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Paddle and Portage Algonquin Park
Created on March 24, 2010 by Daniel Cummings, WriterAlgonquin Park in Ontario, Canada, is about six times the size of Los Angeles, or 7,725 square kilometers to be exact. The further you paddle and portage from the drop-off, the more distance you will put between your campsite and the noises and distractions of modern life. By far the best way to explore Algonquin Park is with a canoe over your head and a pack on your back. Having inspired a dozen movies, a symphony, thousands of scientific documents and, most famously, the artwork of Tom Thomson of the Group of Seven, Algonquin Park occupies as impressive a portion of Canada's imagination as it does its land. Canoe Algonquin Park, and you can immediately see why. With just enough beauty in its variations of ...
Pushkar Camel Fair
Created on February 18, 2009 by Daniel Cummings, WriterOn the edge of the Thar Desert lies the holy little lakeside town of Pushkar, small enough to explore in one day, yet full of travelers who have changed their plans to stay indefinitely. The entire town is dedicated to the worship of Brahma, creator of all things, so it's only fitting that so much inspired creativity should take place here every year for the three day Pushkar Camel Fair held in late October/early November. What started as a venue for buying, selling and trading camels has become a spectacle of music, dance and artistry. The sheer number of camels themselves cause sensory overload, and are living canvasses for colorful textiles, embroidery, and jewelry. At first the camels' blank, oddly contented stares seem humorous in ...
Welcome Good Fortune at the Vegetarian Festival
Created on November 12, 2008 by Daniel Cummings, WriterYou'd have to be a pretty avid meat-eater to associate vegetarianism with acts of self-mutilation. Either that or you'd have to be at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, known as Kin Jay to the locals. During the first nine days of the ninth lunar month, the local Chinese community congregate to eat vegetarian dishes and preform astonishing displays of ritual purification to their gods. Entranced in worship, devotees of the Vegetarian Festival known as Ma Song, will invite the gods into their bodies. By channeling supernatural powers and performing acts of self torture, the participants try to shift evil from individuals to themselves, and usher in good fortune for the community. The Ma Song show off their powers by climbing ladders with bladed rungs, puncturing ...
Songkran Out with the Old and In with the New
Created on November 12, 2008 by Daniel Cummings, WriterThe people of Thailand work hard in a very hot climate, so it only makes sense that their biggest party is the world's largest water fight. Falling from the 13th to the 15th of April, Songkran celebrates the Thai New Year in style, with music, dancing and tons of splashing, as the typically mellow populace explodes into wild celebration. Picture Time Square right after the count-down, only extend it for three days, add 40ยบ C heat and an endless amount of water guns, buckets, bottles, or any other instrument that allows you to soak a perfect stranger while shouting "Sawadee Pi Mai!" aka Happy New Year! After traveling Thailand, one of the most enduring images was that of a novice monk, maybe only eleven or ...
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