This promontory led up to another small temple.

Funky hyena god gets his own doghouse.

Back in town.

The Nine Cannons

These cannons sit outside of the Imperial Citadel, which is a HUGE place.  About as big as the Forbidden City in Beijing, many square miles of crumbling glory.

Ngo Mon Gate.

Monks get their picture taken outside Ngo Mon Gate.

The yellow scaled tiger.

Work always follows Sarah.

Actually, she only got one or two calls during this weekend trip.

This one time a yellow scaled tiger got stuck in the Tardis.

The Nine Dynastic Urns

The Emperor's Reading Room

The "reading room" turns out to be a two-storey building surrounded by extensive gardens.

I am a sucker for huggable demonic statuary.

According to Elizabethan apothecary ju-ju, geraniums are for stupidity.

In this pic, you can actually see Sarah getting dumber.

Luckily, the effect wore off later in the day.