Secret Picture #1

Absolutely no photography is allowed in the catacombs—so I have to take my pictures from the hip, and very stealthily. The place is dank and dark and awesomely creepy. The catacombs are dug out from tufa rock and are lined with little rectangular coves where bodies used to be stored. The guide gets a kick out of telling Min-ahn that the reason that there aren’t any bones left in one tomb is that rats ate them. I kind of want to be able to explore but we have to go up after the tour is done.