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Life is Short and the World is Wide: All The Young Monx
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Sunday, September 4, 2011. All The Young Monx. Like a French provincial town transplanted to tropical paradise, Luang. Prabang sits nestled between the Mekong and Nam Kam rivers in north-central Laos, about 475km. north of the capital Vientiane. Luang Prabang's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has helped to preserve the crumbling, French-influenced architecture that lines the city's streets. The Lao have this great saying: "Same, same.but different! And it perfe...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: September 2011
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Sunday, September 4, 2011. All The Young Monx. Like a French provincial town transplanted to tropical paradise, Luang. Prabang sits nestled between the Mekong and Nam Kam rivers in north-central Laos, about 475km. north of the capital Vientiane. Luang Prabang's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has helped to preserve the crumbling, French-influenced architecture that lines the city's streets. The Lao have this great saying: "Same, same.but different! And it perfe...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: February 2010
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Under the heavy blanket of snow that covered our cold frames we happily found some resilient greens. I'm hesitant to say that they were thriving, but they were certainly existing. Even if they are a little too icy to harvest, the hope is that they will remain alive, though dormant, for the rest of the winter and bounce back as the weather starts to warm in the spring. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow Us by Email. NPR - Farm Fresh Foods.
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: Visas in Vientiane
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Thursday, December 1, 2011. Sits on the Mekong River, about 18km from the First Friendship Bridge that established an easy place to cross into Thailand. As the biggest city in Laos, it's also the economic center of the country. But it doesn't show it's size: the traffic is mild by SE Asian standards and the air is breathable. French. It's actually kind of refreshing after 6 weeks and nothing but indecipherable characters. That evening we hit up a rooftop bar along the...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: We go zip!
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. In keeping with the gibbon's airborne, treetop existence, we spend the bulk of our two days riding zip lines high above the forest canopy and trekking through dense jungle. It's both breath-taking and exhausting, with some zip lines crossing 6-700 meters from one high point on the ridge to another. Zipping to the tree house. View of the jungle. It's probably the most beautiful shower I have ever taken. I spotted a gibbon. Gorilla in the mist.
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: July 2011
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Thursday, July 14, 2011. Chiang Mai, Part II - Muay Thai and Bamboo Tattoos. We wake up super early and hop on our scooter around 7AM, hoping to make the most of our 24hour rental.and avoid the early morning traffic. We fill the tank, pound Nescafe coffee drinks in a can (on vacation we eat/drink things we never do at home! The view from our coffee paradise. The second shop we visit, Deja Vu Tattoo. With a few hours to kill before the Muay Thai. It was quite a sight.
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: December 2011
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Thursday, December 1, 2011. Sits on the Mekong River, about 18km from the First Friendship Bridge that established an easy place to cross into Thailand. As the biggest city in Laos, it's also the economic center of the country. But it doesn't show it's size: the traffic is mild by SE Asian standards and the air is breathable. French. It's actually kind of refreshing after 6 weeks and nothing but indecipherable characters. That evening we hit up a rooftop bar along the...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: July 2009
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. 4th of July weekend in Grand Rapids. On the 4th we walked 4 miles round trip to go to a restaurant called Brick Road Pizza. At night we sat on some rocks at the rivers edge and watched the fireworks display. Tons of people had gathered to watch the fireworks and with good reason. It was a long and entertaining display. On Monday we walked another 4 mile RT to a restaurant called Marie Catrib's. On the road again. The last leg of the trip wasn't ...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: March 2010
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Monday, March 29, 2010. Spring is here, so now what? We've been eagerly awaiting the passing of winter for the past 5 or so months and it seems that the last bit of snow has finally melted from our field. So now what? I feel like I got caught up working too much and haven't made adequate plans for the impending spring which is now upon us. Will any damage be caused to the soil structure if we do decide to brave the mud and work the field? Most importantly is the plant...
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Life is Short and the World is Wide: Slow ride, take it easy
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Life is Short and the World is Wide. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Slow ride, take it easy. There are several ways to make the long journey south from the more remote regions in the north to the cities of Laung Prabang and Vientiene in central Laos. Trapped on a bus, fearing for your life on a speed boat.hitchhiking perhaps? The boat is pretty simple but functional: four seats wide, with two on each side of a reasonable isle down the middle. At the front of the boat there's a small enclosure for the capta...
