by Houng | Dec 23, 2012 | Travel
My Japan Odyssey… After two years of waiting patiently, the trip has finally arrived! The odyssey began when I arrived into Imabari from a long bus trip. Imabari is a country town famous for manufacturing towels, where the 4 day workshop was held and it is here Sensei...
by Houng | Oct 18, 2012 | Travel
We’re driving around the Cook Inlet, just days after my arrival in Anchorage. As we round a bend in the road, my friend Cassandra points to the mud flats just coming into view. “See those mud flats out there? Never walk on them. They’re quicksand! A few years ago,...
by Houng | Jul 22, 2012 | Travel
This spring I travelled to the island of Shikoku to undertake an old buddhist pilgrimage initiated by the monk Kukai in the 8th century. The pilgrimage is walked in a clockwise direction, paying respect to the 88 temples scattered around the circumference of the...
