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Japanese Peace Pagoda
A Travel Blog entry by susiewoo from Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Phuntsok had recommended that we visit the Japanese Peace Pagoda so on our first day back that was where we went. This had been built by a sect of the Japanese Fuji Guruji. In the temple room a man who banged loudly on a big drum bade us to follow his ...
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A Day in Hue
A Travel Blog entry by andydonald from Hue, Vietnam
... completely shaved. We walked about for a while in the afternoon heat, looking at the various pagodas and other buildings. This was the pagoda from where, in 1963, a priest drove to Saigon in an Austin and set himself on fire, as a protest against the ...
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Flooding in the Ancient Village
A Travel Blog entry by croxandlilt from Hoi An, Vietnam
... the rooms building, there are three other buildings on the entire property – the pool shelter, the kitchen, and a fantastic large pagoda in the middle of a fresh water lagoon. The lagoon is the prominent feature in Vila Hoa Su – surrounding ...
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Running Amok in Cambodia
A Travel Blog entry by calivoodoo from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... of ancient Angkor and has mysnomerically lent its name to the entire complex. 'Angkor Wat' means 'City which became a Pagoda,' a name that is completely justified, as Angkor Wat was not only the grandest of all Khmer (Cambodian) temples, but also ...
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First-class service in Cambodia
A Travel Blog entry by jessnjing2011 from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... the statues that were lined along a small river. We were even lured into a very nice wat along the way to the city, Preah Promreath Pagoda, which was built in 1371. The wat was very nice and took up a good 45 minutes of our time. Down the road a little ...
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Temples of Angkor - cont'd
A Travel Blog entry by curtis.melissa from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... of the temples, with countless pillars for support. It was lovely. On the way home, David took us to a small killing field and pagoda. He took us inside the temple and sat us down and told us about Buddha. He told us about the monks that live there ...
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Dogs, Fish, Sand, and Pancakes
A Travel Blog entry by redhurricane from Ko Samui, Thailand
... . Add to that, there was some pretty fantastic scenery. Chief amongst the coral were these big white pagoda-like corals with colorful ribbon-like worms all over them that instantly retract when you swish them with water. There were ...
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Meeting Oscar
A Travel Blog entry by bass_ke from Bagan, Myanmar
... Temple' because everyone goes there. Afterwards we got dinner at a really cool restauraunt called Pyi Wa which has a 1000 year old pagoda as a neighbour and tried some Mandalay Beer which isn't quite as good as Myanmar Beer. Over dinner we met two ...
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ZhouZhuang - local version of Venice
A Travel Blog entry by shanghainoodle from Zhouzhuang, China
Hi, Just came back from the climbing gym, so I am some what tierd. I am also on the phone with the Haifa office, so you have only half of my attention. But still it's enough to share the great weekend we had . We spent it in ...
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Going down to Snooky
A Travel Blog entry by cameroninsea from Krong Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia
... prison along with the Royal Palace, most of which is a concrete reconstruction of the original wooden buildings, the so-called Silver Pagoda, which is not silver at all, but has floor tiles inlaid with silver (mostly covered up with worn out carpets)and ...
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Dalat
A Travel Blog entry by ericabg from Dalat, Vietnam
... before. I would definitely recommend this tour to anybody. Oh yes, we also stopped at a pretty big waterfall and a pagoda (where buddhists meditate) where there was a giant smiling buddha. The tour lasted the whole day and we were quite ...
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To celebrate the 'Happy New Year'
A Travel Blog entry by gillianpeskett from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... and mango straight from the grove, we went on to the temple next to the village. This has 9th centuray ruins but also an active pagoda. Nobody was visiting but me. And well, this is the story about the novice monk (later I found out that lots of boys ...
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Classes
A Travel Blog entry by shef11308 from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... and hanging out during orientation week. We take the classes from Monday through Thursday (w00! Fridays off!) at Wat Damnak (wat = pagoda) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. http://www.watdamnak.org/ It's a really beautiful place with trees and grass. They have a ...
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Kompong Phluk
A Travel Blog entry by shef11308 from Kompong Phluk, Cambodia
... get any during this season. I think a lot of the kids were very open and friendly which was cool. We walked to the pagoda in the village and there were a bunch of children there. Jo and Bryan went there before the program started and they knew that ...
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Flying visit to Phnom Penh
A Travel Blog entry by austins2011 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia
... driver to take us down-town for a whistle-stop tour of the city and riverside. Unfortunately the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, which looked stunning from the outside, was closed for the time we were there. First impressions of Cambodia were that this ...
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Siem Reap... Camboja ou Inglaterra?
A Travel Blog entry by viagemduslokus from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... cara ja gostei do lugar. Pra comecar, o aeroporto eh a coisa mais lindinha que ja vi, com aqueles telhados tipo pagoda e jardins cercando todo o predio principal, cheio de laguinhos, enfim, super aconchegante, uma caracteristica pra mim, incomum quando se ...
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Hue to Ho Chi Minh
A Travel Blog entry by lumpy333 from Hoi An, Vietnam
... motorbike! Woo! And we were so sexy in our waterproofs as surprise surprise it was raining! We drove (40km per hour) to... a pagoda, did a little trek and got the low down on agent orange, we visited a coffee farm where they were trying to ...
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9 Great Attractions in China That Are Not on Your
A Travel Blog entry by keaventh from Hangzhou, China
... on the hillside behind it. The park is home to over a hundred scale models of China's most famous pagodas, including Five-Pagoda Temple mentioned above. The scale models of the pagodas are done with precision, and some even have plants in ...
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Shanghai
A Travel Blog entry by exploreamerica from Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
... Corridor, etc. In 1995, a five-storey Buddhism pagoda as high as 42 meters (about 138 feet) was erected called Puming Pagoda, which then became the symbolic building of the temple. There are many more historical relics in the temple, such as the statue ...
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Shanghai
A Travel Blog entry by exploreamerica from Shanghai, Shanghai, China
... Corridor, etc. In 1995, a five-storey Buddhism pagoda as high as 42 meters (about 138 feet) was erected called Puming Pagoda, which then became the symbolic building of the temple. There are many more historical relics in the temple, such as the statue ...
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Hotel Villa Pagoda Genoa
Via Capolungo, 15, Nervi, Genoa, Italian Riviera, Italy
The Romantik Hotel Villa Pagoda was built at the beginning of the 19th century as a private house for a rich merchant from Genoa. The present Romantik Hotel, surrounded by a centuries-old park, captivates its guests by its select period furniture and ...
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