Another Fabulous Postcard - This Time Laos ..
By Annie
My lovely friend Nicki went to Laos which is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
View Laos in a larger map Nicki's blog is Figs and Lemons , which is mainly about the fabulous place where she lives. If you have not seen her blog , go on have a look!! YOU will also be able to see and read more about not only about this great trip but others that she has been on and life around her. ENJOY! The Monks of Laos taking a break , obviously something has caught their eye!!The robes they wear are known as "The Saffron Robes" because the original monks made their robes from discarded cloth found in rubbish heaps and on cremation grounds and after washing, the robe cloth was boiled with vegetable matter -- leaves, roots and flowers -- and often spices, which would turn the cloth some shade of orange.
Hence the name, "saffron robe." Monks today wear robes made of cloth that is donated or purchased, but in Southeast Asia the cloth usually is still dyed in spice colors.
BIG THANK YOU TO NICKI ♥
I cannot thank you ALL enough for adding to my now huge collection , I must
find out how many I have and let you know.