:: Sun Wukong and the Journey to the West ::

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(Left to right )
The Pilgrim Sanzang, is a monk of the Tang Dynasty.
Yu Long the White Horse is his faithful steed.
Sha Heshang, the Sand Monk, wields a double-headed staff of the crescent moon.
Zhu Bajie, The Pig of the Eight Restrictions, is master of thirty-eight transformations and wields a Nine-Toothed Iron Rake.
Sun Wucong, the Monkey King, Stone Macaque, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, knows seventy-two transformations and wields the Will-Following Staff.
Together they are journeying towards Jiu Jin Mountain in the Western Paradise, on a great pilgrimage to retrieve the True Scriptures from the Boddhisatva Guanyin.

"Truly a formidable band of pilgrims," says Dorje the Monk.
"Yes," agrees the Abbot, "But as you shall see, the obstacles in their path were formidable as well.
He pauses for a while, in the dark of the Prayer Hall. "Their story is long and has many parts. I will tell you only one.

"It begins ... in Nevada. West of Salt Lake City."

The van blows a tire. Way out nowhere. Desert.

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