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2012.08.24

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HK

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The Original Chinatown

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Central

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Ocean Park

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Giant Motherflippin' PANDA!

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Proof of Panda

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Ying Ying

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Red Pandas Too!

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Sea Jelly Spectacular

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Cable Car Vista

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Jojo + Melissa

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Surreal Mural

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Double Decker Streetcars!

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Divergences

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The Big Bank

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Lippo Centre

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Breakfast Bakery

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Busy

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Very Big Buildings

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Cheung Chau Island

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Fishing Boats

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Finding the Cave

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Finding the Temple

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Sunset on a Ferry

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Crushing Hong Kong

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The Peak by Day

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The Peak by Night

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Island Side

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Mainland Side

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Bruce Lee

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Jackie Chan Has Thick Hands

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On the Avenue of Stars

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Chillin' in Kowloon

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'Nam - 2012

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Martyrs Monument

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Lady Propaganda

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Literature Park

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The Backstreets of Hà Nội

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Saint Joseph Cathedral

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I Will Never Worry Again

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La Place for Dinner

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Water Puppet Show!

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Bravo!

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Poaching a Wedding Photo

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Pigeon Dinner

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Scrumptious Street Food

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Fresh Fruits!

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Mangosteen Lunch

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Hồ Hoàn Kiếm

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Lighting Fires on the Street

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Đồng Xuân Market

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Highway Design

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Old French

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Motorcycles in the Foreground

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Old Hanoi

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New Hanoi

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The Treasure Junk

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Paddling Hạ Long Bay

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Under the Arch

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Our Paddler

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Spelunking Hạ Long Bay

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Pearl Farm

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Treasure Junk Food

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More Limestone Karsts

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Beached

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Oyster Farming

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Unesco Heritage Freighter

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Ngọc Sơn Ngo Luong Nature Reserve

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Welcome to Mu Village

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Punkass Thug + Little Miss Bossypants

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Our Entourage

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One of Many Puppies

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Our Homestay House

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The Mu Village

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The Mu Buffalo

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Trekking to the Waterfall

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The Way to the Village

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Huế

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The Citadel

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Chinastic

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Chinastical

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Royal Palace Remains

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The Mike's New Clothes

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Defeated Cannon

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Gazebo Gal

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Citadel Grounds

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Around the Grounds

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Into the DMZ

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If you were a water buffalo you could also pick your nose with your tongue.

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Tanks @ Khe Sanh

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Shells @ Khe Sanh

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Struggle

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Unknown Soldiers

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The Vịnh Mốc Tunnels

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One of Many

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Family Room

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Hội An, Việt Nam

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Japanese Covered Bridge

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Previously Faifo

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Strolling the Streets

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Strut, Strut

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A Temple on the Outside

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A Temple on the Inside (Sort Of)

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Colourful Boats

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Colourful Streets

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Lanterns by Day

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Lanterns by Night

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Getting a Market Tour

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Yum

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Getting a Demonstration

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Melissa Chef

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Yum (For Real)

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Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation

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Inside the Assembly Hall

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Behind the Assembly Hall

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Also Around Back...

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Pretty Flower

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More Flowers

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Traditional Dancers

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Traditional Banjo Player

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Traditional Fiddler

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Traditional Drummer

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Traditional Flautist

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Riding to the Beach

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Poor Old Boat

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An Bang Beach

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Hanging Out @ Soul Kitchen

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Drinking Drinks + Coconuts

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Plastic Bags Are Anti-Communist

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Nha Trang

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Getting Towed Back After a Snorkel

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Nha Trang Beach

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Đà Lạt

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Around Town

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Đà Lạt Buddha

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Another Đà Lạt Buddha

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Easy Riding For My Birthday

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Mr. Quyen + Mr. Hong

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Đà Lạt Silk

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Đà Lạt Coffee

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Đà Lạt Weasel (For Making Poo Coffee)

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Đà Lạt Flowers

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Crazy House

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Crazy House Guest Room

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Crazy House Hallway

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Step 1 - Grow Silkworms

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Step 2 - Collect Cocoons

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Step 3 - Pull the Thread

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Step 4 - Weave

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Hiking Langbiang

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Misty Mountain Forest

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Spooky Peak

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Cock-a-doodle-doo

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Fairy Springs Escapade

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Mũi Né Beach

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Sand Dunes

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Dune Rider

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Red Dunes

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Garlic Scallop Bliss

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Sài Gòn

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Also Known As Ho Chi Minh City

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The Notre Dame Basilica

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Train Station

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Jade Emperor Pagoda

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Poor Temple Turtles

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Reunification Palace

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Tank 843 (Gatecrasher)

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Palace Bunker

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Vintage HiFi

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To The People of a United Vietnam

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Mekong Delta Floating Market

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Seeing How The Snacks Are Made

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The Town on Tân Phong Island

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Getting Ready For a Boat Ride

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With Hats

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Getting a Paddlin'

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Mekong Mangrove

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Jackfruits

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The Floating Village of Châu Đốc

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Feeding the Fish Farm Fish

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Taking a Boat up the Mekong to Cambodia

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The Kingdom of Cambodia

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Wat Phnom

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Central Market

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Russian Market Crocodile Conga Line

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Elephant Poke

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Royal Palace

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Silver Pagoda

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Regular Pagoda

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Royal Flowers

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Mooch

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Role Reversal

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Khmer Ajumma

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Around Phnom Penh

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Nightly Dance Party

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The Security of Regulation

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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21)

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Attestation

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One

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...of Many

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The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek

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Remaining Evidence

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Commemorative Stupa

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Siem Reap Town

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Doctor Fish (Never Try, Never Know)

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Entering Angkor Wat

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Angkor Wat Detail

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Devata Bas-relief

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Here I Am!

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Abandoned

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Algae!

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The Entrance to Angkor Thom

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Bayon

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The Face of Prasat Bayon (Probably King Jayavarman VII)

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Many Faces.jgp

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Evidently Reassembled

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The Bayon's Apsaras

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THUGLIFE

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Ta Prohm

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My Favourite Prohm

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Jungle vs Temple

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Flared

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Ta Prohm's Nymphs

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Standing Guard

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No Longer Standing

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Taken By a Friendly Policeman

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Flooded with Algae

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Snake Roots

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Nature vs Architecture

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Schoolkids on Bikes

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Kbal Spean Stone Carving

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Not a Linga

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Banteay Srei Temple

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Banteay Srei Motif

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Some of the Most Intricate Details at Angkor

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A Consortium of Monkeys

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Pre Rup Temple

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Atop the Temple Mountain

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Sunset on Red Brick

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Fallen Pillars

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Suspected Devata

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From the Tuk Tuk Ride Home

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Day 3 Begins With Monkeys!

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Monkey Fight!

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Baphuon, The World's Largest 3D Puzzle

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Peeking

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This Guy

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The Terrace of Elephants

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Day 3 Continues With Riding Bicycles In The Heat

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Preah Khan

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Never Enough Ladies

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Never Enough Buddhas

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One Last Shot at Angkor Wat

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Day 3 Concludes With Monkeys

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Very Silly Monkeys

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Heading to the Tonle Sap Lake

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Flooded Cow

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Floating Villagers

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Kompong Pluk, Main Street

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Touring The Mangroves

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Spooky

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On The Lake

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Chillin' on the Bow

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Heading Back

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Bangkok, Thailand

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Returning to Khao San Road

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On The Chao Phraya Express Boat

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On The BTS Skytrain

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Wat Pho

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Giant Reclining Buddha

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Even Obama Came Here

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Scholar? Wizard? Kung Fu Master?

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In The Lumphini Park

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Reptile Sighting

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More Reptiles...

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At The Red Cross Snake Farm

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The Snake Show Was Pretty Exciting

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Not Exactly a Snake...

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Vientiane, Lao PDR

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Patuxai, The Victory Gate (a Monster of Concrete)

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This Way + That

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That Luang Stupa

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In Front of That Luang

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Wat That Luang Neua

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That Luang Buddha

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Temple Detail

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Temple Detail II

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Cultural Hall

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Shrine For a Green Buddha

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Angry Birds, Pororo, Donald Duck, Mario, Etc.

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The Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan

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...is a strange place...

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Entrance to Hell

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A Demon

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A Towering Warrior

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A Giant Reclining Buddha

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Melissa @ The Buddha Park

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Just a Sampling of the Weirdness

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Vang Vieng is a Pretty Drunk Little Town

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Emphasis on Pretty + Little

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Sunset Dinner on the Nam Khong

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Making Friends Over Beer

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Friendly Europeans

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Trekking Around Vang Vieng

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The Elephant Cave From Afar

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Rice Field Pano

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Lao Cow

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A Buddha in an Elephant Cave

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Mermaid Suckling a Tiny Human, Of Course

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Dark + Creepy Spelunking in the Water

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Kayaking on the Nam Song

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Hot Pink Turbo

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Hot Pink Bikes in Action

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The Blue Lagoon

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Repose on a Post

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Returning in the Late Afternoon

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Aspiring Photographers

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Nice Time of Day For a Bike Ride

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Maybe Getting a Bit Late...

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Full Suspension!

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My Guide, Mek

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Gobble Gobble

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Despite the name, there is nothing "buttery" about this insect.

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Kaeng Nyui Waterfall

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Strut, Strut, Strutting in the Stream~

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Back on the Road

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Some View

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The Organic Mulberry Farm

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Bah, Bah, Black Goat

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On The Way Up (To Luang Prabang)

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The View From the Top

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Even Laos Has a Montage

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Luang Prabang

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Wat Sensoukharam

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I Made This. Well, Not THIS One.

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This Dog is USED UP

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Found It On The Street

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Ethnik Fashion Show @ Hive Bar

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Showcasing The Tradional Clothing of The Many Ethinic Groups in Laos

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Like This One

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Taking a Tuk Tuk

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Kouang Xi Waterfall

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The Big Waterfall

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Up Close

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Swinging In

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That's Me

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Weird Dragonfly

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Moon Bears!

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Cuddly Carnivore

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Around Luang Prabang

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Winding up the Puppy

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Ice Creams Eating Children

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Photograph of a Photograph

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The Haw Pha Bang @ The Royal Palace

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The Night Market

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Wat Xieng Thong

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The Temple of the Golden City

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Bizarre Mozaic Storytime

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The Watermelon Stupa (Wat Wisunarat)

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Watermelon Guardian

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Morning Street Market

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Street Market Merchandise

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Well-Behaved Ducks For Sale

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On a Grasshopper Cycling Adventure

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Paper Maker

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Silk Weaver

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Paddle Races

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Borderline Inappropriate

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Prayer Time @ Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham

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Wat Mai's Exterior Details I

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Wat Mai's Exterior Details II

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Wat Mai's Exterior Details III

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Stencil Making

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Stencil Made

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Lao-Style Cooking Class

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I Made This

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Naga Railings

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Atop Mount Phou Si

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Luang Prabang Pano

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Sunsetting I

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Sunsetting II

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Sunsetting III

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Sunsetting IV

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Good Morning Monks

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Alms Collection Ceremony

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The Lantern Festival Commences

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Sky Lantern Launch

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Good Luck Little Lantern

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Lanterns Everywhere

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On a Tiger Trail

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Fair Trekking the Lao Highlands

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Laos Trek Pano

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Filthy Piglet

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Huay Fi Village Homestay

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Trekking Back in the Rain

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Break Time

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Tad Sae Waterfall

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Lunch Time for Elephants

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Luggage

400

Two Days on a Slow Boat to Thailand

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Crossing The Lao-Thai Border

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Chiang Rai, Thailand

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Temple Trolls

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The Clocktower by Day

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The Clocktower by Night

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Jade Buddha Replica (made of Canadian jade)

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The White Temple

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Wat Rong Khun is an Unconventional Contemporary Buddhist Temple

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It Is Seriously Weird

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Halfway Between The Light + The Dark

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If you think the outside is impressive, you should see the inside...

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Some More Exterior Strangeness

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"My name is Chalermchai Kositpipat; I'm a crazy person!"

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Chiang Mai, Reprise

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Night Lanterns

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Khao Soi!

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A Temple of Wood

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Eating a Woman

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Fowl Art

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Muay Thai Boxing

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They Are Tickling Me!

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The Insect + Mineral Museum Was Awesome

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We Are The World by Manop Rattanarithikul (2012)

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A Rickety Mongoose

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Real Mountain Biking in Doi Suthep Park

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Just One of the Guides

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