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My recent posts
- The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World
- The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance
- Key Points from Book: Trillions
- Key Points from Book: Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Key Points from Book: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Key Points from Book: THE SPECTRE OF WAR: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM AND THE ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR II
- Key Points from Books: Unraveled – The Life and Death of a Garment
- Key Points from Books: The Examined Life
- My New Year Covid Experience
- Key Points from Books: The Economist’s View of The World
- Key Points from Book: The Magic Money Tree and Other Economic Tales
- Key Points from Books: Blowout
- Key Summary from Books: Red Roulette
- Key Points from Iran: A Modern History
- Key Points: Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge To American Primacy
- Key Points from Book – VALUES: BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL
- Summer Trip to Gaspesie and Tadoussac, Quebec
- Six Years After: A Personal Reflection
- Key Points from Book: The Price of Peace
Tag Archives: temple
Laos D2: Luang Prabang City Tour, Pak Ou Caves, Sunset
Giving alms to the monks in Luang Prabang, Laos Today we started our day early at 6.15am to see the monks receiving alms from the locals (and few tourists). Our tour guide, Mr Southone, asks us whether we want to … Continue reading
Posted in Laos, Travel
Tagged alms, city tour, Laos, luang prabang, mekong river, monk, pak ou cave, temple, Travel
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“Sunrise in the 9th Century”
Dear ________, I wonder if the sunrise people see one thousand ago is the same with the sunrise we see today. And I wonder if ancient civilisation is attracted to sunrise and sunset as we do, whether the sky’s exquisite charm has … Continue reading
Jogjakarta Trip: Day 2, Borobudur Sunrise, Village Cycling, Borobudur Sunset
Today is the second day I’m in Jogja, after exhausting activities yesterday and sleeping for only four hours, today I woke up at 3.30 a.m. to catch the sunrise in Borobudur temple. The ticket for seeing sunrise at Borobudur is … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tagged borobudur, indonesia, itinerary, manohara, price, sunrise, Sunset, temple, ticket, Travel, trip, yogyakarta
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Japan Trip: Day 6; Kyoto, Temple, Toyohashi
Today I went to Kyoto with bullet train, I took bus ride to the station and took a 15 minutes ride from Osaka to Kyoto. The bullet train reached at least 170 Km/hour and is very fast. I could see … Continue reading
Posted in Korea-Japan, Travel
Tagged fushimi inari, japan, kiyomizu, kyoto, temple, toyohashi
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