These were some of my very best students; they were all Korean-American students who had come to Yonsei to learn more about Korean history and culture. They were extremely bright and hard working and it was a genuine joy to be their professor.

The Cheonggyecheon River was one of my favorite parts of Seoul.

Taking a break on the trip to Cambodia.  Note the huge head in the background.

Angkor Wat.

In front of the magnificent temple at Angkor Wat.

Almost all transportation in Siam Reap is via Tuk Tuks.

When we were tired of temples, we drank Angkor, a very good Cambodian beer.

One of the hundreds of images carved into the rock of the temples of Angkor.

Cambodian children playing jump rope, a universal game for children around the world.

The trees are very old--and very big--in Angkor Wat.

Massage parlors are ubiquitous in Thailand and Cambodia.

Danny's masseuse in Siam Reap (Cambodia)

There is a ball inside the mouth of the dragon; if you can remove it without damaging the dragon's mouth, you are guaranteed immortality (of course, nobody can do this, making the point that death will come to us all).

Danny parasailing in Pattaya.

Foot massage is one of the joys of travel in Asia.

Aphorisms are posted on many of the trees in Wat Umong; you are expected to contemplate the various messages as you walk through the gardens and grounds of the temple.

The entrance to Wat Umong (where Danny studied Buddhism and meditation in 1999 when completing his first Fulbright in Chiang Mai, Thailand).

The person who conquers himself is more powerful than the soldier who captures the world.

An image depicting our inevitable death and decay.

Buddhist iconography reminding us that we all carry the spores of our own death within us.

William James wrote that life is a banquet--but there is always a skeleton peering in at the window!