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Inside the National Museum court yard.  Visitors are not allowed to photograph the statuary housed inside the building.

Distant Relatives in Flesh and Stone

peter barnes - pdbarnes [375]

The National Museum seemed like a good place to get our cultural bearings. And it was, meaning it was the first in a long line of the unexpected in Cambodia.

Destinations: Phnom Penh | Cambodia
Topics: Culture | Economy | Travel | People | Photography | Art | War & Conflict | Ancient History
Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.

Loy Krathong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

Loy Krathong is a special festival celebration in Thailand in November. Float your sorrows away and release your hopes and dreams into the heavens.

Destinations: Pathum Thani province | Nonthaburi province | Mae Hong Son | Buriram province | Ko Tao | Sukhothai | Ko Phi Phi | Uttaradit province | Khao Yai National Park | Nakorn Chaisri | Phimai | Ko Phangan | Chonburi province | Lopburi | Ranong | Satun province | Nakhon Ratchasima | Lampang | Ko Sichang | Narathiwat Province | Hua Hin | Mae Sot | Khon Kaen province | Phetchaburi | Yasothon province | Surat Thani | Golden Triangle | Hat Yai | Songkhla province | Tak province | Thailand | Phang Nga province | Kanchanaburi province | Samut Songkhram province | Krabi | Nakhon Phanom | Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Chachoengsao province | Ko Chang | Khon Kaen | Chumphon | Ko Samui | Surin province | Chiang Mai | Nakhon Pathom province | Loei province | Nong Khai province | Phuket | Udon Thani | Ayutthaya | Kampaengphet | Ubon Ratchathani | Bangkok | Phitsanulok | Lancang-Mekong River | Nakhon Si Thammarat province | Chiangrai province | Ko Samet | Umphang | Rayong | River Kwai | Mae Sai | Ban Chiang | Savannakhet | Pattaya
Topics: Travel | Art | Ancient History | Festivals | Adventure | 20th Century History | Religion | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | For Kids
Dani village in the Kurulu area, Baliem valley, Papua Barat, Indonesia

Baliem valey's mummies

Carlo Ottaviano Casana - cocasana [40]

Wim Tok Mabel's mummy held by one of his descendant. Apparently the mummy is 362 years old. Wim Tok Mabel was a "big man" and everybody in the valley wanted his advices. Even nowadays somebody is...

Destinations: Malaysia | Indonesia | Singapore | Hong Kong | Mekong River | Cambodia | Laos | Burma | Indochina | Maldives | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Literature | 20th Century History | Art | Photography | People | Religion | War & Conflict | Ancient History | Animals | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | Working Abroad | Architecture

Vietnam Vintage: An Interview with William Mitchell

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,902]

William Mitchell has come a long way from his down-home beginnings in Raleigh, North Carolina. Now a resident of Yangon, Myanmar, this high school teacher, Asian antique collector, and author of...

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Working Abroad | Art | Shopping

A Brush with the Famous - Art in Vietnam

Susan Storm - sstorm [1,087]

The smirking canvas of the Mona Lisa rides pillion on Tran Minh Tam's motorcycle, as he roars through the streets of Ho Chi Minh city. It's strapped on with a rough elastic cord, and in the dust and...

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Art
Fishing boat on the Tonlé Sap River

A Day on Sisowath Quay

Graham Simmons - gsimmons [5,355]

It was with some trepidation that I ventured to visit Sisowath Quay, after an absence of a few years. Phnom Penh's main riverside boulevard was in my memory little more than a dusty lane, a...

Destinations: Phnom Penh | Cambodia
Topics: Culture | Travel | Art

Vietnam

Hans Kemp - hkemp [124]

Visit Hans' Web Site .

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | Photography | Art

Images of Vietnam

Kraig Lieb - klieb [743]

A story told with photos.

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | Photography | Art
That Luang

Getting Down in Laos, The Invented State

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

The Lao National Museum (LNM), located in the capital Vientiane, contains only a few exhibits dedicated to Laos before French colonization. These exhibits are generally dusty, shoddily made and...

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Culture | People | 20th Century History | Art | War & Conflict | Ancient History
Breakfast in Hoi An.

Vietnam: A Real Place

Douglas Legg - dlegg [133]

I grew up in a fervently anti-war household where the Vietnam War was ever present. In my mind, Vietnam was a jungle. Or it was Saigon and the fierce battles of the Tet Offensive. It was a place in...

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | Photography | Art
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