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My Favorite Places: Uluru & Chiang Mai

I only discovered my current two favorite places in the world within the last year. The first one is in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I traveled here while I was studying abroad in Australia. A friend and I spontaneously booked the flight and accommodations only a few weeks in advanced, but I am so glad we did. Something about how spontaneous it was just added to the excitement. I Thailand we were lucky enough to bath young elephants in Chiang Mai. I will never forget it.
(Elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeltk/14889261785)


My other favorite place in the world is Uluru in Australia. It is better known as the large rock in the middle of nowhere, but it definitely has a name. I was able to also visit while I was studying abroad (I swear I studied some too). What made this place so memorable is the history behind it. It is worshiped by the aboriginal people of the area, for they believe it is the center of the universe. Being able to hear many of the stories behind Uluru and even taking the long hike around it was life changing.
(Uluru at sunrise. Personal photo taken December 2018)

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  1. Laura GibbsAugust 22, 2019 at 2:09 PM

    Wow, such great pictures, Jacob! That is so cool that it is your own picture of Uluru!
    Like I said in the email, I am so jealous that you got to go to Thailand; I spent all spring semester thinking about Thailand because I was doing my project on Hanuman in the Ramakien.
    There are some sacred rocks and mountains in the Indian tradition of course; people make a really difficult pilgrimage every year to Mount Kailash in the Himalayas, the abode of the god Shiva.
    With links in Blogger, you can create link text and not show the URL; that's easier on the eyes, esp. for long web addresses. So your link here could be: Flickr. You can give that style a try in your next post and see how it works.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2019 at 9:49 PM

    I love both of your places in India there is a place called Kerala in south side of india it is known for its greenery coconut trees everywhere. In Kerala state in Munnar they have tea plantations and elephants from forest come any time and roam around the plantations and they have a symbiotic relation with the population of humans there and the Uluruin Australia looks so similar to the Grand Canyons we have here in US these mountains look so magical and amazing its once in a lifetime experience.

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