| | Tracey on the Phusi Hotel veranda at 5:30 a.m. |
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| | Tracey, Tim and Bill giving alms to the monks Photo 1 |
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| | Tracey, Tim and Bill giving alms to the monks Photo 2 |
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| | Tracey, Tim and Bill giving alms to the monks Photo 3 |
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| | A favorite market close to the market with monks collecting alms in the morning |
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| | What is this monk looking at? |
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| | At the hooded man who is an eccentric known in town and who popped into my photo |
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| | The monks go on and on and always walk barefoot, rain or shine |
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| | There's something ethereal about the monks collecting alms early in the morning |
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| | A group photo in front of the former royal palace, now royal palace museum |
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| | The Haw Pha Bang on the grounds of the royal palace |
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| | Our group attended a dance performance one evening at the royal palace |
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| | More dancers at the performance in the Royal Palace |
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| | From the Pha Lak Pha Lam, a dance-drama based on the Hindu Ramayana |
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| | At Wat Xieng Thong looking out from inside the funerary |
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| | The exquisitely carved gilded doors on the funeary carriage house |
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| | Buddha statues inside the funeary carriage house |
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| | The main sim at Wat Xieng Thong with the Tree of Life mosaic |
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| | Monk entering the sim for the early evening prayer/chanting |
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| | Looking inside the sim as the monks are chanting |
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| | A closer view of the monks inside the sim chanting |
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| | Another perspective of the monks chanting with Buddha looming large... |
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| | A monk at a wat praying solitarily |
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| | The monk on the right had just finished beating the ceremonial drum |
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