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DAILY PHOTO: Firework Nightsky

Posted on September 3, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, City, Color, News, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged 80th Anniversary, 80th Independence Day, 80th National Day, Asia, city, Color, fireworks, Hanoi, night, Outside, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travel, Vietnam | 1 Reply

DAILY PHOTO: North Vietnamese Green

Posted on September 2, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, Color, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged Asia, Cao Bang, Color, Country, green, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, rural, Southeast Asia, tourism, travel, Vietnam | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Ban Gioc Waterfall

Posted on September 1, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged Asia, Ban Gioc, China, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Thac Ban Gioc, tourism, travel, Vietnam, waterfall | 1 Reply

DAILY PHOTO: Old Town Temple, Cao Bang

Posted on August 31, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, Buddhism, City, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Taoism, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged Asia, Buddhist, Folk Religion, Old Town Temple, photographs, photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Taoist, Temple, tourism, travel | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Cao Bang Sunrise

Posted on August 30, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, City, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged Asia, Cao Bang, city, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, river, Song Bang, Southeast Asia, Sunrise, sunup, tourism, travel, Vietnam | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Trấn Quốc Pagoda

Posted on August 29, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, Buddhism, City, photographs, Photos, pictures, Southeast Asia, Tourism, travel, Vietnam | Tagged Buddhist, city, Hanoi, Hồ Tây, Kim Ngư, Pagoda, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travel, Trấn Quốc Pagoda, Vietnam, West Lake | Leave a reply

PROMPT: Habit

Posted on August 28, 2025 by B Gourley

Daily writing prompt

What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?

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I poop. Surely, I would have exploded in my youth if I hadn’t developed the habit. I feel my quality of life as a human must be better than the quality of life of gut bacteria in wall-spattered fecal matter. At least I have the leisure and capacity to contemplate such things.