Sunday Fun Day

I really like Sundays here in Taiwan. Every Sunday, I've done something different and super fun. This Sunday was no exception. Sunday afternoon I went to this little city called Lukang with my teacher friend Julie. It was about a 15 minute scooter ride away. I went to two beautiful temples while I was there. The first temple we went to is called Chenghuang Temple, and it is small but gorgeous. The lanterns that were everywhere was my favorite part. Here are some pictures:

The temple at night

Temples have the prettiest ceilings

The walls outside the temple

The other temple we went to was much bigger and it is called Tien Ho Temple. It was STUNNING. I learned how to pray properly at the temple. According to an adorable little boy who taught me, you think about your name and age and then wish/pray for something. After that, you bow three times and put three incense sticks in the ornate incense pot (I know there is a better word than pot but I can't think of one). There were five of these pot-like things throughout the temple, so you start out with 15 incense sticks and place three in each pot. It was a very relaxed and therapeutic experience. There is a special god for each year, and a nice Taiwanese man helped me find the god for my birth year, 1991. Here are some pictures of Tien Ho Temple:

This god is the god of 1991

My favorite part of the temple was the area that was for worshipping the love god. It was beautiful. We left offerings because we were told it will give you luck in love. Here are all the pictures I took of the area dedicated to the love god:

Love God Shrine

Love god

Beautiful wall

Ceiling of the love god area

Here are some other random pictures of Lukang, and a few of the purchases I made:

Lukang

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Gourds are good luck

New rings and bracelets!

Sundays are always fun for another reason. Every Sunday, my friends and I go to the Thai/Vietnamese part of town and hang out with a big group of Thai guys. It is so much crazy fun. They act like we are celebrities. It's really fun and silly. They just take pictures with us and tell us how beautiful we are and that we should go visit Thailand. I've earned some street cred with them because of my tattoos, and the fact that they think I'm a "rocker" chick. They call me "little sister". Here are a few pictures of my Thai guys:

It was a jam packed day but it was amazing. It definitely put me in the mood to have a good week.