Golden Temple and Walmart

The Golden Temple in Kunming isn't really gold, but it certainly is made of bronze, and so are the walls, columns, rafters, roof tiles, altars, Buddha statues, and wall decorations. The metal is dark with tarnish and I didn't believe it was other than wood until I saw areas where the hands of visitors polished it bright.

Walmart in China is astounding. We walked through the grocery department where I saw vast arrays of prepared food, dried fruit snacks and Chinese sausages.