Festival Village

... come! With a little luck we should get amongst the big smoke of Tokyo and Kyoto, get some Saki into us during the Chichibu night festival, be wowed by Hiroshima, ski the little village of Nozawa Onsen and chill with monkeys in some serious hot springs.

... dwelling locals if it was flat?! We had a small respite when we watched the local archery show (pic3) because it was a festival that evening. It was really nice, and they were so welcoming and we were treated to hideous local alcohol and some amzing ...

... the end of the season on whistler and to celebrate a good winter season we have at the moment the Telus world Ski and Snowboard festival, with loads of events going on and music on a big stage with MTV airing it out across the world, and this is on ...

... the stones. We get back to the road and catch that last bus and are off to Matlock to see the Illuminations Light Festival at night, which is made up of many beautiful light features such as hopping frogs and flying birds and many other displays strung ...

... complete with starbucks and a million lonely planets per square foot. Fortunately it isn't there yet and is still a quiet chilled out village built around a river meandering through a valley. Quiet and beautiful. I promise more and pictures ...

... trigger the memory.  Huh... Once we were back at home, we turned right around, into Chinatown for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The area was lit up with whimsical decorations and mooncakes galore.  Steve bought a mini mooncake to taste.  I knew ...

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... Dalgety was in for quite a weekend. Someone though had forgoten to tell Dalgety it was being advertisd as a three day festival, because when we arrived they looked to be about half way through setting up, there was absolutely nothing happening and no ...

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... I was glad my stomach recovered enough that I was able to take in a little of what was happening at the temple festival. A solidly impressive, three tiered construction, it was obviously the center of village life, and, this being one of the most ...

... Hmmmm. Recently, the Denver Justice and Peace Committee hosted a film showing in conjuction with Golden's "We've Got Issues" film festival of "The Devil Operation" by Stephanie Boyd. The film is about how a private security agency employed by Newmont in ...

... We arrived in Corryong ("Man from Snow River" Country) in time for their annual "Man from Snowy River Bush Festival". The festival is a gathering of mountain riders, poets, artists and lovers of the Australian High Country and pioneering spirit. The ...

... ; So tent on the back and a full tank of gas I was on the way back to the beer fest.  Back in the festival area,  Expecting to see festive Americans rolling in the gate but no.  Just a lone RV parked up in a field by the ...

... with their coats and hats inside the house. We had a very nice dinner and lots of people came as it was a special Chinese festival that day. Lipu 荔浦 Guang xi Province - guang xi sheng - 广西省 winter - dong tian - ...

... looks like there is plenty of BOO to be found in Chester so I’ll enjoy it just as well. We just missed the scarecrow festival in Mahone Bay, but the evidence of it all is still very present on the front lawn of each and every house and storefronts. ...

... health education, recycling at schools, volunteer projects. I was fortunate enough be in Astam on the last few days of a major festival, Dasain, that is celebrated everywhere in Nepal for 10-15 days, the celebrations differ a bit depending on the caste ...

... 3 string guitar. He still uses the same guitar, but he has a couple more now when he needs more than 3 strings. Not exactly a festival find, but certainly very entertaining. One day I saw some people looking up at a tree and I saw my first koala in the ...

... me the grubs are yummy.  I took her word for it. In the evening I strolled thru the old town pre Flower Festival, 33rd annual.  Stage shows of singing and dancing Thai style by students, college aged to elementary. Got an email from Melissa ...

...  that day bar and after some advice from the barman ordered a beer from the menu which resembled that of beer festival with all sorts of interesting names and descriptions behind the beer.  And like you do at a beer festival we tried ...

... cool water - and relaxed.  Walked a short ways along Tha Phae Road to Old Town looking at floats for tomorrows Flower Festival.  Ate at a backpacker restaurant - pork fried  rice and Sangha beer.  Accessed internet on ;my mini laptop - ...