May 28-29 Youngmun Temple and Rotary initiation Yeoju and Seongnam

This picture is of the group negotiating a walk that's supposed to be good for your feet; all kinds of stones and logs. I tried it but it really hurt, so I just took the picture. But afterward your feet feel really good. It's on the way to Youngmun Temple, the one with the largest nut-bearing tree in the world that Dave has on his blog. Below that is a photo of some of the little rock piles that are everywhere around. I think people make wishes and put the rocks on them. Our guide started throwing stones, trying to knock the rocks off the piles!

In the evening we went to the president's inauguration ceremony for a women's Rotary club in Soengnam. Almost all the clubs in Korea on single gender. This ceremony was exceptionally elaborate, but we've been to several as I write this, and they are all formal, with a dinner afterward, and everyone gets gifts. Here's the president of the club presiding:

The district governor gives awards. The woman on the left is carrying the flowers he will give to the award winner.
New members initiation. The women at this event all wore traditional Korean dress, which is very beautiful.
Photograph of the club, the district governor (fourth from left) and district governor elect (third from right). They included me (left).