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…
Tag: New Year
Are You Ready to Get Wet?
I’ve been asked a hundred times if I’m ready, and I’ve been told a thousand times to put my hands up today by DJs around town. “Are you ready?!” “Put your hands…
A Toast to Ang Pau on New Year’s Eve
One of the customs during Chinese New Year is the giving of “lai xi” (lucky money), or “ang pau” (red envelope), by married people to unmarried people.
The Dohány Street Synagogue Tour
His grandfather burnt all the family’s papers in order to hide their Jewish identity to protect the few that survived. Our guide only found out he is Jewish at 15.