Sao Lao

Since I was not able to visit my hometown, Ban Nongbone during my trip to Laos last year, I asked Aunt Kian to drive by the neighborhood and take some photos for me. After her visit to Wat That Luang, which is up the street from my former house, Aunt Kian went to Wat Nongbone, my temple and also where I started first grade there. The temple is a resting place of my sister. She was cremated there and her Tad is there somewhere. When I go back to Laos the next time I will try to find her Tad. I was heartbroken that my parents didn’t take me to the temple to pay respect to my deceased sister.

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