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Field notes
Cannon fort is located at the top of a hill, High Point 177 on Cat Ba island. As its name indicate, it is 177 meters high. The island had a strategic location, and so does Cannon Fort, as it was an excellent look out point for marine and air attacks.
Field notes
You definitely noticed that Theravada monks in Southeast Asia wear those emblematic saffron orange robes, here’s why. This is simply due to the beginning of this tradition going back 25 centuries ago, to the time of the historical Buddha. Robes were patched together from unwanted clothes: rags that were then trimmed and washed.
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