During our stay in Ho Chi Minh City, Joe and I visited the Cao Dai (pronounced “cow dye”) Great Temple in the city of Tay Ninh, located about 2 hours northwest of HCMC on the Cambodian border. The temple was an extraordinary experience of architecture, sculpture, color, sound, and spirit. Our small tour bus arrived at the Cao Dai Holy See (the complex which houses the temple, administrative offices, residences, and a well known hospital of traditional Vietnamese herbal medicine) around 11:30 a.m., just in time for us to observe the noon prayer session - one of 4 daily ceremonies [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to Joe and Nancy’s Southeast Asia blog. We're calling our little adventure “The Re-humanization Tour.” Thanks to the graciousness and generosity of our good friends, Sandy Sands and Constance Wise, our trip got off to a fine start at 3:30 am on Wednesday May 27 (Joe’s birthday). After about 24 hours of travel, we arrived in the very cosmopolitan and technologically sophisticated city of Hong Kong, China and rode a high-speed train from the airport to Hong Kong Island. We spent three fascinating days in the city giggling at the funny food (egg and macaroni so [View Full Entry]

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