DAILY PHOTO: Luang Prabang High Speed Rail Station

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DAILY PHOTO: Black Stupa, Vientiane

That Dam Stupa (no, that is not a misspelling of a vulgarity)

They say that a seven-headed Naga lives inside and has protected Laos from a Siamese invasion. (But, I did not see said Naga, and can give no testament.)

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Backdrops, Vang Vieng

DAILY PHOTO: Naga & Water Lilies, Wat Don Muang

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DAILY PHOTO: Wat Sensoukharam by Night

DAILY PHOTO: Grenade-Laden Father and Child Reunion

PROMPT: Dream Job

What’s your dream job?

One that involves interacting with only a small group of familiar people, and which allows for a great deal of deep thought and introspection. (And for the tricky part to reconcile,) one that involves / or allows for a good deal of travel.

DAILY PHOTO: Street Art of Vientiane

American Center Vientiane
Institut Français

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Sisaket, Vientiane

Library
Courtyard

FIVE WISE LINES [January 2025]

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away.”

Philip k. dick

“The Wu and the Yue peoples hate each other. But in the same boat in a storm, they work together like left and right hands.”

SunZi in The ART of War

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks – on your body or on your heart – are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”

anthony bourdain

What allows great kings and generals to win, more frequently than ordinary men, is foreknowledge.
Foreknowledge cannot be attained by spirits or deduced or calculated.”

Sunzi in The ART of war

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

T. S. Eliot