KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 2/29/2004

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The ceremony at the festival we dropped in on today in the town of Tram, just outside of Hanoi. The temple is dedicated to a Vietnamese general (Nguyen Cong) and his victory over the Chinese in 1543. This ceremony asks the general's permission to hold a		The outside of the temple. The two men outside are banging a drum and a gong.	Here we are seated with various officials from the town and the Party
This man is responsible for all the arrangements for the festival. We had a wonderful time with him.		A little ceremony where we made a contribution to the Pagoda (the money is being handed over to the resident monk). They also had their own official photographer who took pictures!	The resident monk. She took us into the pagoda and gave us a lesson (translated by Tan) in Buddhism.
Traditionally dressed women. We couldn't get them to smile for the camera, but they smiled as soon as the picture was taken!		This is a bomb crater located right next to the temple	Toasting before going "bottoms up" with our rice wine - we weren't given a choice!