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(BTW I like your sig line - who said that?)
William Congreve.
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You're welcome. Thanks for reading.
(BTW I like your sig line - who said that?)
Thank you so much for sharing with us your fascinating lives, and the beauty and heartbreak of a world that most of us will never experience!
You're welcome Buzz. Thanks.Thanks again for another great post Alilou!
Well I did warn about the market didn't I , but as a friend pointed out - who are the real 'barbarians' - the people who eat bugs and bats, or the people who bombed their country for nine years? I still can't quite wrap my head around those statistics - 100 bombs, every 8 minutes, for nine years. Now that's truly barbaric. Poor Laos.For this post. I concentrated more on the glorious orchids; and less on the market!
Thanks Kwanfan1818. I have such fun with photography. Maybe I'll make a book one day.Wonderful post on Laos and photos!!!!!!
I have a new post ready. This one is about a national park near Vientiane, Laos, a quite remarkable salt works, and a stomach-churning market. Be warned
There's also a new post about some blog awards we were given. Direct link: http://alisonanddon.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/awards-awards-awards/
Enjoy. Well you might enjoy the national park bit, but the markets maybe not so much
I follow, and comment on many other blogs these days. I find I really really miss the FSU emoticons. They are the best anywhere! So graphic and expressive.
The whole experience was eye-opening to say the least, and, yes, fascinating. I could see that what was so exotic, and disturbing, for us was just plain normal for them.
Thanks Maofan7. We've been to local markets all over India and SE Asia and I must admit this was the most . . .um . . .colourfulGreat post, and yes, a real eye opener. Thank you
Thanks skatesindreams. And you're right, there's never any guarantees no matter what kind of life you lead. We don't really want the cottage, not yet anyway. These storms come and go, and them we're back to realising how lucky and blessed we are.What a fascinating and beautiful adventure, alilou.
Please, thank Don for sharing his thoughts.
I'm sure that the "unknown" is worrisome at times; but, think of all you would have missed had you opted for that "cottage"!
No one can really predict the future, no matter how secure we feel.
There are never any guarantees.
Hmmm... not human beings??We love Laos - it's a very gentle country, even if the people will eat just about anything that moves.
Share your conversations and insights, please. Many many decades ago ... a friend gave me my first book on buddhism (I remember it was written by a Thai monk, and unfortunately I lost the book since). It was, IMO, well written because unlike many books which tell you the teachings but somehow unable to relate the teachings to normal or ordinary lives. It is from this book, that I finally grasped the abstract concept of 'nothingness'. What meditation method do you use, Allison? I don't meditate.. have tried ... but not successful. Too much of a roaming mind.I had great conversations with a monk in Burma, and with a couple of monks in Thailand. It's really fascinating - well for me anyway since I've been meditating for years, and drawn to some of the teachings of Buddhism.
I'm so hopeless - I don't remember what I talked about with the monks in Thailand We chatted for about one hour, one of them spoke English and translated since the other didn't. I'll get Don to check his notes later and see if he wrote anything about it. All I remember is that we learned the older monk had been a monk for 5 yrs and that he'd gotten all his tattoos before becoming a monk, and the younger one had been a monk since he was a child, and that it would be fine for us to come and listen to their evening chanting and join in their meditation which we did the following evening.Hmmm... not human beings??
Share your conversations and insights, please. Many many decades ago ... a friend gave me my first book on buddhism (I remember it was written by a Thai monk, and unfortunately I lost the book since). It was, IMO, well written because unlike many books which tell you the teachings but somehow unable to relate the teachings to normal or ordinary lives. It is from this book, that I finally grasped the abstract concept of 'nothingness'. What meditation method do you use, Allison? I don't meditate.. have tried ... but not successful. Too much of a roaming mind.