Day 257 - Finding a little goose ... ... pagoda

Having already spent 3 days here, we had done all the major sites of the city, so today we just wandered around seeing what we could find on the way to our singular actual destination of the day: the Little Goose Pagoda. When we arrived at the pagoda we were happy with our decision to go to this less visited pagoda, not only because it was beautiful and set in really pretty grounds, but also because we almost had the entire place to ourselves! The pagoda was originally built in 707-709 to house buddhist scriptures from India, and is located in the Jianfu Temple grounds. It was 15 levels high (totalling 43m), however after being hit by an earthquake in the 16th Century the top crumbled off.
While inside the complex we took our time walking around, we even climbed up to the top of the pagoda, which is thankfully now structurally sound after restoration in the 1960s. A brand new museum is also on site and while wonderfully done, it struggled to hold our attention and we were soon sitting in a restaurant for a late lunch.

Filled up it was shopping time! We ventured back to the Muslim Quarter and strolled around the markets in search of a bargain until we managed to get the price we wanted for something to send home to our favourite little guy and a couple of our very own miniature terracotta warriors to take home!!

After dining at our local, we farewelled them and thanked them for the delicious food they served up to us over and over again. Once again when we walked in the door, it was so nice to see them recognise us and see the happiness in their faces that we had come back!

Adlibing a broken pagoda.