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Wat Traimit

montanaron — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:51 +0000

As I indicated in the previous Chinatown post, I did have enough time to tour Wat Traimit, one of the big attractions of Chinatown. According to the link on that post, the Golden Buddha in Traimit is the world’s largest solid gold Buddha image, weighing in at 5.5 tons and standing 15 feet tall (although [...] Related posts:

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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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Two Sides of the Mekong

montanaron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:23:39 +0000

I stayed a few short days in both Nong Khai, Thailand, and Vientiane, Laos. I mainly hung out along the Mekong River, and both cities have built up their respective riverbanks.

Nong Khai hasn’t changed all that much in the year since I’d last been there. It’s a pleasant walk along the river, where [...] Related posts:

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Buddha’s Birthday and Other Holidays

montanaron — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:35:57 +0000

It’s kind of holiday “season” here in Yeosu. From May 5th through June 9th, there are four holidays, all of them on weekdays, so no work on those days. Unfortunately, we have to make up the classes that we miss because of those days off, a demand by the university that irks me to no [...] Related posts:

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A Death in the Family

montanaron — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:27:55 +0000

After a year-long struggle, my friend Nai’s mother succumbed to an illness last Friday night. I posted last May that the doctor had given her just a few months to live, but she held on this long, although she was often in great pain.

I still don’t know what took her life, but I suspect [...] Related posts:

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Buddhist Lent and Merit Making

montanaron — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:59:39 +0000

Today marks the beginning of the 3-month long Buddhist Lent period, known as Khao Pansa (or Phansa or Vassa). It occurs at the start of the rainy season, and it’s the time when Buddhist monks return to their home monasteries, there to remain for the remainder of Lent. It’s also a time when ordinary folks [...] Related posts:

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Jasan Park

montanaron — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:50:26 +0000

To continue, somewhat belatedly, from my prior post, I was at the top of the hill where Jasan Park is situated, near Odong Island. Here’s a view of one of Yeosu’s residential areas. Notice the odd-looking structure, the white building, in the upper left.

Here’s a cropped, zoomed-in shot.

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Hyangiram Fire

montanaron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:22:37 +0000

In addition to the collapse of the mosque in Meknes, Morocco, there was a disaster at another house of worship with which I’m familiar. Luckily, there were no injuries in this particular misfortune, an unfortunate fire at Hyangiram in Yeosu. I’ve posted before about Hyangiram Temple. It’s one of the locations where I went on [...] Related posts:

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Buddhist temple murals

montanaron — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:09:46 +0000

I’ve been going back through some of my newer and not-so-new photos of Yeosu that I haven’t posted to the blog or in the Photo Gallery, so I’m going to put them up here over the course of the next several posts.

These first ones are a couple of shots of murals at the Hyangiram [...] Related posts:

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Bangkok–July 21

montanaron — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:10:33 +0000

Once more in the Big Pineapple, after an easy one-hour flight from Phuket, I finish my vacation on Saturday–all too short. I’m still waiting to hear about a job, but it seems like I may wait forever. Fortunately, there are many jobs to be had in Korea and in Thailand or Laos. My options are [...] Related posts:

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