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  • A yak pauses to defecate while it grazes in the high altitude pastures of the Tibetan Plateau. Yak are found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population. Wikipedia.
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  • A yak grazes during a hail storm near the  Sichen Holy Lake near Ruthok, Tibet. 4,900 meters altitude, in Maldro Gunkar County. Yaks are found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
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  • Taipei has emerged as one of the most vibrant commercial capitals in Asia. Here, shoppers go about their business at a shopping mall in Taipei, located in Taipie 101, once the world's tallest building.
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  • Night market with the Vat Mai Buddhist Temple in the background in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Sayo Ukita cooks breakfast while holding six-year-old Maya. Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 50. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Night market with the Vat Mai Buddhist Temple in the background in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Pilgrims pour steaming butter tea at a small Buddhist monastery near the Jokhang, in Lhasa, Tibet. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A woman walks in an apartment courtyard, near the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Solar water heaters in an apartment courtyard near the Jokhang Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal and his wife Phurba eat inside their handmade yak wool tent home in the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A bucket of yak milk outside nomadic yak herder Karsal's home in the Tibetan Plateau.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A group of Tibetan nomads show off their satellite dish outside the handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The satellite dish was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife Phurba in the kitchen of their home in the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Pilgrims pour steaming butter tea at a small Buddhist monastery near the Jokhang, in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • An elderly man with a prayer wheel and prayer beads at a small monastery near the Jokhang, Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Buddhist monks sit inside a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • The head nun of the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery,  Tsul Tim Lhamu. (Tsul Tim Lhamu was photographed for the book project What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Buddhist nuns during a ceremony at the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • A view of the mustard fields in bloom in the Dingha Valley on the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • A Buddhist stupa above the Dingha Valley, Tibet.
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  • Artists paint Buddhist mandala paintings in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • The plaza in front of the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, seen from the roof of the Monastery.
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  • The head monk at his partially rebuilt monastery with his typical day's worth of food in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food in June was 4,900 kcals. He is 45 years of age; 5 feet, 5 inches tall; and 158 pounds.
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  • Tibetan nomadic yak herder Karsal's son wrangles the calves so that Phurba can milk their mothers near their tent on the Tibetan Plateau.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A  yak eats from a bowl outside the tent of Tibetan nomadic herder Karsal. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Fresh yak dung is drying on the rock, to be used as cooking and heating fuel since there are very few trees on the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • A solar panel and satellite dish are seen outside the handmade yak-wool tents Tibetan nomadic herders make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The satellite dish was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • Yak dung, an important source of fuel for nomadic herders in the Tibetan Plateau, is spread out to dry in the sun outside Karsal's tent home.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • The dung-fired hearth in Karsal's kitchen at their home in the Tibetan Plateau.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  The nomadic herder's family uses dung collected from the yak and dri pastures for cooking and keeping their house warm.
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife Phurba washes her hands in a small creek outside yak hair tent home in the Tibetan Plateau after picking fresh yak dung and made patties from it to dry in the sun for use as fuel for cooking on her earthen stove. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Tibetan nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife, Phurba, has milked one of the family's dris in the early morning at their tent on the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The male yaks remain free at night, grazing at higher elevations, and the dris and their calves are tethered close to the tent to make milking in the morning convenient.
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  • Prayer flags at the Sichen Holy Lake near Ruthok, Tibet. 4,900 meters altitude, in Maldro Gunkar County.
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  • Tsul Tim Lhamu, head nun at the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery, Lhasa, Tibet, taking her early morning walk around the city. (Tsul Tim Lhamu was photographed for the book project What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A monk lights candles as he prepares for prayer at a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • A woman performs a religious ritual outside a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • The head nun of the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery,  Tsul Tim Lhamu. (Tsul Tim Lhamu was photographed for the book project What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Buddhist monks sit inside a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Monks walk towards a partially rebuilt monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Monks blow horns as they prepare for prayer on a mountain above a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Villagers tend to a flock of sheep near a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Candles illuminate part of the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Buddhist nuns read and go through their daily routines at the Lhasaani Tsang Kung Nunnery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • The Potala Palace (right) towers over a section of the city of Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Two monks speak outside the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • An aerial view of the river valley near Lhasa Tibet, in the Himalayas mountains.
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  • Nomadic herder Karsal pours butter tea onto his breakfast tsampa in his tent on the Tibetan Plateau.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Monks and pilgrims prepare steaming butter tea at a small Buddhist monastery near the Jokhang, in Lhasa, Tibet. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Monks blow horns as they prepare for prayer outside a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Buddhist monks sit inside a monastery in the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • People walk on a busy street in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • A view of the mustard fields in bloom in the Dingha Valley on the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Monks speak outside the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • A Buddhist pilgrim prostrates herself and prays in front of the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang, Laos. Buddhist temple complex.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat (Making Merit).
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat (Making Merit).
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Tourists kneel, waiting to offer sticky rice to passing monks, as do villagers throughout this largely Buddhist nation. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Bhddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also called wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Wat Xieng Thong Buddhist temple complex. A young novice monk leaves some sticky rice from his morning's alms collection on a small stupa.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat (Making Merit).
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat (Making Merit).
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples  (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. A woman kneels outside her home waiting to offer sticky rice or cereal bars to passing monks. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists. In neighborhoods, after receiving food, they line up and chant a blessing towards the benefactor's house.They then return to their temples, or wats, and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • In Ban Phan Luang, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat, or Making Merit.
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  • Buddhist ceremony after the cremation ceremony with relatives and monks in the family home in honor of Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, a propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang, Laos, who died of a stroke. His funeral was held over a series of days—first at home with family and monks in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, then cremation at the central crematorium site in Ban Vieng Mai, and then again at home a few days after the cremation ceremony.
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  • Buddhist ceremony after the cremation ceremony with relatives and monks in the family home in honor of Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, a propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang, Laos, who died of a stroke. His funeral was held over a series of days—first at home with family and monks in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, then cremation at the central crematorium site in Ban Vieng Mai, and then again at home a few days after the cremation ceremony.
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  • Laotian cremation ceremony at Luang Prabang's central crematorium in Ban Vieng Mai for Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, a propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang who died of a stroke. Before and after the cremation, his family gathered in the family home with relatives and monks from their Buddhist temple in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Laotian cremation ceremony at Luang Prabang's central crematorium in Ban Vieng Mai for Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, a propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang who died of a stroke. Before and after the cremation, his family gathered in the family home with relatives and monks from their Buddhist temple in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Funeral of Mr. Voua Sy Amkha, 63, at home in Ban Navieng Kham village, a suburb of Luang Prabang, Laos, and then cremation at the central crematorium site in Ban Vieng Mai. The propaganda official for the Lao government in Luang Prabang died of a stroke.
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  • Riverside restaurant on the Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos
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  • Gardens along the Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. A spirit house for Buddhist offerings at a stall in the morning food market.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Sausages in the morning food market.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. River fish in the morning food market.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Morning food market.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Morning food market.
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  • On the Mekong River near Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Carved door at the Wat Mai Buddhist Temple next to the National Museum  and Theater in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Villa Santi guest house and restaurant, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • On the Mekong River near Luang Prabang, Laos. On the way to Pak Ou (also called Tam Ting) Caves.
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  • Pak Ou (also called Tam Ting Caves) near Luang Prabang, Laos on the Mekong River. In the caves are large collection of Buddhist statuary.
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  • Tourist photographing a weaver in the Lao Whisky village or Ban Xang Hai village on the Mekong River near Luang Prabang. Known for potent rice wine, weaving and a small Buddhist temple in the village. A tourist stop on the way to Pak Ou (also called Tam Ting Caves)
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  • Families eat at a small street restaurant in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Ban Phan Luang Buddhist Temple at dawn during their annual celebration. Across the Nam Khan river from Luang Prabang, Laos.
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  • Near Vientiane, Laos. Buddha Park sculpture garden full of HIndu and Buddhist statues made of concrete by Puang Pu, a shamanist priest in the 1950's.
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  • Near Vientiane, Laos. Buddha Park sculpture garden full of HIndu and Buddhist statues made of concrete by Puang Pu, a shamanist priest in the 1950's.
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  • Near Vientiane, Laos. Buddha Park sculpture garden full of HIndu and Buddhist statues made of concrete by Puang Pu, a shamanist priest in the 1950's.
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  • Near Vientiane, Laos. Buddha Park sculpture garden full of HIndu and Buddhist statues made of concrete by Puang Pu, a shamanist priest in the 1950's.
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  • Vientiane, Laos. Food stall at morning market.
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  • Vientiane, Laos. New statue of Chao Anouvong, the last king of the Vientiane monarchy.
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  • Vientiane, Laos. Park with exercise equipment on the banks of the Mekong River on Fa Ngum Road.
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  • A freshly painted Buddha standing 26 meters tall in the Gandin Hid Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It's full name is Gandantegchinlen; built in 1840, and one of the largest and most important in Mongolia. It was not destroyed in the religious purge of 1937 however. An agent of the Mongolia KGB was installed as head monk in 1980 where he stayed until religious freedom was granted in Mongolia in 1990. Mongols visit the monastery where a full complement of monks studies and worships.
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  • The head and upper body of a freshly painted Buddha standing 26 meters tall in the Gandin Hid Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It's full name is Gandantegchinlen; built in 1840, and one of the largest and most important in Mongolia. It was not destroyed in the religious purge of 1937 however. An agent of the Mongolia KGB was installed as head monk in 1980 where he stayed until religious freedom was granted in Mongolia in 1990. Mongols visit the monastery where a full complement of monks studies and worships.
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  • Luang Prabang, Laos. Mekong Estates in town house on the Mekong River.
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  • A group of Tibetan nomads show off their satellite dish outside the handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Six-year-old Nyima Dun Drup takes a turn at the butter churn as Phurba puts a pot of milk on the fire and Karsal talks to a neighbor at the Tibetan nomadic family's home in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • In a brisk morning breeze, two women from a nearby village tie prayer flags along a pilgrim path overlooking a reconstructed Buddist monastery in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Most of the buildings remain in ruins after being destroyed in the 1960s.
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  • A fishing boat uses bright lights and nets to catch shrimp at night near the port of Longdong, on Taiwan's northeast coast. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Just south of Longdong, the fish market at Daxi harbor has both a wholesale and a retail market.
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