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Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR is a “cat cafe” and adoption center for cats.
Reservations are recommended due to consideration for the cats.
A limited amount of customers are allowed in the room at one time.
$5 purrrr half an hour visit. Tea and snacks are available. Above: portion of a wall of peoples’ cat drawings.
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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning “Spirit City”, the park contains over 200 reinforced concrete statues created by priest-shaman Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat, started in 1958 with the intention to integrate Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Vientiane, Laos – carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple
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Terracotta Warriors, Xi’an, China. Archaologists are still unearthing, reassembling and documenting miles and miles of terracotta statues. Bones of the terracotta artist/sculptors have been found among the ruins.
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Cicada flies, abundant in China during Summer, are caught as food, using a long pole with a sticky end.
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