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Friends From Home, Skylines and Giant Buddha Statues in Hong Kong

After eight months with no visitors, Karen (Carrie’s childhood friend), Ben (who Carrie used to nanny for) and Michelle (Karen’s friend) all coordinated the start to their backpacking trips to meet up for a few days in Hong Kong. It was great to have the company, though all of us …
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Cities, Highlights, Hong Kong and Macau, Skylines, Racial Tension, Buddha Statues and Good Friends in Hong Kong | Tagged Buddha, buddhism, buildings, Chungking Mansions, City, Hong Kong and Macau, Monastary, monastery, Skyline, Tall Buildings | 2 Comments

Golden Dagobas, Forest Monasteries and Motorbiking in the Rain

The day after our cooking class we rented a motorbike and headed to the outskirts of Chang Mai to visit a couple of temples that would have cost us 5x more to visit by tuk tuk. Our first stop was the Wat Doi Suthep: a monastery atop a mountain centered …
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Jungle Treks, Cooking Classes and Meditating at a Monastery in Chang Mai, Religion, SouthEast Asia, Thailand | Tagged Buddha, buddhism, Chang Mai, Dagoba, Meditation, Monastary, Stupa, thai, Thailand | Leave a comment

The Hornets are Buzzing at Sigiriya

Sigiriya became the final stop on our Ancient Cities tour after we visited the front gate on our first day and were told we could only climb halfway up due to a hornet infestation atop the fortress. It seemed that some school kids threw rocks at their nests 10 days …
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by Greg Goodman