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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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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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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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For Wat It’s Worth

montanaron — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:32:51 +0000

Here are a few more photos of my recent trip to Laos. These are shots taken of a couple of wats–Buddhist temples. I did an early morning walkaround one day while we stayed in Vientiane. Nai was still asleep, and I forgot to ask him later the name of the wat pictured below. I think [...] 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.

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