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thewanderingstraycat: April 2011
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Sunday, April 10, 2011. 280707 the quiet in the land. All photos in this post by K-san. Title of this post comes from this. Struck by the silence and emptiness of the southern end of Lane Xang Ave, a major road within the city centre, and the widest road the cat had seen in Laos.we could stand in the middle of the lanes to take photos. Can't imagine the stretch of Orchard Road outside the Istana in Singapore or Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris being this quiet when not closed off by traffic police.
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thewanderingstraycat: March 2011
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Sunday, March 27, 2011. 280707 Khua Din bus station. Some photos from 030807 included in this post. Conical hats = heavily laden vendors making their endless rounds of waiting passengers:. Can be hard to come across anything infrastructure-related in Laos that wasn't donated by some foreign government/NGO:. Tyre reincarnated as garbage receptacle:. Tagging cargo for the Lao-Thai international bus:. There were quite a few red passports among the maroon (Thai) and blue (Lao) ones on our bus. Laos has bundl...
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thewanderingstraycat: December 2010
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Sunday, December 12, 2010. Coffee journeys with Akha Ama Coffee, Chiangmai/Chiangrai. Is a little organic coffee enterprise started by a young Akha. Friend (Lee), to support the farmers in his village and neighbouring communities in the Mae Suai area of Chiangrai province. It aims to foster and support sustainable farming practices and help the farmers gain access to both local and international markets for their crop. It is also seeking to obtain fairtrade certification for their products. Labor day in ...
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thewanderingstraycat: August 2011
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Sunday, August 21, 2011. 280707 021209 Wat Nongbone - 05 misc. The place where cremations were held, as mentioned here. The coconuts must be good, for 'rungs' to be nailed on the trunk for easy access? A peaceful respite in central Vientiane - this section has the feel of a 'wat pa' (forest temple):. Remains of a stupa? 280707 021209 Wat Nongbone - 04 Pha Lak Pha Lam. Paintings on two of the buildings at the back of the temple compound:. Green monkey flanked by two mermaids:. In front of the other stairs:.
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thewanderingstraycat: March 2012
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Thursday, March 01, 2012. 27-290112 Ban Maejantai - 02. Random pics from around the village. Water filtration system by Engineers Without Borders USA's California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo student chapter. Many hilltribe villages in the upper north of Thailand have at least one signboard bearing the name of some foreign aid organisation or missionary group. Ban Maejantai was no exception:. Akha youth Powerful mind. Strong body Free from pollution. Done by TEAR Australia. Mimi mentioned...
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thewanderingstraycat: September 2010
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Saturday, September 11, 2010. Then it realised that the family had shifted over to this new hut they had built directly behind the house. In preparation for the dry season task of replacing the roof and making other repairs to the house. Materials for home improvment - wood:. Bales of imperata grass stacked in every spare corner:. To be folded and tied around lengths of bamboo:. Fresh bamboo piled outside:. 050107 the long (wrong) way to Ban Apa. Photo by the other HY. At Big Mama's house again:. At one ...
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thewanderingstraycat: January 2011
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Sunday, January 16, 2011. 071209 Wat Had Siaw 6 - meditation corridor. An interruption to normal programming - a 'special feature' series of posts on Wat Had Siaw in Chomphet district of Luang Prabang. Please see part 1. Of this series for background info on this place and the reason for this 'special feature'. Facing the viharn is the long narrow building for the practice of walking meditation:. Like the viharn, this structure is also crumbling - parts of the roof are gone:. Apologise for poor quality o...
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thewanderingstraycat: November 2011
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Monday, November 21, 2011. 16 Dec - SIN BKK (Pratunam, Siam). 17 Dec - BKK (Rattanakosin) Chiangrai. 18 Dec - Chiangrai Ban Apa. 19 Dec - Ban Apa Chiangrai (Rai Mae Fah Luang, Wat Dam) Ban Apa. 20 Dec - Ban Apa Chiangrai Chiangmai. 21 Dec - Chiangmai Phrae. 22 Dec - Phrae. 23 Dec - Phrae. 24 Dec - Phrae Chiangmai. 25 Dec - Chiangmai (Wualai walking street). 26 Dec - Chiangmai (Ratchadamnoen walking street). 27 Dec - Chiangmai. 28 Dec - CNX BKK SIN. 04 Jul - SIN NRT CTS Sapporo. 17 Jul - Otaru Sapporo.
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thewanderingstraycat: House exterior
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Sunday, August 15, 2010. Where the cat stays in Ban Apa. Photos from first visit in December 2004 and third visit in 2007. Every household has a bamboo fence around the compound. The gate is opened and closed by sliding the horizontal bamboo poles through holes in the 3 vertical poles (2 on left of gate, 1 on right):. Traditional Akha house built raised above sloping ground:. Pillars floor = wood, walls = split bamboo, roof = imperata grass tied to bamboo:. This village has running water :) Generous over...
