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- Wat Tam Suea
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This is one of the favorite places I visited in Thailand: Wat Tam Suea, or Tiger Cave Temple. Visitors can climb about 1100 steps to the top, passing playful monkies on the way, and are rewarded with breathtaking views at the top. - Volunteer Photos
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- Vegetarian Festival in Phuket
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The Vegetarian Festival is an annual event in Thailand, celebrated especially by Chinese Thais. Specially chosen devotees prepare physically and spiritually before the festival and follow a vegetarian diet. During the event they partake in... - Volunteer Photos
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- With a Favorite Friend at Her Loom
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This is one of the sweetest people around. She is "Yai," or "grandmother." At age 86 she continues to be involved in the community and to make cotton and herbal medicines in her home. I pass her house on the way home from school, and after tough... - Volunteer Photos
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- Brush, Brush, Brush You Teeth...
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Learning to brush your teeth can be a fun activity especially when you have a cool new toothbrush to do it with... We received donations of about 50 new toothbrushes and some toothpaste from guests of a local game lodge. So, I decided it would be... - Volunteer Photos
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- Liberian Children in My Front Yard
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I took this photo sometime in 1976, in my front yard as the sun was setting. I lived in "the round house" on the beach, behind the Peace Corps compound in Monrovia. The children were my neighbors who spent many hours sitting in my living room... - Volunteer Photos
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- Breaking Bread
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A traditional part of a Macedonian wedding ceremony involves breaking a "bread of health" over the bride's head. They hold a cloth in between the bride's head and the bread so that no bread ends up in her hair! My girlfriends, both Macedonian and... - Volunteer Photos
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- Wedding Convoy
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A traditional Macedonian wedding takes place in several different places, so its necessary to have transportation between the locations. Often times, the leading car which usually holds the wedding party, will fly the national flag out the window.... - Volunteer Photos
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- dancing the Oro
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Dancing is a big part of Macedonian weddings. Everyone knows the traditional dances and dances them all night long. Even as an American, I was expected to not only know these dances, but expected to lead them as I was the bride! - Volunteer Photos
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