Shopping and Praying
Yesterday we had the whole day off so we wandered around and shopped and took more pictures. This is probably the most religious place I have ever visited. The people are truly devoted to their beliefs. One of the things the religious people do in the morning is walk clockwise in a large circle around this temple and couple of blocks -(maybe a quarter mile in distance) hard to explain unless you see this mass parade. A very few devote people do it by sort of "inch worming" along and standing up in between. There are lots of cops and armed soldiers that monitor this behavior. In front of the temple is a short wall by the edge of the large cemented square. Cynthia was still in the picture taking mode (she has a new camera) so I sat down (remember altitude problems) ... No more than 2 minutes later a cop comes up and tells me "do not sit" even though there are many people sitting on the wall on the other side of the square --- guess I looked dangerous with my purse and camera. A little more paranoia setting in.