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Five Days Cycling Taiwan’s West Side

Posted onJune 29, 20164 Comments

Our first taste of the Taiwanese countryside Read More …

CategoriesTaiwan, TravelTagsbicycle, buddhism, camp, camping, cycling, hsinchu, liuying, maitreya, miaoli, mountain, religion, taiching, tainan, taiwan, Taiwan Cycle Diaries, totoro, west side

Đại Ninh, catholic church, vietnam

The Father of Đại Ninh

Posted onJanuary 23, 2016July 8, 2016

We meet a priest and I learn a tiny bit about Vietnam’s Catholic past. Read More …

CategoriesTravel, VietnamTagsalexandre de rhodes, alphabet, catholic, church, Đại Ninh, ethnic minority, featured, koho people, Minh Mạng, Ngô Đình Diệm, Nguyễn Ánh, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, religion, vietnam

Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Cao Dai: A Religion We Didn’t Know Existed

Posted onJanuary 13, 2016July 8, 2016

Our brief experience with Cao Dai, an interesting aspect of Vietnam. Read More …

CategoriesTravel, VietnamTagsbuddhism, cao dai, Caodaists, Catholicism, Confucianism, god, religion, Taoism, tay ninh, vietnam, yin yang

Neak Ta Klang Moeung

A Muddle of a Ghost Story

Posted onJuly 4, 2015July 3, 2016

In which the King of Thailand believes in giant elephants. Read More …

CategoriesCambodia, TravelTagsarmy, battle, cambodia, chan reachea, elephants, festival, ghosts, history, klang moeung, legend, myth, pursat, religion, sacrifice, sdach korn, siam, siamese, war, Weird

Catching up with Thailand

Posted onJune 26, 2015July 3, 2016

In which you can look at many pictures that don’t relate to each other. Read More …

CategoriesCambodia, Thailand, TravelTagsborder crossing, buddhism, cambodia, camping, chantaburi, chiang dao, Chiang Mai, couchsurfing, food, ko pha ngan, mae salong, phayao, religion, si satchanalai, sukhothai, temple, tha ton, thailand, travel, wildlife

The Wats of Mae Chaem

Posted onApril 20, 2015July 3, 20161 Comment

In which we explore. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsbuddhism, mae chaem, monks, religion, stray dogs, thailand, travel, wildlife

Sticky rice for monks

Posted onApril 15, 2015July 3, 2016

In which merits are earned. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsbuddhism, monks, phayao, religion, thailand

“One of god’s own prototypes”

Posted onApril 14, 2015July 3, 20162 Comments

In which we cement the pit of a strange man. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsEnvironment, gardening, permaculture, plants, religion, thailand, Weird, WWOOF

Thanyaburi and a bit of Bangkok

Posted onApril 10, 2015July 3, 2016

In which we learn that authentic boat noodles aren’t actually served in minuscule portions, despite the fact that Malaysians seem to think they are. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsbangkok, buddhism, couchsurfing, food, religion, thailand, travel

Bell tower atop the pagoda in Hat Yai

Transitioning through Hat Yai (again)

Posted onApril 10, 2015July 3, 2016

In which I don’t hit that giant bell. Read More …

CategoriesThailand, TravelTagsbuddhism, food, hat yai, language, religion, thailand, travel

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