The bemused ramblings of me
Today our World Religions class was taught by a Sikh man, Ravi. He was assisted by his mother. They did a truly excellent job. My rough notes are below the fold.
It should be noted that Sikhism is the 5th largest religion in the world. I was struck by how very similar to Christianity that Sikhism […]
Leaving Vietnam
Saigon from the air
Nomes and Emily
Beautiful sunset while landing in Chiang Mai
This morning we got up quite early and left Dalat. One the way back to Saigon, we stopped at a waterfall. It had rained hard the night before and that morning and the river was a muddy swollen torrent:
Some of the more “adventuresome” ones walking underneath the waterfall on a flooded catwalk.
Three musketeers!
A hanging bridge […]
While I was in Hyderabad, India two weeks ago, Ganesh happened. We saw the signs building during the 10 day festival. People covered in pink dye danced in the streets to loud drums. They danced around huge elephant gods on the backs of trucks.
Devotees riding a decked out truck with an elephant god on the […]
We had a Buddhist monk come in and teach World Religions class today:
Here’s a video of Arlin and I riding ostriches in Vietnam.
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Two street merchants conferring
Drinking tea at breakfast. We enjoyed the Vietnamese tea, but some thought it smelled like silage and others thought it smelled like tobacco. It had a pleasant taste, though.
We had the requisite noodles for breakfast. Then we headed to a unique place with beautiful gardens, native village replicas, and European architecture. We […]
This morning we got up, went two buildings down the street, and went to a little restaurant and had beef noodles for breakfast. Then we headed up the mountain to a cable car, which we took up the mountain to a temple. From there, we got back in the van and went further up the […]
This morning we got into a 14 passenger van—with Lao and two other brethren—and headed north. We drove for about 7 hours until we got to Dalat. We checked into our hotel and spent the evening relaxing.
Playing guitar in the hotel lobby
Our van up to Dalat
Naomi, our faithful money manager–notating expenses and holding the money
Beautiful […]
We got up early, went to the lobby, found Lao waiting for us, hopped in a taxi, and went down to the river. When we got to the river “dock” (which was a large rock sticking out into the water) we waited for about seven minutes for the ferry (a decrepit boat with a car […]
