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Article: Ethnic tourism: How to globe-trot at home; Houston joins other cities in pushing 'tours' of local enclaves - the quirky and overlooked sites.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 30, 2003
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Byline: Kris Axtman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
HOUSTON -- Pat Ligon has lived in Houston for 33 years and is seeing more of the city this morning than in all those decades combined. She is on Houston's inaugural multicultural bus tour, which has just stopped in front of America's largest Buddhist temple.
Ms. Ligon gingerly takes off her shoes before entering, and is immediately captivated by the sights and smells inside. On instruction from the master monk, she offers a prayer to the Buddha Guandi, then places a stick of incense in the urn before him.
"I knew there were all these different ethnic communities in Houston, but I ...