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Yeosu Expo 2012-Belgium Pavilion

montanaron — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:39:35 +0000

Depending on the time of day (I think after 2 p.m.) when you walk into the entrance to the Belgium Pavilion, you’re offered a cookie and a piece of chocolate. It’s really a nice introduction to this small, but charming pavilion. Oddly, I haven’t taken a photo of the outside entrance, but the next time [...] Related posts:

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Yeosu Expo 2012-Angola Pavilion

montanaron — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:08:12 +0000

Angola Pavilion Entrance

OK, so here’s my first pavilion review. Let me state that these are just my opinions and others may have different thoughts about individual pavilions, so caveat emptor, so to speak.

I was going to give a grade to each pavilion, but, me being a teacher, that seems too pedantic. I’ll [...] Related posts:

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Laos Friends

montanaron — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:26:50 +0000

OK, one final post with photos from my vacation in Laos and Thailand back in December. I put up some children’s photos last time, so this one has a few photos of adults.

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Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Nong Khai

montanaron — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:25 +0000

So, if you read my previous posts about Wat Traimit and Bangkok, you probably know that I took the overnight train to Nong Khai, in northeast Thailand, just across the Mekong River from Laos. If I recall, this train used to run, more or less, on time; perhaps it was late, but usually no more [...] Related posts:

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Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Bangkok’s Chinatown

montanaron — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:00:02 +0000

In all my previous visits to Bangkok, I’d never visited Chinatown, except for a crazy tuk-tuk ride on my way to another area several years ago. I’ve read and heard that this section of Bangkok is one of the city’s most interesting and fascinating to visit. Here’s what Lonely Planet has to say about it:

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Back to Work

montanaron — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:13:01 +0000

After enjoying more than a week off while the students took mid-term exams, I go back to work tomorrow. I didn’t do a whole lot during the time off, but I did get up to Seoul for a few days; I needed to get some more pages added to my passport. I wouldn’t have needed [...] Related posts:

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Yeosu Indoor Fish Market

montanaron — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:00:33 +0000

Here are a few photos taken in one of Yeosu’s indoor fish markets last April, which just goes to show how timely I am at posting some of my shots. The fish markets are located in the area of town where there are dozens of folks selling vegetables, fruit, fish and other staples in a [...] 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.

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Thai Planes, Trains and Mototaxis

montanaron — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:31:55 +0000

This is the first post, then, about my recent vacation in Thailand and Laos. Let me say congratulations, though, to Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the winning party in Thailand’s recent election, future Prime Minister and sister of deposed ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra. Hopefully, the election will help to unite the country and heal the wounds caused [...] Related posts:

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Korean Seafood Soup

montanaron — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:29:04 +0000

One of the highlights of our annual Vision English class field trip is the awesome lunch that we’ve always had. This year was no different, and, as a matter of fact, we ate at the same restaurant that we patronized last year. Again, we had a marvelous seafood soup–haemul tang (haymool tahng). It’s more like [...] Related posts:

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