residents. I got to pull the pail up from a deep, deep well that was very, very old. The water was beautifully cool and crystal clear.

The notches are from centuries of pulling ropes up from the well.
Parts of the village were constructed at different times, this gate dates from the 1700’s.

As usual we ended the trip with a dinner at a somewhat fancy restaurant. We like these opportunities to try foods that we would never had ordered, because our translators take care of all that for us. My newest discovery that is quite tasty and has a nice crunchiness is lotus flower root.