Experience Obon, a festive tribute to Japan's ancestors. See thousands of floating lanterns on Kyoto's countryside lake.

Eerie. Sulfuric. Hissing. A few of the words used in a travel guide that were more intriguing than those of a typical Japanese destination so we headed north to Japans Aomori prefecture to witness these curious adjectives first hand. See the beauty and mysticism for yourself.

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Visit of Paiyul / Palyul / Baiyu monastery created in 1675, which is one of the three biggest monasteries of Nyingmapa-sect in Tibetan Kham area. VALPARD FILMS http://valpardfilms.free.fr

One of the most famous and oldest landmarks in Northern Thailand is Doi Suthep Temple, whereas, the word Doi means mountain. The temple overlooks the city of Chiang Mai and attracts thousands of visitors each year. http://www.tda-digital.com/TDA-Digital/index.html

The run on the river of Bangkok between sacred temles, markets on stilt houses and the royal golden palace .The chao praya river is a main highway, with barges every few minutes, ferrys darting between them, express boats that are faster than driving in the fanciful traffic. Weeds float upstream and down with the wind and tide. The color is as bad as it looks. Kids swim in it, but the express passengers don't let it splash on them.

In this episode of The Ryan Estrada Expeditions, from ryanestrada.com, I solve the mission "Do something for the Tibetan Refugees is Dharmshala" and in doing so, learn the meaning of life.

These are some of the best bits of my trip to Laos in October 05. Starts in Vientiane, then goes North to Vang Vieng where i went tubing down the river, beer laos in hand! More videos of different countries to follow. Email me if you like it or are heading there and have any questions. Enjoy

These are some of the best bits of my trip to Thailand in September 05. Starts in Bangkok, then goes south to the islands like Phi Phi etc. Then back to Bangkok to the temples. More videos of different countries to follow. Email me if you like it or are heading there and have any questions. Enjoy

"big watermelon ,cut it in the middle ,half for him half for her,if you don't want it ,give it back to me,if i don't want it,throw it away."