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Hong Kong 1997
Posted October 06, 2007 at 07:32 PM
It was 10 years ago in the summer of 1997 that our family made our first trip outside the Philippines, and went on a a 12 hour flight to Hong Kong! We stayed at the Kowloon Panda hotel and had 4 days to tour around places and see the popular attractions. It was exciting because everything was a new experience, despite the fact that the entire [...]
Wat Traimit - Temple of the Golden Buddha
Posted August 11, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Wat Traimit, more commonly known as the Temple of the Golden Buddha, is a fairly modest temple housing a remarkable Buddha. Built in 1832, the temple is located off the Odeon traffic circle right near Chinatown close to the Hualamphong train station. The modest building takes up the entire compound, and is located adjacent to an [...]
Lemont Temple
Posted June 26, 2007 at 08:16 PM
The Lemont Temple - aka the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago - is a major Hindu community center in the Chicago area. The temple web site provides the following abridged introduction to the complex:
The [...]
batu caves
Posted August 11, 2006 at 09:15 AM
A sacred place of worship for Malaysian Hindus, the Batu Caves is actually a limestone hill situated about 15 kilometers from the Kuala Lumpur city centre. The hill is made up of three main caves, each about 100m tall, and a number of smaller caves. Visitors come from far to climb the 272 steps leading to the largest of the caves, which is [...]
transit in hong kong.
Posted June 24, 2006 at 07:24 AM
I had a 7 hour transit stop in Hong Kong and after checking out the Hong Kong Tourism Board website at www.discoverhongkong.com I decided to go with one of their 5 hour transit tours.
Provided you're a national of a country whose citizens arent required to obtain visas for travelling [...]
