The river dips under Chelsea Bridge, past Battersea Park's Japanese pagoda and the Houses of Parliament.
On the way to La Pagoda for dinner, Zhu picked up a local real-estate circular.
So now we have the last and most significant clue to the mystery of the Japanese pagoda.
One further oddity needs resolving before one can pinpoint the source of the pagoda's stability.
Tens of thousands were expected to attend the celebration near the golden Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon.
From one overlook in Higashiyama, the wooden, 15th-century Yasaka Pagoda, at 49m high, juxtaposed the modern 131m Kyoto Tower.
High atop a nearby hill rises the famous Tzuen Pagoda, built by Chiang Kai-Shek to honor his mother.
The building uses traditional Chinese window-lattices up its high-rise facade, and is topped with a tiled pagoda-like roof.
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Under the unwalled reception pagoda, frozen towels and glasses of gelid melon puree are put into our hands.
On that day, before her waitressing shift, she and a co-worker went to visit a pagoda in Siem Reap.
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The site houses more than 40 listed buildings and structures including the Palm House, Temperate House, Orangery and Pagoda.
So the weight as well as the size of the eaves must be a clue to the pagoda's ability to survive.
The homes were located above shops at a marketplace that caters to the nearby pagoda, selling monks robes and begging bowls.
But that destruction has largely been forgotten as tourists flock to the newly renovated pagoda complex, where elaborate halls and temples venerate the Buddha.
As part of the restoration, features will be restored at the Green in Silloth, including the Victorian Pagoda and Edwardian public toilets.
There, Lida noticed a beautiful foreign woman visiting the pagoda with a very attractive man, whom Lida presumed to be her husband.
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His name was Frankie Pagoda and he had just been catapulted across his yard like a human cannonball and landed badly in ours.
He writes clearly, if not elegantly, about Rangoon's rise from a religious center dominated by the glorious Shwedagon Pagoda to a bustling port.
Whether at the Dhammayazika Pagoda in Bagan or Mandalay Hill in that city, locals enjoy watching sunrises and sunsets as much as tourists.
Another feature that makes a pagoda unlike a tree is that, curiouser and curiouser, its individual storeys are not actually attached to one another.
Then he tied the rope to the top of the tree and Gary tied the other end to the winch on Mr. Pagoda's tow truck.
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Built in 2008 to showcase the Buddha's teaching, the pagoda is the world's largest unsupported dome structure, pieced together using an ancient technique of interlocking blocks.
Many Burmese felt the country's thuggish junta crossed a line last September, when its soldiers opened fire on monks leading protests against its rule including some beside the Sule pagoda.
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Wake up early and do a three-faith pilgrimage, stopping at the Global Pagoda off the Borivali station, and Haji Ali Mosque and Mahalaxmi Temple in Mahalaxmi.
Beginning in Phnom Penh, with a stay at Raffles Hotel, the first few days are spent exploring the city's sites, including the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda.
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The Silloth Green project has given the area, which is a focal point for the town, a facelift and includes restoring the Pagoda and creating an events area.
One diplomat told CNN that a Western witness had reported seeing about 35 bodies lying in rows on a street near Sule Pagoda, with civilians praying over them.
With its prime location on Sule Pagoda Road, the most expensive street in Rangoon, Sakura Tower is the oldest and among the highest-priced office blocks in the city.
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