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To Mr Huevo's Homepage |
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October
marks the end of the Buddhist Rainy Season Retreat,
an important day in Thailand and neighboring Laos |
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It's a beautiful time of year for a bicycle trip along the Mekhong River
as traditional preparations are being made for the annual festival of Awk Phansaa |
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Monks make a hot air balloon that will be sent aloft to mark the end of the Rainy Season Retreat |
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Dawn illuminates a peaceful Laotian temple |
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At a temple in Chiang Khan
a layman prepares a Phrasaat Peung
an elaborate structure of bees wax
in which a statue of Buddha will be paraded
in the annual procession. |
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Schools are closed for semester break
Young novices
and village children alike
are happy to be away from their studies
for a while |
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This bamboo structure will become a "fireboat" on the night of
the Awk Phansaa festival |
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Natural stone linghams are enshrined in front of a temple in Thailand's Loei Province |
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Tributaries of the mighty Mekhong offer refreshment and natural beauty |
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Phu Tawk...
a monastic mountain
Located about 20 kilometers south
of the Mekhong in Nong Khai province this stunning setting for meditation was founded by the late Luang Phaw Juan. |
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You don't have to be a Buddhist or a meditator to learn some visceral lessons from Phu Tawk's precarious walkways |
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Night settles on the river...The End |
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