In the dim, sepia light of a sunless dawn, a lone fishing boat slips across the South China Sea, swallowed by a fog thick with legend. Jagged peaks loom like ancient beasts, and the water beneath conceals shifting dangers. Guided only by instinct and a lifetime of seaborne whispers, the fisherman charts a course through a world where sea and sky forget their names.
The Orange Robes of Laos Every morning at dawn, heads shaved and barefooted, the monks and novices pour out of the thirty-some Buddhist Temples to begin their Alms Walk through…
Revision of an earlier post The Mekong River delta covers a large portion of southwestern Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the South China Sea. Daily life revolves around the Mekong and many villages are…
Mahjong is a very popular tile-based game developed in China during the Qing dynasty during the mid to late 1800s. It quickly became popular throughout Asia and was brought to…
Recently, during the final hours of a very long flight from Detroit to Seoul, Korea, I was getting restless. The twelve-hour flight had been delayed another 5.5 hours in Detroit because…
Traditional markets in much of Asia are often two markets in one. The Wet Market is where fresh meats and produce are purchased and the Dry Market is where clothing,…
There are some thirty-four active Buddhist Temples or Wats and an estimated 2,000 monks in and around Luang Prabang, Laos. Boys as young a ten years old can enter a…
Most of us are a curious sort. Always wondering what's next, what's over there, what's around the curve in the road. Some of us are "Big Picture"Â ponderers. What is beyond…
When I think of peaceful I think of the ancient rice fields of Bali. Idyllic, serene, peaceful and more. A spiritualness too. The cycle of planting and harvesting of the rice fields is a…
Let's face it, I just am not a big city guy. Especially the huge, modern mega-cities. They intimidate me. Too crowded, too fast moving, too much glass and steel. Changing…