22 over 7 = [aspects and concepts of matter and energy / form, flame, light, space, image and imagination]

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[I must mention that there's nothing here from the time
that I spent in Seattle after I left Qatar,
but before I went to Egypt.]

Doha

Amelopsis wrote:: I don't remember seeing the picture with all the many lanterns (paper?) before...a festival?
mr damon wrote:: Oh, yes. The celebration for Buddha's birthday in Seoul. There is a large parade every year: different congregations and social organizations walk along one route with paper lanters, while a long line of amazing, internally lit papercraft floats go down the wide avenue near Jogyesa Temple.

Dharma on parade
Dharma on parade, part two
scout wrote:: another incredible array of photos!!!!! there's the beautiful, the all telling culture difference, and the asian versions of western society. wow!

do you have culture shock when you get back home?
mr damon wrote:: Mmm... no. When I arrived in Seattle in August, it was almost funny/a little odd how I was just jumping on buses or strolling around the same streets that I hadn't been on in a year.

I still haven't put that whole trip into a written perspective.