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Friday’s Talking Photo #12 – Karen Long Neck
The site I use to produce the talking photos seems to be offline, so no talking photo this week. This shot was taken at a “cultural village” just outside of Chiang Mai. The village is home to various tribes including the “Long Necks” or Karen Tribe. Tourists pay to see the hill tribes people, and…
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Wanderfood Wednesday — Korean DDeok
Here we are for another week of Wanderfood Wednesday kindly hosted by Wanderlust and Lipstick. I remember the first time I was asked by a Korean waiter, in his best English, if I wanted desert. Of course, my answer was “What do you have?” Now imagine my surprise when I was given the choices coca…
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Through the Sandbox Lens #2 — Traditonal Korean Wedding Parade
This is a reenactment of a traditional Korean wedding parade (called Ch’inyoung). I took this in the popular tourist area Insa-Dong in down town Seoul. You can find out more about Insa-Dong here To learn more about Korean traditional weddings go here. If you like this post, please consider giving it a tweet or a…
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Through The Sandbox Lens #1 — Aerial View of Ancient Bagan, Myanmar
Today begins a new feature here at Budget Travelers Sandbox….”Through the Sandbox Lens”. I have literally thousands of travel shots sitting in my archives that I want to publish. Starting today, and at least three times a week, I will be publishing a travel photo here. Along with the photo I will include whatever information…