John Steinbeck and the Coconut Monk
Category: TRAVEL
John was a serious Buddhist and took Sam to visit his teacher, the Coconut Monk, at his floating pagoda in the Mekong Delta.  They rode through rice fields on a motorbike driven by John, his orange monk's robes flying in the wind.
By Alison Teal, Contributor
Writer/photographer, 2014-04-09