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shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, japan

Part-time Pilgrims

Posted onSeptember 10, 2016October 27, 2016

There’s a wild, mountainous island in Japan called Shikoku, and there are 88 shrines encircling it. Each year, thousands of Pilgrims visit these 88 shrines. We cycled through Shikoku for a week and learned what we could. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsbridges, buddhism, camping, castle, cycling, islands, japan, kobo-daishi, monk, onsen, pilgrim, sento, shikoku, shingon, shrine, tavel, touring

Lanterns in Lampun

Lanterns in Lamphun

Posted onNovember 23, 2015June 21, 2016

A short tour of the city Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsavocado, cake, city wall, Kruba Srivichai, kuang river, lamphun, lantern, Loi Krathong, monk, park, pistachio, Queen Cham Thewi, stupa, tom yam sukhothai, wat, Wat Doi Te, Wat Phrathat Hariphunchai Voramahvihan

Felix becoming a monk at ThaBarWa Dhamma Centre, Yangon, Myanmar

Becoming a Monk

Posted onOctober 30, 2015July 3, 2016

Our friend Felix becomes ordained, and I interview him several weeks after he returns to the ‘world of human’. Read More …

CategoriesMyanmar, TravelTagsbuddhism, burma, dhamma, merits, monk, monks, myanmar, sanasa, thabarwa

Town Hopping – Battambang to Oudong

Posted onJuly 8, 2015July 3, 20162 Comments

In which a woman calls her husband ugly, and we see a dead monk. Read More …

CategoriesCambodia, TravelTagsbattambang, cambodia, currency, floating village, food, kampong chhnang, khmer rouge, krokor, missionary, monk, mummified, oudong, pursat, sontte wan

Climbing a big rock in Chiang Rai

Posted onMay 10, 2015July 3, 2016

In which curiosity pays off. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsbeach, chiang rai, hiking, kok river, monk, thailand, trekking, wat

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