Taoist Temple Bao An

I have a lot of photos from Bao An. Equipped with my new Nikon DSLR, I find myself taking hundreds of photographs a day. I guess I don't really know which ones to post or not. Also, Because of spacing and weird blogging issues, I think it is better to only post about 5 photos on one post. This means that I will have multiple pages for each place I go....maybe not good....maybe good....not sure...but definitely tedious....hmmmm... Anyway, here are some more from Bao An. Enjoy!

A mural at Bao An Temple. The walls of the temple are elaborately decorated with murals which are depictions from popular folk lore. It is kind of like how some churches have the stages of the cross, or other Bible stories painted on the walls.

Offering on the altar of a Taoist temple. Taiwanese people will often leave elaborate offerings on the altar of temples.

This lantern is above the entrance to Bao An temple. I really dig all the lanterns, especially when they are lit up.

Cute Baby. I saw this baby walking around the temple grounds. I thought he was cute. I also thought this turned out to be an interesting composition.

This old man was riding a bike near Bao An temple. I like photos of people. And yes, he is shirtless in the city. hmmm....

Pictures of Antigua, Guatemala

These are photos from Antigua, Guatemala. I stayed in Antigua for about a month. For more about my travels in Guatemala visit my blog at: http://www.ladythetramp.com

(This is a photo of carved wooden flutes. Indigenous street vendors sel these all over Guatemala.)
(This is a photo of one of the catholic church ruins in Antigua. Antigua was founded in the 1500's and still has the spanish colonial architecture to prove it!)
(Another photo of one of the catholic churches in Antigua. This one actually has a roof!)
(This catholic church is still in use. Many Mayan women congregate around this church because it has a beautiful courtyard.)
(This is a photo of a statue on the church.)
(This is a photo of the Agave Cactus plant. This is what they make tequila out of!)
(This is a very swanky tourist bar in Antigua, Guatemala.)
(This is a delivery bicycle with a sort of basket thing on the front.)
(The buses in Guatemala are all painted and pimped out. These chicken buses are pretty dangerous though!)
(Beautiful caged canaries)

Bike Journey in Portugal

Wade and I went to Portugal for a bike adventure. We bought Bikes in Lisbon and rode off into the sunset along the coast. For more on this adevnture visit Wanderjahr Jill's Bicycle Adventure



This is our basic camping set-up in Portugal. One tarp on the bottom, one tarp on the top, and sleeping bags in between.


This is a photo of a beach outside of Setubal; where we stopped to spend the day sun bathing and relaxing.



This is a photo of the highway that we rode on along the coast of Portugal. There are not many cars, so it is a safe choice for bike riding.

The many rivers along the coastline of Portugal require many ferry crossings.



This is a photo of another ferry boat in Portugal.

This is a photo of my bicycle before I started out. It is all packed and ready, but I soon found out it was entirely too heavy and wobbly to ride. I made panniers out of a couple of bags, and used an old milk crate for a basket.


Wade is excited about heading out!


Wade is carrying less stuff, but it was still too heavy of a load.



Bald on the ferry.


Taking a break at a Miradoura in Portugal.