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Birch trees outside of the Tate Modern Museum of Art, October 2009.

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Teachers' Meeting, complete with two enormous pots of bubbling gamjetang (pig spine & potato soup) and somak (beer + soju).

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Some temple in Bangkok in July

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More scenes from the temple & Parade of Lanterns on Buddha's Birthday.

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The English section.

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Parade of Lanterns, Buddha's Birthday, the kind that don't have to be carried ... or paraded.

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Happy Birfday, Buddha!

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At the temple, ending the parade of lanterns on Buddha's Birthday

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Miniature turds dressed in miniature traditional Korean clothes before Chuseok in September, the autumn full-moon harvest celebration that involves, well, harvesting, then cooking a massive feast with the fam, and, most importantly, six days off from work.

Lindsay's picture.