Part 6 of 8 – (September, 2018) Everything felt less cheery after we left Nergui’s family. When the two herders taking a break in the field didn’t wave back, I got even…
Tag: Buddha
A Visit to the Grand Palace in Bangkok
The day we visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok, we woke up at 6:30 am so that we could catch the 7:30 ferry. It was already very warm when we went outside….
The Blue Temple of Chiang Rai
Wat Rong Seua Ten Map of Places Visited
A Private Boat Trip up The Mekong River
We started our two-day-one-night cruise on the Mekong River from Luang Prabang this morning. We arrived in Pak Beng, Laos around 5:30 pm and will be spending the night at a hotel…
Sunset on Mount Phousi
We climbed some steep stairs up to Mount Phousi for sunset. We saw many Buddha statues and shrines on our way up. There was a group of teenage monks applying cement onto…
Noy’s Restaurant
The morning we arrived in Vientiane we had been awake for close to 30 hours. After checking in to our hotel, we went to find food, but were too tired to go…
Buddha Park Fortune Telling
Here are a few pictures taken at Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan) yesterday, some with my camera and some with my phone. There were a lot of people sprinkling water on the…
The 32 Spirits of the Baci Ceremony
We hired a tuk-tuk to take us to a few of Vientiane’s more significant temples today. We chose to go on the second day of Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year) so…
Sabaidee Pi Mai!
From what I’ve read about Pi Mai Lao (the Lao New Year aka Songkran), April 13th is the last day of the old year, April 14th is a transition day that belongs…
Grabing Our Way Around Phuket
By the end of the day we had been upgraded to “Silver.” It’s not always reassuring to be upgraded after using the service for only two weeks.