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Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Chinese New Year

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After a smooth trip back from Taipei to Shanghai, a good night's rest, and a vegetarian hot pot New Year's Eve dinner with Sun-Ling...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tomb Sweeping

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In China, the period around the winter solstice is a traditional time for interment and tomb sweeping, so last week we hopped in a rented bu...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Semana Santa in Cusco

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Semana Santa kept us two atheists real busy. The elaborate rituals fascinated us. Their deep faith confounded us. Nevertheless, there wer...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Carnival is still not over

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Our very first day in Argentina, we received a sharp lesson in the extent that Argentinians travel for their summer holidays. We started t...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas in Arequipa

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This is the first time we spent Christmas away from home in a predominately Christian country. We have been seeing Christmas paraphernalia ...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The day of the dead

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Today (Nov 2) is Dia del Difuntos in Ecuador. It's a national holiday. The tradition is to visit tombs and bring colada morada (hot spi...
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Happy Holidays from Myitkyina, Myanmar (Burma)

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Arrived in Burma on Dec 18th and after a long car ride to Bhamo, a super long boat trip down the Ayerwaddy River to Katha, and an overnight ...
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Friday, May 02, 2008

May Day

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To celebrate the May 1st National Holiday, John got his first haircut of 2008. The locals here in Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province were ce...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Qingming

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Last weekend we were in Yangshuo during Qingming, the traditional Tomb Sweeping season. This year, Qingming was a national holiday for the f...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

We are paying for CNY

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Knowing that Chinese New Year would be a busy season for Chinese to travel, we stayed in Shanghai for the past two CNY's, and enjoyed t...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Chinese New Year

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Happy Chinese New Year!!! Here in Vientiane, the local Chinese are marking the new year with offerings to the ancestors - food, paper mone...