Buddhist Temple

On day three we traveled up the mountain to a majestic Buddhist temple that overlooked the ocean and fishing villages. When we arrived we bought red sticks of incense to burn for prayers. One of the old women dressed in black guided me to the alter and modeled the body position and hand movements for prayer. I watched and imitated as she kneeled, put her hands together in prayer, and bowed three times. Then she quietly lowered her hands and placed them palms down on the floor and turned them palm up creating a resting place for her forehead. We raised our heads and repeated these actions a total of three times. After prayer Stacy, Noel, and I grabbed a coin and made a wish at the wishing well. Your wish comes true if you toss the coin and it lands on the yellow earth at the bottom of the well.