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Published: November 16th 2010
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Temple with thousands of little Buddhas in these little niches. As I pack my things to venture onto Thailand, I thought I'd post a few of my last photos and some thoughts on this wonderful country.
I highly recommend a visit, incredibly easy to travel and navigate. Language can occasionally provide some difficulties however in comparison to China, this has been a breeze. If you do include Laos in your travels, be prepared to stay in Luang Prabang for a while. It is such an amazing little place where the spirituality hangs thickly in the air. That city will remain in my thoughts and memories for life. One thing it took a while to realize is that no one honks their horns here. Not sure why it's taken me weeks to realize that having come from China where horn-blaring is the norm and very unnerving. Just peacefulness everywhere...
One other thing, every temple I visited (and there are a lot), there are many stray cats everywhere. But they are so docile, that if you stand in one spot for any length of time, they'll come find you. And when I say any length of time, that could be as short as 30 seconds. One temple, I stopped to take
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Trying not to 'temple' people out, just one more shot. a picture and had a little kitten lay across my foot, just climbed up on top of my foot and got comfortable. Another temple, I sat on a bench in a shaded spot, pulled out my book to read for a bit. This little cat comes out and was looking for some attention. He was hopelessly skinny, that just killed me; I gave him a bit of water but had nothing for food. So as I sat reading my book, he did as most pets will do, he crawled onto my lap and made himself quite comfortable. At one point, I had my book up in the air trying to read without disturbing the cat who was fast asleep on my lap. Quite funny, just not scared of anyone.
Okay, I've got to run. I'll drop another line later....
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cindyjones
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Honey, I love your notes, I r want you to travel forever so I can live thru you!! very cool stuff. love, Cindy