Haha, just came across your blog. Great memories of seeing the dogs when visiting the Buddha. When we saw the village I felt guilty about all of the tourism that took over this once peaceful place. Then I saw the happy monks, laughing at a table at Starbucks.
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What a contrast. Great photo.
I love these contradictions.
Haha, just came across your blog. Great memories of seeing the dogs when visiting the Buddha. When we saw the village I felt guilty about all of the tourism that took over this once peaceful place. Then I saw the happy monks, laughing at a table at Starbucks.
We had a monk wish us a “Merry Christmas” in Laos. We got a kick out of it.