Petrigirl

I was there with my martial arts, Hwa Rang Do – it was a homecoming for the school and the Grand Master, Dr. Joo Bang Lee. I think it was the 5th day out of a 9 day trip, and we’d been on a bus for most of it. We were driving up the west side of the penninsula, I can’t be more specific about our location, unfortunately. We were on a curvy road pretty deep in the mountains, when we came around the bend into a valley that contained a small village. In the center of this village stood a statue of Buddha which had to be 30 feet tall; it was heads and shoulders above the rest of the bulidings and trees. It was gold in color and the sun’s setting rays captured it perfectly. I think I was the only one on the bus who saw it; many were sleeping or reading, some were just trying to get over their hangovers. I tried to get a picture, but at that moment my camera malfunctioned. By the time it was behaving, we were already around the next bend and up the side of another ridge. All I have of that beautiful moment is a really blurry photograph and an pristine memory.