Passing Time in Chiang Mai January 1st 2010 Video:
Umbrella Festival at Bor Sang
Bor Sang Umbrella and Sankampaeng Handicraft Festival:
Umbrellas made from Saa paper derived from mulberry tree bark as well as silk umbrellas
have been made at the village of Bor Sang for centuries. Every January they have a festival
to show off the umbrellas as well as other artisania.
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WHERE THE HELL IS JOHN D?
Points to Ponder:
Even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. Tom Robbins.
My trip hasn't been about sightseeing (although I've done that) as much as just being somewhere
When I listen to a person denigrating others, I judge the speaker. Let's hope everyone does. [Never judge someone by the opinion of another.
Better to judge the opinion-giver.]
A major source of misery is wanting things that contradict each other.
In the Vedas it's said, "Truth is One, but sages call it by ma... full info