Taken in September of 2015 in Bangkok
DAILY PHOTO: Inside Khlong Toei
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DAILY PHOTO: Saigon Street Scene with Yellow Daisies
Taken in December of 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Taken on December 31, 2015 in Bai Tu Long Bay
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DAILY PHOTO: In the Temple of Literature
Taken in Hanoi on December 30, 2015
Temple of Literature? (Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám?) It sounds like a grandiose name for a library, but it’s really what the Vietnamese call a Confucian temple. This one is in Hanoi.
Confucius was a Chinese philosopher famous for his ideas such as the hierarchical nature of relationships and how governance is practiced morally. His philosophy provided a popular counterpoint to the more free-wheeling Taoist belief system. Both Confucianism and Taoism came to be practiced by some as religion (though other advocates of each would say that it’s philosophy and not theology.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Inexplicable Homage to Michael Jackson
Taken in Hungary in December of 2014
Every town has its zany locales. In Budapest, there’s a random tree in Erzsébet tér lovingly devoted to the departed pop icon Michael Jackson.
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DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Szentendre Street Scene
Taken in December of 2014 in Szentendre
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DAILY PHOTO: Hoi An War Cemetery
Taken in December of 2015 in Hoi An
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DAILY PHOTO: Dragon Head Totem
Taken in December 2015 in the Mekong Delta
Dragons feature prominently in Vietnamese temples. These mythical beasts are one of four sacred creatures common to Vietnamese folklore. The others are the Phoenix, Unicorn, and a kind of Tortoise. The unicorn isn’t the variety seen on the book covers of 16-year-old girls, it’s a nasty beast.
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DAILY PHOTO: Yellow Lotus
Taken in December of 2015 in Saigon
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DAILY PHOTO: Kayak Beach
Taken on December 31, 2015 in Bai Tu Long Bay
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