Travel Theme: Festive
Before the hand-made ornaments start shattering, before the tinsel clings to every piece of fabric, before one light blub in 400 burns out (to the consternation of all present), you […]
Category Archives: Celebrations & Holidays
Weekly Photo Challenge: BIG
Home is Where the Harleys Go
As featured on We Blog The World: Take it from a local- there’s never a bad time to visit the Black Hills of South Dakota. With native wildlife and the […]
Long Live the King: Learning to Love Thailand’s Monarch
“I’m not standing for the King,” the German man behind me snapped. “I’m standing because I want to.” A few hundred passengers, awaiting trains in Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station, […]
Another Sort of Celebration, Part 2: Karenni National Day
Celebrating Karenni National Day inside Thai refugee camps, 2007 Q: How do we demonstrate national pride? With patriotic anthems and firework displays; with rowdy crowds and waving flags; with reverent […]
Another Sort of Celebration, Part 1: World Refugee Day
Thang’s Dilemana: a Karenni refugee in Thailand tells his story. Q: Why do we leave home? Because office cubicles cause claustrophobia; because life is too short to stand still; because […]
Too Mutch For Words 