tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256330080068128163.post5520292995249053032..comments2024-03-23T07:50:45.100-04:00Comments on Feeling Blessed: Asia Trip - Day 16 - Luang Prabang, LaosChristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03995654286596128358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256330080068128163.post-20222854872145424022015-02-26T12:49:43.280-05:002015-02-26T12:49:43.280-05:00I would have been extremely tempted to over-spend ...I would have been extremely tempted to over-spend in that paper shop. Beautiful paper and cards are one of my (many) weaknesses!<br /><br />I was interested in the caves with all the Buddhas and tried to find some information about what they were doing there. At roughguides.com is said, “These caves have been used for centuries as a repository for old Buddha images that can no longer be venerated on an altar, either because they are damaged to the point of disfigurement – termite holes, burn marks and broken limbs being afflictions common to wooden Buddhas – or simply because newer images have crowded them out. “ I thought that was interesting.<br /><br />I don’t know if you’ll remember from Christmas Eve meeting the two young women who are our next door neighbors. One of them was over the other night – picking up some leftover soup for their dinner – and mentioned that her parents are in Thailand for 3 weeks. So they were there when you were! She remembered both of you very well and we all said “Small world”!<br />Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.com