by Sue Davies | Apr 14, 2018 | Asia, Indonesia, Temples
Best Yogyakarta Itinerary & Borobudur Tour Yogyakarta is a short 2-3 hour flight from Singapore. Since we had a free weekend, we decided to spend it in Yogyakarta. Three days is not nearly enough time for all of Yogyakarta. We concentrated on seeing the Temples...
by Sue Davies | Apr 9, 2018 | Asia, Hong Kong, Temples
At the end of Chinese New Year, hundreds of people come to Wong Tai Sin to pray for a good year and make offerings. It is one of the most popular Hong Kong Temples. For more on Hong Kong, see our posts on Hong Kong–a Culinary Adventure and Hong Kong...
by Sue Davies | Feb 23, 2018 | Asia, Photography
Sounds of the Night–Call to Prayer Borobudur The Call to Prayer in Borobudur at night can be a melodic call or a more monotone call. In this case, there were about 8 Mosques around our hotel in rural Indonesia. We heard multiple Calls to Prayer. The Calls...
by Sue Davies | Jul 20, 2017 | Asia, Sri Lanka, Temples
Sri Lanka-The Cultural Triangle I had been trying to convince Reggie for many years to visit Sri Lanka. We were finally going. We love temples and historical sites so we wanted to learn about the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom. Our trip started with several days in the...
by Sue Davies | Jul 14, 2017 | Asia, Sri Lanka
Laya hotel is right outside Yala National Park–one of the main game viewing areas in Sri Lanka. The hotel sits on the Indian Ocean. Here’s the view from our room. And we had visitors Cows! And a monitor...
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