Stepping into Anakha one sticky, hot afternoon was like entering a time portal and reemerging on the set of Indochine. I had spent my day touring many of Luang Prabang’s temples and monasteries and even though I had already been acclimating my body to the heat and humidity through weeks in Myanmar, this day in […]
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Heirloom Pumpkins and Hmong Batik Inspired Jack O Lanterns
This second week in October, I’m starting to see more heirloom pumpkins and some jack o lanterns appearing everywhere. As I mentioned last week, this is my first October home in a few years and I am intending to make the most of it. Halloween is such a fun holiday and their are so many […]
Monk’s Bowl Village in Bangkok
This time last year, I was wandering the streets of Bangkok searching for the elusive Monk’s Bowl Village. I was really intrigued about finding the little family workshops that make bowls for alms collecting using traditional methods. It had a reputation of being tricky to find and it was. In Theravada Buddhism, monks and nuns […]