The "Deserted" Shrine on Boi Chau Lane
 
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Deserted shrine in Boi Chau Lane off Dien Bien Phu Road, southwest Hue.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Or maybe it's not deserted. Looking at the photos again, we don't see the debris-strewn floor nor the thick layer of dust that would indicate that the temple is deserted.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This youngster saw me snooping around the deserted (?) shrine, and thought I deserved something better, so he escorted me to the temple (next photo) further down the lane, around the bend. In the next photo.
 
 
 
 
 
I named the photo's file "garden temple," but "great Bo tree photo" would be just as good.
 
 
 
 
 
Not knowing the name of this temple, I call it the "garden temple," because of its lush flora.
 
 
 
 
 
A monk who resides at the garden temple. Apparently a very warm-hearted gentleman, but it was impossible to carry on more than a two-lline conversation because of our mutual ignorance of each other's language.
 
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