Laos is a great place to learn about Buddhism, as Lao culture is mainly based on Buddhist-animist traditions. One of the main events in the religious life for Lao people is the Boun That Luang ...
Summer can feel like an endless season in some parts of California, but snow and cold are just around the corner in other regions. California offers such a vast array of landscapes and climates that ...
Russ Young has a standing weekly telephone date with his wife, who died this year. He calls Patricia Young every Sunday from a wind phone — an old, disconnected device that hangs on a pole in ...
High in the mist-shrouded Himalayas, a winding mountain road opens to a clearing in the pine forested valley, revealing rows of uniform Tibetan-style houses, each topped with a Chinese flag.