Day 13 - Leaving the temple

I forgot to comment on this picture in my last blog, so I have posted it again. It is so strange looking it deserves some explanation. These cartoon characters are cut out plywood and are about a meter high. From here on we saw them at every temple. They seemed to be some sort of cooperative advertising to get people out to the temples.

Now that our little friend has been explained, I will return to the scenery. This shows the coastline that is viewable from the temple grounds. As with most temples, Temple #24 was high on a mountain.
Although we had climbed up to the temple on a path through the woods, the way down was on a paved road. However, the mountainside was so steep that the road was just a series of hairpin turns and many of the turns had to be on bridges, because the land fell away so fast. Walking down was not easy. The road was extremely steep and our toes were crammed against the fronts of our shoes. By this point the toenail on my little toe of my left foot was falling off and the whole toe was swollen and covered with blisters. It hurt like Hell.
This was the view out the window of our lodging for the night.
The sunset was very pretty.