At the temple there were local people worshipping Buddha by bringing offerings...

... burning incense and asking for blessings by the monks. I asked if they would be offended by all of us taking pictures.

I could only imagine that in the middle of one of our church services a bus load of foreigners coming in to take pictures of all of us. Our guide, Veronica, and yes that’s her English name, said they don’t care about us at all, because they believe Buddha has not called us to him; our heart has not turned to him and it’s his responsibility to do so. We were the only ones out of our whole group that did not kneel in front of Buddha for the monk’s blessing - it is a big tradition for families to have their babies blessed.

Later in the evening we ate at an American/Chinese restaurant and everyone enjoyed their meal. This was a first for our trip, usually someone does not like what they ordered.