The Orange Robes of Laos in 10 Photos
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…
The Mekong, River of Life – a Photo Essay
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 | Still Life Series
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…
Alien Landscape
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…
World Cups and Contrast: Asia’s Wet and Dry Markets
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,…
The Orange Robes of Laos
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…
Beyond the Beyond
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" ponderers. What is beyond…
Peaceful Bali Rice Fields
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…
SUNDAY POST : Architecture
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…
Mystical Laos
“Householders, the homeless and monastics in mutual dependence both reach the true Dharma….” _ the Buddha Mysticism is at the heart of all religions, including Buddhism. To many Buddhist in…
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