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  South East Asia II  
       
       
  Ladies carrying food to be blessed on Bali.  
       
  Tanah-lot Temple on the island of Bali. It is located on the eastern coast of the island and is dedicated to Hindu sea deities.  
       
  One of the negative aspects of tourism is the McDonaldization of the globe and the eroding of ethnic cultures, although the chief of this remote Indonesian island seems very proud of his designer sunglasses.  
       
  Women, some wearing the familiar Muslim head covering while others don small cushions to help balance objects when carried on their heads, on an eastern Sundanese island, Indonesia.  
       
  Skyscrapers in downtown Singapore, reflecting the vision of Lee Kwan Yew to create Asia's "city of tomorrow."  
       
  Singapore's Cricket Club, built during British colonial rule, originally prohibited entry to the local populace, whose own modest "club" was segregated across the field.  
       
  Novice monks praying at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. Although not observable in the picture, one of the young monks is secretly reading a comic book.  
       
  The Temple of the Thousand Buddhas in Bangkok. Note the headress, shaped like a stupa to represent the Buddha's final ascent to nirvana.  
       
  The Royal Palace in Bangkok, seat of the Thai royal family. The palace complex overwhelms the visitor with a shimmering combination of gold leaf and colorful mosaics that cover all the buildings within the palace walls.  
       
  A spirit house in Bangkok. Representing the survival of pre-Buddhist religious beliefs, such houses are commonly seen in the region today.  
       
  Typical house with wash and TV antenna on a canal in Bangkok, Thailand.  
       
  Temple of the Dawn, one of the many Buddhist sites in Bangkok.  
       
  Sheets of rubber lying in a factory in Malaysia. From here, the sheets will be exported to a factory in Europe, where they will probably be processed into rubber tires.  
       
  The interior of Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon (today, Yangon). The temple was constructed in the fifteenth century, and the massive central stupa is covered with gold leaf.  
       
  Lavishly gilded, the towering Shwedagon pagoda presides over Yangon, Myanmar. Many sacred relics of the Buddha are reputedly enshrined inside.  
       
  Nineteenth-century colonial railroad station at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reminiscent of Mughal splendor.  
       
  Replacing rubber plantations with palm oil trees, Malaysia is envisioning more lucrative agricultural returns as palm oil finds new use as automotive fuel.  
       
  Statue of court official at the mausoleum of the nineteenth-century monarch Tu Duc at Hue, Vietnam.  
       
  Imperial Palace at Hue, with communist flag flying overhead.  
       
  An eclectic religion which selected elements from different world faiths, Cao Dai became popular in South Vietnam early in the twentieth century.  
       
   
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