Trip Around the World

Separated by 2 1/2 hours on the highway, Luoyang and Kaifeng are both former imperial capitals. In Luoyang, we visited the White Horse Temple and then spent some time at the Shaolin Temple, home of the most famous Kung Fu school. We had a chance to visit the temple and the amazing "Pagoda" forest

followed by a Kung Fu demonstration

Jordan and I even tried some of the monk's training equipment...

At the end of the day, we visited the carved Buddhas of the Longmen Caves

including the largest Buddha which is 25 feet in height

The following day, we visited Kaifeng, home of the best documented Jewish community in China. We met with a couple pf descendants of the community and learned of efforts to revive the community. We also visited the 700-year old Iron Pagoda