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Again, we didn’t get to tour the town of Asheville, North Carolina. This is a charming little town where time seems to stand still, as you can see that even McDonald looks retro.
This made me think of Luang Prabang, Laos where modernization has not touched but embraced what’s already there, below is a photo of Wat Xieng Thong, one of the most beautiful Buddhist Temples in my opinion.
The Rose garden is kind of bare at this time of the year, I missed the Rose peak season and maybe I’ll have better luck next year.
But there are still a few blooms left for me to admire.
I love blue sky, but could never figured out how photographers get their skies to be this blue, and thanks to the tip from Scott Thomas Photography. These were taken with a polarizing filter, and not photoshop.
Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and at Biltmore House, the Christmas tree lights were lit on Friday November 6, we got to visit yesterday. I’ve more photos and will post when I have more time.
I was inspired by a comment made by Abbas, “He has set free the two seas meeting together. There is a barrier between them. They do not transgress. ” (Quran, 55:19-20) on the Water: The Two Colors River post, I found that it’s not only in Laos and Thailand that have the two colors river, but in other parts of the world as well, this one is very profound, it is the meeting of the waters Rio Negro and the Rio Solimoes in Manaus, Brazil, photographs by Global Nomad1 at Flickr.
According to Global Nomad1, the dark water from the Rio Negro gets its color from the humic acids of decomposing forest litter. The muddy waters of the Rio Solimoes originate in the Peruvian Andes, where erosion contributes huge quantities of sediment. The two rivers meet near the city of Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo taken from ~ 3,000 ft on Jan 30, 2008, photo Source.
This is a translated article based on a real life story from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Mr. Nhandom from Lampang in Thai Language, translated by Nye.
[Definition: “Nung” in Thai and Lao language has two meanings, one being the DVD movies, or another as dried Buffalo skin, the usage of the word “Nung” can be confusing, the meaning depends on how it’s being used.]
I live in San Diego California, and have a friend that’s a young lady from Laos, her name is Vankeo. At the end of 2008 (Thai year 2551) Vankeo had to return to Laos after only been living in America for 2 years because her father became very ill, he was diagnosed with the last stage of cancer. She had so many obstacles prior to returning home, and the worst part was the plane ticket.
She bought her plane ticket from a Lao tour company that she saw their commercial on Lao TV broadcast from California. On the day of her traveling, she arrived at the airport but couldn’t check in because the last name on her plane ticket and her passport didn’t match. It’s true that she lacked the experience, and the tour company didn’t help her any.
At the end, she had to return the plane ticket without any refund and had to purchase another ticket from another company, which this time the owners of the Thai restaurant that she works for had helped made the arrangement to purchase the plane ticket for her, even then, her travel was delayed for 4-5 days and she missed her only chance that she couldn’t turn back the time. Her father passed away while she was on the airplane, but if she were to travel the day of her first booked ticket, then she would have enough time to say her final goodbye. She didn’t want anyone to make the same mistake as her and be the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th…case because when she returned to her birthplace this time, she thought that she would get to see her father for the last time. But things happened, she took care of her business then returned back to America.
Vankeo arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport with 2 briefcases, she went through the immigration check point with much difficulty since she is very petite and traveled by herself, even though she was 27 years old, but she looks 19-20. They checked her luggage, but no one knew what had happened to her that day until she returned to her home in San Diego. She then came back to work the following day.
Video by Andrez
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