Category: Countries
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The Chinese New Year Lion Dance
You may recall that I spent considerable time in Malaysia over the last few months. One of the events I was fortunate enough to see was the Chinese New Year. This year, 2013, is the Year of the Snake. While in Georgetown, Malaysia, before the PSY concert, a lion dance troupe visited the guesthouse I…
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Street Performers
Sadly, I neglected to keep my camera running through many performances I’ve witnessed while travelling, and there’ve been a few. However, below you’ll find some videos of street performers who I’ve recorded. If you know any of them, please put me in touch with them so I can give them the proper credit. Flaming Tuba…
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Religious Music and Dance From My Travels
I’ve recently uploaded a whole bunch of travel videos to YouTube. I had a good reason: I accidentally left my laptop behind in Malaysia while doing a visa run through Thailand. Soooooo I thought it wise to back up my vidz some place I couldn’t lose them as easily. Going through them, I noticed I…
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The Working Holiday
Ah, so you’re interested in this thing called a “working holiday”. Some holiday! I had to work! Anyway, here it is. It started in Australia, extended to Asia and then back into Australia before a return to Canada. This journey is a work in progress so you’ll have to check back for more. Australia: (Expectations, Impressions) Sydney,…
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Myanmar (Burma): Impressions
My trip to Myanmar (Burma) was short and sweet hitting the four main areas of Yangon, Bagan, Inle Lake, and Mandalay. However, on the second day of my stay in Yangon a fellow traveller (who’d been in the country for a month), described Burma as mostly “temples and pagodas”. And he was right. The only thing…