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Vientiane Boat Racing Festival

montanaron — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:46:34 +0000

The Vientiane Dragon Boat Racing Festival is one of the events marking the end of the Buddhist Lent period, which is called Ork Punsa in Laos and Thailand (read about it at the Buddhism Inter blog, at this Laos travel blog, or at Lao Voices). The race was held this past Thursday, Oct. 13th, along [...] Related posts:

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Out and About in Yeosu Part II

montanaron — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:34:20 +0000

Here are a few more shots of various Yeosu scenes. I suppose this post’s theme could be buildings and construction. There’s quite a lot of construction in the area as Yeosu prepares for the 2012 Expo. Naturally, most of the construction is centered around the Expo site, but there are other areas experiencing hotel and [...] Related posts:

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Boats and Churches

montanaron — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:29:15 +0000

Hmmm, boats . . . do I mean arks? No, not really. I was just going through some of my older photos, kind of cleaning the cobwebs out of the attic, so to speak, and came across a few shots of some boats I took. First up is one taken at the Tall Ship Festival [...] Related posts:

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Lazy, Lazy, Lazy

montanaron — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:58:08 +0000

Well, at least it seems that way as far as the length of time between posts lately, but I have been fairly busy writing lesson plans and teaching the classes. I finally have a few classes where all the students will be staying here throughout the summer, rather than shuttling between here and Tampa. Thus, [...] Related posts:

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